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The bodily structure which we inherit tends to maintain itself and to develop itself. We speak accordingly of functional tendencies, and these functional tendencies or needs we look upon as the stimuli which set us and keep us going. Psychology is properly the science of needs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)