Five Affection Needs
American psychologist Henry Murray developed a theory of personality that was organized in terms of motives, presses, and needs. According to Murray, these psychogenic needs function mostly on the unconscious level, but play a major role in our personality. Murray classified five affection needs:
| Need | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Spending time with other people |
| Nurturance | Taking care of another person |
| Play | Having fun with others |
| Rejection | Rejecting other people |
| Securance | Being helped or protected by others |
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“We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
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