This document discusses human behavior and psychology. It defines human behavior as attempts to satisfy needs, from basic needs like food and shelter to more complex needs for acceptance. It also discusses Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how fear can cause people to either fight or flee a situation. Finally, it lists several defense mechanisms people employ to deal with uncomfortable thoughts or anxiety, such as denial, repression, displacement, and rationalization.
This document discusses human behavior and psychology. It defines human behavior as attempts to satisfy needs, from basic needs like food and shelter to more complex needs for acceptance. It also discusses Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how fear can cause people to either fight or flee a situation. Finally, it lists several defense mechanisms people employ to deal with uncomfortable thoughts or anxiety, such as denial, repression, displacement, and rationalization.
This document discusses human behavior and psychology. It defines human behavior as attempts to satisfy needs, from basic needs like food and shelter to more complex needs for acceptance. It also discusses Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how fear can cause people to either fight or flee a situation. Finally, it lists several defense mechanisms people employ to deal with uncomfortable thoughts or anxiety, such as denial, repression, displacement, and rationalization.
This document discusses human behavior and psychology. It defines human behavior as attempts to satisfy needs, from basic needs like food and shelter to more complex needs for acceptance. It also discusses Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how fear can cause people to either fight or flee a situation. Finally, it lists several defense mechanisms people employ to deal with uncomfortable thoughts or anxiety, such as denial, repression, displacement, and rationalization.
Chapter 1: Human Behavior Defining of HUMAN BEHAVIOR
● An attempt to explain why humans behave the way they do.
● Behavior is the result of attempts to satisfy certain needs. ● Simple as need for food ● Complex as need for accept
FEAR causes students to either Fight or Flee
● Fleeing is avoiding actions that cause the fear.
● Fight is to take measures to counter the fear. Maslow's of Hierarchy of Human Needs
Self-actualization
Self-Esteem
Love and Belongingness
Safety and Security
Physiological needs: Food, Water, Shelter
Defense Mechanism ● D-enial: Refusal to accept reality ● C-ompensation: Balancing weak area because of threat with strong area ● R-epression: Bury uncomfortable ● P-rojection: Blame others for own thoughts in mind mistake ● D-isplacement: Shift emotion to less ● R-eaction Formation: belief in threat substitute opposite of true belief due to anxiety ● R-ationalization: Cannot accept real ● F-antasy: Escape from reality, reason daydreaming