psychological needs paper
Psychological Needs
PSY/211(BSAL1CGZN7)
Caitlyn Lee
6/1/2014
Kurtis Armstrong
Born in 1908 Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who was known best for creating Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Maslow introduced his concept of hierarchy of needs published in the 1943 Psychological Review pages 50, 370-396 called “A theory of human motivation”. He went on to publish several books and articles featuring personality, motivation, and human nature until his death in 1970 (Wikipedia). Maslow (1943) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on (Saul McLeod, 2007) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs proposes that there is five levels of needs. Below is the descriptions of each five levels (Wikipedia)
1) Physiological- breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, and excretion.
2) Safety- security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the family, of health, and property.
3) Love/Belonging- friendship, family, and sexual intimacy.
4) Esteem- self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, and respect by others.
5) Self-actualization- morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, and acceptance of facts. Most commonly these levels are displayed as a pyramid with the basic needs first (foundation/ base of pyramid) and self-actualization being the top or peek of the pyramid. What sets Maslow’s hierarchy of needs apart from other theories is that his concept focuses around human nature and the emotional needs for humans to reach to true happiness instead of developmental psychology in which focuses around describing the stages of growth in humans. Maslow 's theory suggests that the most basic level of needs must be met before the individual will strongly desire (or focus motivation upon) the secondary or higher level needs. Maslow also coined the term metamotivation to
PSY/211(BSAL1CGZN7)
Caitlyn Lee
6/1/2014
Kurtis Armstrong
Born in 1908 Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who was known best for creating Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Maslow introduced his concept of hierarchy of needs published in the 1943 Psychological Review pages 50, 370-396 called “A theory of human motivation”. He went on to publish several books and articles featuring personality, motivation, and human nature until his death in 1970 (Wikipedia). Maslow (1943) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on (Saul McLeod, 2007) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs proposes that there is five levels of needs. Below is the descriptions of each five levels (Wikipedia)
1) Physiological- breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, and excretion.
2) Safety- security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the family, of health, and property.
3) Love/Belonging- friendship, family, and sexual intimacy.
4) Esteem- self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, and respect by others.
5) Self-actualization- morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, and acceptance of facts. Most commonly these levels are displayed as a pyramid with the basic needs first (foundation/ base of pyramid) and self-actualization being the top or peek of the pyramid. What sets Maslow’s hierarchy of needs apart from other theories is that his concept focuses around human nature and the emotional needs for humans to reach to true happiness instead of developmental psychology in which focuses around describing the stages of growth in humans. Maslow 's theory suggests that the most basic level of needs must be met before the individual will strongly desire (or focus motivation upon) the secondary or higher level needs. Maslow also coined the term metamotivation to
References: Hockenbury Don H. & Sandra E., (2014) Discovering Psychology 6th Edition Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia