McClelland’s Theory of Needs: Achievement, Affiliation, and Power
McClelland’s Theory of Needs
This theory, developed in 1962 and supported by Max Weber, argues that the development of industrialized countries is due to cultural factors, including ethics. McClelland stated that the factors that motivate humans are cultural and group-based. He maintained that there are three types of factors that motivate human beings:
Achievement
- The person wants to achieve their goals even if they reject the group.
- Natural geographical factors are secondary; what matters is achievement
Major Psychological Theories and Concepts
Structuralism
This trend suggests that the human being is a being who works consciously and is composed of structures.
Functionalism
Functionalism posits that psychology should concern itself with human behavior, which forms habits, to retrieve the subject of consciousness but focused on the consideration of human adaptation, the result of the interaction of the organism with the environment in terms of ideas.
Behaviorism
Broadly, behaviorism posits that the human being is an answer to environmental
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Chapter 4: The Tuskegee Study
The Tuskegee Study was an unethical U.S. Public Health Service study that observed the effects of untreated syphilis in 600 African American men without their informed consent. Participants were misled about their condition, falsely told they were receiving treatment for “bad blood,” and were denied penicillin even after it became the standard treatment in 1947.
The study caused deaths, disease transmission to spouses and children, and deep mistrust of the medical
Read MoreChild Development in Blindness: Psychomotor, Cognitive, and Language Milestones
**Psychomotor Development in Children with Blindness**
Children need constant stimulation to develop correctly (cortical stimulation). There is a clear interdependence between sensory processing, motor, cognitive, and affective development. Vision contributes significantly to child development. It is a primary sensory channel. Blind and visually impaired children develop similar patterns of neuromuscular maturation. In fact, in some blind children, skills are at levels comparable to sighted children.
Read MoreHuman Intelligence, Memory, and Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis
Intelligence
Intelligence: The approach to learning to interpret and apply is not reduced to rational thinking. Assessment and measurement are sociocultural, which gives meaning and assumptions of learning that are debatable. It is the capacity, from the capacity of experiences, to creatively adapt to environmental conditions, either appropriate or acquired, changing the environment. It is the capacity for knowledge and using it in novel situations. It can be understood as creative adaptation. The
Read MoreMax Weber’s Theory of Bureaucracy: Principles and Advantages
Max Weber’s Theory of Bureaucracy
The Theory of Bureaucracy emerged within administration around 1940, primarily due to the following factors:
- The fragility and partiality of both the Classical Theory and the Theory of Human Relations, which did not enable a holistic, integrated, and compelling approach to organizational problems.
- The need for a rational model of organization capable of characterizing all the variables involved, as well as the conduct of its members. This model should apply not only