Cast Away Into Maslow 's Hierarchy Of Needs

“Each of us has our own set of needs that motivate our communication and our responses to messages. While not everyone’s priorities are identical, our needs resemble one another’s” (Steinberg, 2007:22). This assignment will discuss Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It will look at real life examples of each component. It will also identify and explain each component. An appropriate diagram will be given to support my answers. At the end of this assignment one should have a full understanding of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is used to analyze motivation of consumers, which are composed of 5 five stages. From the lowest level to the highest one respectively are physiological, safety, belongingness, ego needs, and self-actualization. (Solomon and Barmossy et al., 2006)

Throughout life, one’s personality is a very important aspect of that individual’s wellbeing. Such characteristics are not only used by others in attempts to understand their peers, but also determine one’s own satisfaction and view of themselves. People are always attempting to change who they are for the better, in efforts to live a more satisfying and self-fulfilling life through achieving higher personal needs. With that said, when studying the psychological basis behind one’s development and change in personality, one specific theory and stance seems to explain this phenomenon of bettering one’s self; that of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

In social and political turmoil, certain human rights and needs are argued in the name of progress. There are debates of the necessity of freedom versus safety for people, such as long lines at airport security, seemingly tedious, but protecting from threats unseen by the public. One such person who discussed these needs was H.L. Menchen, a journalist and critic of the popular American life. He once said “The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe,” which highlights both his argument and the discussion itself, while launching new tangents of debate. Despite the call and thirst for freedom reflected in media and revolutions throughout the world and history, Menchen’s claims about the human need for safety are true, because despite the constant promotion of freedom in society, to survive one must have safety.

According to Maslow 's Hierarchy of Needs, after a person has achieved safety, satisfied their thirst, hunger and other physiological needs they continue towards self-actualization. In this is our desire for answers emerges. From the moment man had demonstrated his dominance at the top of the food chain, establishing a home, creating a life he set himself on a path towards higher thinking. They began to question why things happened. The best example of this would be the Greek philosophy and the tales of the Gods of Olympus. Tales of love, lust, creation, and destruction were a way of creating answers to what they did not understand. As Malcolm Gladwell

Tom Hanks in the movie “Cast Away” starting as Chuck Noland used “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs” to survive on the island for four years.

Throughout human history people have sought to better themselves and ascend to higher levels beyond what others thought possible. As many might say, life is more than just surviving, it is about doing the things one dreams of, learning new things, mastering new skills, and being with the people that one enjoys being with. On the contrary, not all people get to do any of those things. It seems that the ultimate goal is self-actualization and life fulfillment, yet why do people never seem to reach that point?

As co-queens of our civilization, Alexis and I wanted the best for our piece of Africa. We decided that we could best do this by choosing a constitutional monarchy for our people. We want to have most of the power over decisions regarding laws and buildings but we want our people to still have the rights from a constitution. This government has allowed us to spend money on what we feel the citizens need and also give them what their constitutional rights: schooling and the right to feel safe. The following decisions have been loosely based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs so that our people can flourish.

According to the New York Times Magazine article conjugal visits a privilege, not the right because of the several reasons. The ability to have sex with a spouse is not a fundamental human right for someone who is in the prison. It is a reasonable freedom for a prisoner to lose (Klosterman, 2014). The conjugal visits apply to everyone, whatever their sexual orientation because it represents gender equality and we live in the state where first make gay marriage legal. Here, I would like to cite the Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs triangle to make my point clear.

Children are unique, with their own personality, mannerisms, characteristics and needs. All children have different abilities and they all require different things to support them in reaching their potential. The Development Matters Framework (Early Education, 2012) states that teachers must reflect on children’s needs, build positive relationships with them and create stimulating environments to facilitate the discovery of new skills and knowledge.

When observing the field of psychology, among the vast expanse of subfields, the one that caught my eye the most was Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. By labeling the five most essential parts of a human’s life, they are defined and put in order from things most needed to things that come after those basic needs are met.

I believe this video is included in our patient care class to show us that there are many different kinds of disabilities a patient can suffer, all the while keeping a positive attitude. Something that stuck out the most in each person’s story was their want of independence. They want to live a normal life and be treated like any normal person. Being able to accomplish simple goals without the help of others is apart of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. I think that this is hard for some health care workers to understand. At the end of the day the job is to help people who can’t help themselves. The reality is that even though most disabled people cannot do certain things on their own, they still want to try. It will be our job to make sure that

After Abraham Maslow met Kurt Goldstein, who originated the concept of self-actualization, he began his movement for humanistic psychology. Early in his career Maslow worked with monkeys and he noticed that some needs took precedence over others. Maslow took this observation and created the theory of the Hierarchy of Needs. These needs were considered current motivations if they were not actualized. These needs are the Physiological Needs, the Safety and Security Needs, the Love and Belonging Needs, the Need for Self Esteem and the Need for Self Actualization (Boeree, 2006). As we consider the practical use of the Psychology of Personality in the workplace, fulfilling the needs of an employee as

Maslow’s mission in life was to understand people better. In his quest, he came up with many different theories to explain how and why humans behave the way they do. Motivation was at the center of most all his theories. “Maslow 's hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid.” (McLeod, 2016) I will be exploring my own needs according to Maslow’s Original 5 stage Pyramid.

The purpose of this paper is to explain Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and to explain his describe who and what they are. I will also give a short description of who Maslow was and that things he accomplish while pursuing his educations.