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.
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.
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