Deficit Neurotic Development Paper

Neurotic development is a function of the control of motivation by deficiency of the basic psychological needs also known as deficit needs. Failure to satisfy the ego needs results in lack of self-esteem which is threatening to the individual's sense of identity. As a result, the individual learns to depend on the approval of others for the approval of themselves and will even give up their own growth to retain the approval of others. Deficit motivation is pathological because it involves reliance on external sources for the gratification of need deficiencies. The individual who is motivated by deficit needs subscribes to the values which correspond to those needs such as deficit-values, which can consist of (Josiam, Christy, Reynolds, Rahman,