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1. List and explain Maslow’s five assumptions with regard to motivation.

2. List and explain the five needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

3. Distinguish between conative, aesthetic, cognitive, and neurotic needs.

4. Define instinctoid needs.

5. Describe Maslow’s criteria for identifying self-actualizers.

6. List and describe the characteristics of self-actualizing people.

7. Describe the Jonah complex.

8. Discuss Maslow’s philosophy of science.

9. Discuss Maslow’s concept of humanity.

10. Explain the implications of Maslow’s theory for psychotherapy.

11. Summarize research on self-actualization.