Which of the following is true of Maslow's self-actualization ...

[pepyto]

Which of the following is true of Maslow's self-actualization theory?
 
  a. It has been criticized for the use of a very small sample size for generalizing to the population at large.
  b. It declined in popularity in the 1960s.
  c. It is based on the belief that self-actualization is a learned behavior.
  d. It has little relevance in the field of developmental psychology and organizational behavior.

Question 2

Criticism of Maslow's self-actualization theory center on the fact that:
 
  a. the sample of self-actualizing people was too large to come to a conclusion.
  b. the research does not reflect Maslow's idea of worthy and emotionally healthy people.
  c. the research methods were not rigorous and lacked experimentally generated supporting data. d.
  the theory does not apply outside the laboratory in social and personal terms.

[pikon]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
FEEDBACK: According to critics, the sample of self-actualizing people from which the data were derived, fewer than half of whom were interviewed in person, is too small for generalization to the population at large. Critics also have asked on what basis self-actualization is presumed to be innate. Why could it not be learned behavior, the result of some unique combination of childhood experiences?

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Criticisms of Maslow's theory center on his research methods and lack of experimentally generated supporting data. The sample of self-actualizing people from which the data were derived, fewer than half of whom were interviewed in person, is too small for generalization to the population at large.