TA for Learners - 00.02 Psychological Hungers
TA for Learners 00.02 Psychological Hungers (This Blog is a Chapter in 'My Little TA Book') List of Contents II - Psychological Hungers Psychological hungers are like biological hungers. They drive persons to obtain their fulfilment. In that sense they are motivators. There are six psychological hungers . Stimulus Hunger: Physical, emotional, neurological and psychological health is dependent on stimuli since birth. Studies have shown that insufficient stimulating care affects the neurological and psychological development of children. Extreme deprivation of touch and care results in a condition called hospitalism or anaclytic depression. Another name is Marasmus. It results in impaired growth. Strokes satisfy the need for satiating stimulus hunger. Stroke represents an infant's need for touch. In growing years it moves from purely physical, to visual, auditory and verbal forms. TA affirms that people seek strokes because they have a survival value. Bad or u...