Video Transcript
Which of the following is not
true of human needs? Is it (A) satisfying a human
need diminishes the feeling of distress? (B) When a need of an
individual is satisfied, the individual will not encounter the same need
anymore. (C) The number of a person’s
needs increases with time. Or is it option (D) human needs
are widely varied depending on individuals?
Remember, we can widely
classify human needs using three characteristics. Those are their satisfaction,
increase, and diversity. Let’s take option (A) then. This statement tells us about
the satisfaction of needs, which we’ve identified as one of the
characteristics. In particular, when a human
need is satisfied, the feeling of distress is reduced or diminished.
What about option (B), though,
the second characteristic we defined using the word increase? We know that the number of
needs increases with time. Satisfying a specific instance
of a need is followed by a new need as well as the renewal of the same need. This means that this statement
cannot be true.
For completeness, let’s check
the final two. Option (C) we’ve just
identified to be true. The number of needs increases
with time. And option (D) links to the
word diversity. We know that human needs are
widely varied depending on individuals. And so the option that is not
true of human needs is option (B).
