Biological And Humanistic Approaches To Personality Paper
Biological & Humanistic Approaches to Personality
Psy 250
November 6,2013
Murray Johnson
Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
Maslow came up with a theory that motivates people. The hierarchy of needs is what he called it, and he analyzed how the needs influence people in general. The needs are self-actualization motives, esteem needs, belongingness and love needs, safety needs, and physiological needs. Each need serves its own purpose.
If the basic need is not satisfied, Maslow theory states the other needs cannot be satisfied. In reality everyone has his or her own personality and needs do differ, depending on the person that’s involved. The basic need or deficiency needs would be water, food, air, love, …show more content…
The behavioral needs that influence people are the social needs, self esteem, and self actualization. People are influenced by social needs when they start getting involved with different personalities and wanting something him or her cannot have or their not able to get. Self esteem can be influenced if the person has a high or low esteem problem. Having a low esteem problem may be influenced by the wrong personality because they may not have confidence in him or herself to be an individual. If the person has a high esteem problem he or she may believe he or she do not need any advice or guidance from another person. The self actualization is the biggest influence, because everyone does not fulfill this need; most people are trying their hardest to fill this need. As noted by, (McLeod, 2007) “Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to empirically test Maslow’s concept of self-actualization in a way that casual relationships can be established.” …show more content…
The Humanistic is considered the process of feeling and Biological is the process of thought. For instance, if someone wants to go get and ice cream at night, and it is a nice warm evening, they are going to drive the car to make sure he or she get to the place safely. He or She will make sure the need to be safe is fulfilled. Using their humanistic behavior is taking a walk and enjoy the summer evening weather. So this would be their basic humanistic feelings and not the thought of what could happen if something went wrong. As noted by, (Sammons) “Whilst it is flattering to view ourselves as basically good entitles striving to fulfill our potential, the humanistic approach is at a loss to explain the horrors that people are capable of inflicting on each other.”
Psy 250
November 6,2013
Murray Johnson
Biological and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
Maslow came up with a theory that motivates people. The hierarchy of needs is what he called it, and he analyzed how the needs influence people in general. The needs are self-actualization motives, esteem needs, belongingness and love needs, safety needs, and physiological needs. Each need serves its own purpose.
If the basic need is not satisfied, Maslow theory states the other needs cannot be satisfied. In reality everyone has his or her own personality and needs do differ, depending on the person that’s involved. The basic need or deficiency needs would be water, food, air, love, …show more content…
The behavioral needs that influence people are the social needs, self esteem, and self actualization. People are influenced by social needs when they start getting involved with different personalities and wanting something him or her cannot have or their not able to get. Self esteem can be influenced if the person has a high or low esteem problem. Having a low esteem problem may be influenced by the wrong personality because they may not have confidence in him or herself to be an individual. If the person has a high esteem problem he or she may believe he or she do not need any advice or guidance from another person. The self actualization is the biggest influence, because everyone does not fulfill this need; most people are trying their hardest to fill this need. As noted by, (McLeod, 2007) “Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to empirically test Maslow’s concept of self-actualization in a way that casual relationships can be established.” …show more content…
The Humanistic is considered the process of feeling and Biological is the process of thought. For instance, if someone wants to go get and ice cream at night, and it is a nice warm evening, they are going to drive the car to make sure he or she get to the place safely. He or She will make sure the need to be safe is fulfilled. Using their humanistic behavior is taking a walk and enjoy the summer evening weather. So this would be their basic humanistic feelings and not the thought of what could happen if something went wrong. As noted by, (Sammons) “Whilst it is flattering to view ourselves as basically good entitles striving to fulfill our potential, the humanistic approach is at a loss to explain the horrors that people are capable of inflicting on each other.”