While Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Is a Useful Model for Understanding

question 47

Multiple Choice

While Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a useful model for understanding human needs,it can be artificial because:

• A)several needs can be interacting within us at the same time,so the pyramid model isn't accurate
• B)almost no one in modern society is lacking the first few levels of needs
• C)esteem needs can be far stronger than social needs
• D)there is no way to generalize about what all people need
• E)Maslow's theory is not as widely accepted as Jung's theory is

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