human needs
Human Needs
Stephanie Humphrey, Travis Cooper, James Casteel, Keevi Hicks
PSY/211
September 11, 2012
Courtney Boyer
Human Needs
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a basic need at the bottom. Starting from the bottom of the pyramid and moving towards the top we start with physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and at the top with self-actualization. With these steps Maslow describes the pattern that human motivation generally moves through. The four most fundamental layers of the pyramid contain what Maslow called deficiency needs or d-needs: esteem friendship and love, security and physical needs. If these needs are not met the body dose not gives a physical indication, but more of a mental condition such as anxiety and being real tense. Met motivation is a word to describe people that go beyond the d-needs and move up to the b-needs (being needs). These people go beyond the scope of basis needs .His focus is to see what motivates people and the order that drives those needs. Though Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs was criticized for being a challenge to evaluate objectively, one can find that it makes perfect since in many different aspects. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is very helpful in understanding the motivation of humans in many setting. Also, his needs hierarchy introduced great changes in business management in reference to making the workplace better in responding to the needs of its workers. Self-actualizing needs are the hardest because we tend to be concerned or obsessed with what others think. They also find it hard to grow as a person, when worrying about what others are thinking. We need to stay focused on us and not what others think, but this is easier said than done. Some research shows support for Maslow’s theories, but some has not substantiated the needs of hierarchy. Researchers conclude that his definition of self-actualization is difficult to test scientifically. Having little research to support Maslow’s theories,
Stephanie Humphrey, Travis Cooper, James Casteel, Keevi Hicks
PSY/211
September 11, 2012
Courtney Boyer
Human Needs
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a basic need at the bottom. Starting from the bottom of the pyramid and moving towards the top we start with physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and at the top with self-actualization. With these steps Maslow describes the pattern that human motivation generally moves through. The four most fundamental layers of the pyramid contain what Maslow called deficiency needs or d-needs: esteem friendship and love, security and physical needs. If these needs are not met the body dose not gives a physical indication, but more of a mental condition such as anxiety and being real tense. Met motivation is a word to describe people that go beyond the d-needs and move up to the b-needs (being needs). These people go beyond the scope of basis needs .His focus is to see what motivates people and the order that drives those needs. Though Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs was criticized for being a challenge to evaluate objectively, one can find that it makes perfect since in many different aspects. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is very helpful in understanding the motivation of humans in many setting. Also, his needs hierarchy introduced great changes in business management in reference to making the workplace better in responding to the needs of its workers. Self-actualizing needs are the hardest because we tend to be concerned or obsessed with what others think. They also find it hard to grow as a person, when worrying about what others are thinking. We need to stay focused on us and not what others think, but this is easier said than done. Some research shows support for Maslow’s theories, but some has not substantiated the needs of hierarchy. Researchers conclude that his definition of self-actualization is difficult to test scientifically. Having little research to support Maslow’s theories,