Although She Has Grown Up in an Upper Middle-Class Family

question 272

Multiple Choice

Although she has grown up in an upper middle-class family and lived in small reasonably safe town, Patti has always felt that she was different from her siblings and from the other teenagers at school. Due to this feeling of "not fitting in," Patti joined a cult. Maslow would say that Patti joined the cult because she was trying to fulfill which basic need?

• A)love and belonging need
• B)security needs
• C)self-esteem needs
• D)self-actualization

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Definitions:

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