Question

Maslow suggested that failure to satisfy the need for _____ is a fundamental cause of emotional maladjustment

Answer 1

The answer is love. The need to give and get love can be fulfilled in a private with someone else. Maslow did not compare love with sex, which is a mental need yet he perceived that sex is one method for communicating the affection require. He proposed that the inability to fulfill the requirement for love is a principal reason for passionate maladjustment.