The late famous broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite said that one of his regrets in life was not actively participating in the space program as an astronaut. Back in the 1980s, he was selected as a candidate to be the first journalist to fly into space, but NASA decided to take a teacher instead. In some ways, this may appear as though Cronkite was pursuing a self-esteem need; however, having already achieved celebrity status, for Cronkite, this was the pursuit of a self-actualization need. T/F

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Sydney Horton

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13 May, 03:46

The late famous broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite said that one of his regrets in life was not actively participating in the space program as an astronaut. Back in the 1980s, he was selected as a candidate to be the first journalist to fly into space, but NASA decided to take a teacher instead. In some ways, this may appear as though Cronkite was pursuing a self-esteem need; however, having already achieved celebrity status, for Cronkite, this was the pursuit of a self-actualization need. T/F

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According to Maslow's theory of human needs, self-realization needs are those that seek to satisfy our own personal abilities, to develop our potential, to do what we have better aptitudes for and the need to develop and expand metamotives (discover the truth, create beauty, produce order and foster justice). This was exactly what Walter was looking for, because it was what he really loved.