After Retirement, Shawn, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a Multinational

question 58

Multiple Choice

After retirement, Shawn, the founder and chief executive officer of a multinational corporation, wants to start a charity to help the underprivileged in his home country. In the context of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, this scenario best illustrates Shawn's _____.

• A) biological needs
• B) physiological needs
• C) self-actualization needs
• D) safety needs

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Definitions:

Avoidance Learning

A process by which an individual learns to prevent the occurrence of an unpleasant or harmful stimulus by taking specific actions.

Extinction Learning

A phenomenon in which a conditioned response decreases and eventually disappears as the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral principle where the removal of an unfavorable event following a response increases the likelihood of that response being repeated in the future.

Positive Reinforcement

A technique in behavior modification that involves the addition of a rewarding stimulus following a desirable behavior, aiming to increase the likelihood of the behavior's occurrence.