PSYCHOGENIC NEED

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N., Pam M.S.
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U.S. psychologist Henry Alexander Murray defined psychogenic need as concerned with emotional satisfaction in opposition to biological satisfaction. Such psychogenic needs include the affiliative, dominance and seclusion.

PSYCHOGENIC NEED: "The need to be alone is a psychogenic need as defined by Murray."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. EXTRACEPTION
  2. LIFETIME PERSONALITY
  3. AFFILIATIVE NEED
  4. COUNTERACTION NEED
  5. NEED-PRESS THEORY
  6. NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT (N-ACH)
  7. ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION
  8. SUCCORANCE NEED
  9. SENTIENCE NEED
  10. WHITE, ROBERT W
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PSYCHOGENIC NEED," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/psychogenic-need/ (accessed May 24, 2020).
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