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Need for positive regard is a term according to Rogers which refers to the need for positive responses from the relevant people in one's life.
Need for self -actualization refers to the need to fulfill one's potential. Need for self-actualization is the highest need in Maslow's Motivational hierarchy.
Need for treatment refers to legal criterion operationalized as a signed certificate by two (2) physicians stating that a person requires treatment but will not agree to it voluntarily. Need for treatment is formerly a sufficient cause to hospitalize the person involuntarily and force him/her to undergo treatment
Need to affiliate refers to the desire to associate with other people.
Need to belong refers to a motivation to bond with others in relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions.
Need-directed perception is perception whose purpose is to locate things in the environment that will satisfy a need. Need-directed perception is also called Deficiency perception or D-perception.
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