According to Maslow's research on emotionally healthy people, self-actualizers constitute _____ of the population
a. 1 percent or less
c. 50 percent or more
b. about 11 percent
d. nearly 90 percent
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: Maslow's research on emotionally healthy people formed the basis of his personality theory (1970b, 1971). He did not find many examples of self-actualizers and estimated that they constitute 1 percent or less of the population.
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