FINDING PSYCHOLOGICAL PLACE - COMMON MOTIVATIONS FOR UNCOMMON BEHAVIORS

It is reasoned that a variety of human actions, including those that a re seemingly bizarre and beyond the bounds of comprehension, can be un derstood as fulfilling one or more of the common motivations that are applicable to all people. The acronym developed to describe these unde rlying motivations is PLACE (protection, listened to, attended to, con nected, experiencing). Together, these motivations form a set that is called psychological PLACE. Examples are given as to how uncommon huma n actions can be understood in the context of these motives.