Person's Survival Motive

A Person's Survival Motive is a person's primary motive that drives protective behavior through threat response and safety seeking for physical preservation.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) activate Physiological Response through stress hormones, neural activation, and autonomic arousal.
  • It can (typically) direct Defensive Behavior through threat avoidance, safety seeking, and resource securing.
  • It can (typically) influence Risk Assessment through danger detection, threat evaluation, and safety planning.
  • It can (typically) shape Decision Making through survival priority, safety consideration, and risk mitigation.
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  • It can (often) override Secondary Motives through priority shifting, resource reallocation, and attention focusing.
  • It can (often) generate Emotional States through fear response, anxiety activation, and urgency sensation.
  • It can (often) affect Social Behavior through group protection, alliance formation, and resource competition.
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  • It can range from being a Basic Survival Motive to being a Complex Survival Motive, depending on its threat sophistication.
  • It can range from being an Acute Survival Motive to being a Chronic Survival Motive, depending on its threat duration.
  • It can range from being an Individual Survival Motive to being a Collective Survival Motive, depending on its social scope.
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  • It can interact with environmental conditions through threat detection, resource assessment, and safety evaluation.
  • It can influence behavioral patterns through protective actions, avoidance responses, and security measures.
  • It can shape life decisions through safety prioritization, risk management, and resource allocation.
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• Examples:
  • Physical Survival Motives, such as:
    • Basic Need Motives, such as:
      • Food Security Motive for nutrition maintenance.
      • Shelter Security Motive for environmental protection.
  • Safety Survival Motives, such as:
    • Threat Response Motives, such as:
      • Danger Avoidance Motive for harm prevention.
      • Protection Seeking Motive for security establishment.
  • Resource Survival Motives, such as:
    • Resource Security Motives, such as:
      • Resource Acquisition Motive for supply maintenance.
      • Resource Protection Motive for supply preservation.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Person's Growth Motives, which focus on development over preservation.
  • Person's Social Motives, which prioritize connection over protection.
  • Person's Achievement Motives, which emphasize advancement over safety.
  • Person's Creative Motives, which value expression over security.
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• See: Person's Motive, Survival Drive, Safety Need, Protective Behavior, Risk Response.

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