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1.01 MaslowÆs Hierarchy of Needs
1.01 MaslowÆs Hierarchy of Needs
1.01 MaslowÆs Hierarchy of Needs
Physical needs
What did Maslow mean by physical needs?
These items are essential for good health and well-being, and for continuation of life.
Physical needs
In your learning log, consider these questions? Write your answers in complete sentences.
Are you meeting these needs for your well being and good health? Who provides these needs for you? Could you provide these needs for a baby?
Staying well, avoiding being ill How do these safety Avoiding danger and security needs relate to you? Safe circumstances Stability Protection Structure, for order, some limits
In the ordinary American adult, this set of needs manifests itself in the form of our urges to have a home in a safe neighborhood, a little job security and a nest egg, a good retirement plan and a bit of insurance, and so on.
Which of these are met for you? Which of these needs could you provide for a baby?
Self-esteem
The need for the respect of others, the need for status, fame, glory, recognition, attention, reputation, appreciation, dignity, even dominance. Confidence, competence, achievement, mastery, independence, and freedom
Self-respect
Self-actualization
According to Maslow, only a small percentage of the worlds population is truly, predominantly, self-actualizing.
Can you think of people who fit into the self-actualization category?
Self-actualization
Knowledge and appreciation of beauty, goodness, freedom and a realistic view and acceptance of self and others. Reality-centered, differentiate what is fake and dishonest from what is real and genuine. Problem-centered, treating lifes difficulties as problems demanding solutions, not as personal troubles to be railed at or surrendered to. Different perception of means and ends, felt that the ends dont necessarily justify the means, that the means could be ends themselves, and that the means -- the journey -- was often more important than the ends.