Motivation, Emotion, and Personality

Security needs

Self-actualization

Social needs

Basic physiological needs

External rewards and punishments are the main source of motivation.

Motivation comes from fulfilling basic physiological needs prior to reaching higher-level personal growth needs.

Cognitive processes like beliefs and expectations shape our motivations most significantly.

Motivation arises primarily from unconscious desires and conflicts.

Identical esteem needs experienced by individuals irrespective of their cultural context.

The similar ways safety needs are met within both collectivist and individualist societies.

The universal physiological needs that remain constant across different cultures.

The emphasis placed on communal relationships versus individual autonomy within a culture.

Balancing transparency with the avoidance of unnecessary self-disclosure that could complicate the client-therapist relationship.

Revealing all personal details to clients for demonstrating complete honesty.

Always assuming a different persona during therapy sessions to maintain professional distance.

Avoiding all forms of authenticity because it can lead to biased treatment.

By ignoring these needs since they do not directly contribute to self-actualization.

By developing romantic relationships with clients to fulfill their love needs.

By fostering a therapeutic relationship built on trust and empathy to provide emotional support.

By discouraging clients from forming social connections until their physiological needs are met.

It could potentially reinforce harmful behaviors if therapists neglect the assessment of negative actions while offering support.

Indiscriminate application helps avoid biases that may arise from judging certain behaviors negatively during therapy sessions.

Therapists risk alienating clients who do not believe in humanistic psychology by applying this concept universally.

Unconditional positive regard always leads to improved outcomes regardless of behavior assessments.

Treating symptoms through medicinal means.

Adjusting irrational thought processes.

Facilitating client self-discovery and personal growth.

Utilizing exposure therapy to confront fears directly.

Use exposure therapy methods to desensitize individual from negative belief patterns

Invoke the defense mechanism of projection as a coping strategy for feelings of inadequacy

Provide medication to regulate underlying chemical imbalances associated with mood

Encourage growth towards self-actualization by facilitating an environment of unconditional positive regard

Behavioral reinforcement

Systematic desensitization

Cognitive restructuring

Unconditional positive regard

Esteem and cognitive needs

Psychological and safety needs

Aesthetic and transcendence needs

Social and esteem needs