As one travels up Maslow's hierarchy, the behaviors are:
1.
less of a challenge to meet.
2.
of equal challenge.
3.
more of a challenge to meet.
4.
impossible to meet.
ANS: 3
The needs are listed in hierarchical form, meaning from the lowest to the highest need. The shape of the figure indicates that the higher one goes, there are fewer people who have achieved that level.
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