Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Has Been Criticized Because

question 26

Multiple Choice

Maslow's hierarchy of needs has been criticized because

• A)cognition plays a lesser role than the hierarchy acknowledges.
• B)people frequently attend to needs in different orders than the hierarchy predicts.
• C)survival needs receive too much emphasis relative to safety needs.
• D)the hierarchy overemphasizes the role of reinforcement as a motivator.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

A response variable whose variation is being studied to understand the impact of one or more independent variables.

Independent Variable

A factor in a study or simulation that is intentionally altered to examine its impact on the outcome variable.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors; a measure used in statistics to quantify the variation or deviation of predicted values from the actual observed values.

SST

SST stands for Sum of Squares Total, a term used in statistics to measure the total variability within a dataset.