Maslow 's Hierarchy Of Needs During Freshman Year Of My Undergraduate Developmental Psychology Class

If both practitioners and parents offer their children effective support their holistic development will be significantly benefited.

When an infant arrives in the world they are helpless tiny humans who depend on adults for every need from love, to feeding them. It is amazing how these tiny babies grow into adults able to make decisions and become self-dependent. There are many theories about how children develop and what roles the environment plays, what people affect their lives and how events can shape their personalities. Some of these children have and easy life and some have a harder time making that journey to adulthood.

There are many factors that influence the wellbeing of children and young people. Some of these are evident in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs teaches us that the human condition requires that certain needs be met such as our physical needs, our safety needs, our belongingness and love needs, our esteem needs, and our self-actualization needs. According to Maslow, it is when these needs are met that we become whole people. Ethan Frome is a book that centers on the needs of a man and his family. The author, Edith Wharton, shows a range of characters that are at times at various levels of the needs that Maslow explains in his hierarchy. What we humans need to fulfill our own self-actualization is often times shown in Wharton’s work. It is the building of one such character that mirrors the belongingness and love needs that is of particular interest because of her evolvement throughout the book. The character of Frome’s wife, Zeena, suffers from hypochondria who seems to be in search of something just out of her reach. The character is filled with illnesses that seem to trouble her on a daily basis with each one seemingly more significant than the other that leads the reader to understand just how manipulative she is. It is as if the character needs attention in order to participate in life. Edith Wharton creates a character in Zeena that fakes her illness because it parallels the relationship

‘’We are moulded by and re-moulded by those who have loved us; and though the love may pass, we are nevertheless their work for good or ill’’ ( Francois Mairlac) 1. Explain the sequence of development that would normally be expected in children and young people from birth to -19 years.Children have certain basic, physical and psychological needs and if these needs are not met then growth psychological developmental will be distorted in many ways. Everyone needs shelter, food, water, warmth and not to mention grooming and hygiene, activities which are laid down in Maslow’s hierarchy of basic need. If they are neglected or unfulfilled then this will have

The first main task of being a helper to clients is to try to develop a rapport with them so that they will be willing to open up to the helper about their problem. This could help to remove that possible mental barrier which could be there so that the engagement process may begin in a positive way for the clients which are in need of interventions. In my opinion, there is a bond with the helpers and their clients, however, it should always be in a professional manner and honored by ethical standards. The helper should always try to make a genuine and empathetic connection with their clients as well so that the healing process may begin. I believe the clients should have the realization that their helpers are there to advocate for them and that they are not there to judge or to criticize them.

Another strength that I bring to the human service field is that I am compassionate and driven to help people help themselves. In the past when I have helped patients get connected to services I have felt a strong sense of fulfillment. My experiences of going to physician’s appointments, setting up clinic appointments, tracking down equipment and doing home assessments was one of my favorite parts of my job as a physical therapy

Like my first couple of times I sat in with our case workers, a 16 year old girl who had moved far from family to be with a guy she thought she loved. Towards the end of the relationship she got pregnant and he didn’t want her around anymore. When she was about four or five months along he beat her so badly that it caused the baby to die and when she met with two of our caseworkers a legal aid and one to try to find a resource that would perform the procedure, because the baby had been dead inside of her for about two weeks. That situation definitely struck a chord with me, because she was so young and didn’t have any family. After we talked to her for intake and everything it definitely made me aware that it would have been personally difficult

Sleeping on a comfortable mattress, drinking fresh water, eating three meals a day, and wearing clean clothes every day. What if one day everything you are used to was taken away from you and there was nothing you could do about it? In the movie, “Cast Away,” Chuck Nolan is forced to meet Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs, physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, esteem, and self actualization, while stranded on an island with nothing but a few packages he was supposed to be delivering when the plane went down.

The well-being of the child is a vital of learning however it is not just associated with the basic needs of the child, but also how relaxed the child is with the environment and themselves. The well-being of a child can be ensured by fulfilling the basic needs which were defined in the hierarchy of needs by Maslow. Abraham Maslow stressed the importance of focusing on the positive

Air, food, shelter, warmth; these are all basic needs for a human being. Without the basic needs, it is impossible for one to progress. It is not possible for a person to give them everything they need on their own, it takes guidance and experience. As an adolescent, Alex still needs this guidance in order to grow and mature into adulthood. The fact that Alex’s parents are very neglectful of him, only solidifies his behavior. With Maslow’s hierarchy, it has been studied that, “...progress is often delayed or stopped due to the failure to meet lower level needs” (McLeod, Symply Psychology). Alex’s parents refuse to take action or responsibility for their son. Neglect like this, causes that stand still and does not allow Alex to

During our first contact, I noticed that the client was nervous and uneasy. I felt the need to immediately build rapport after I introduced myself, in order for me to create a level of trust, understanding, and establish a good relationship with the client. Seden (2005) mentioned that skills in relationship-building is one of the foundations in social work practice, particularly when working with individuals who are angry, anxious, distressed and upset due to their circumstances. Therefore, my goal was to engage and communicate effectively to lessen the tension and uneasiness of the client. After I started to converse and asked questions such as “how are you?”, “do you live near this area?”, “would you like some coffee or tea?”, I have observed that the client’s behavior slowly shifted and became more comfortable and relaxed.

I agree that a sense of self should be the ultimate goal that one needs to achieve. Maslow Hierarchy emphasizes that self-actualization is the highest level of needs. It is important for one to identify who she is and where she is headed and not be concerned about reactions; but striving to reach one’s own potential as an individual and as a member of society as a whole. “Men make their own history, that what they can know is what they have made” (Said, 2002, p. 67). Conversely, some people struggle with the fact of showing the real them. We all are different and unique. We are a melting pot. However, society has conditioned us to reject something that has its individual identity. “Only when individuals recognize that their identity- which of course is an identity that they must value-depends on the existence of liberal democratic form of life will they be prepared to defend those institutions and to fight for them when needed” (Mouffe, 2000, p. 91).

This observation can be compared to three theories. These theories being discussed will be Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development and scaffolding, and Fitts & Posner’s theory of motor learning. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs has five stages and is organized into three categories. The categories are basic, psychological, and self-fulfillment needs. Basic need category consists of physiological and safety needs. Physiological needs are food, water, rest, and warmth and safety is feeling of security in the environment. Maslow believed to progress in life humans need to obtain basic needs before acquiring your psychological or self-fulfillment needs. In this observation, when Max told his mother “I am hungry,” and

In this essay I will initially define the child’s needs and then link it to Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. I will then further explain a 3 years old child’s Physical needs and elaborate how a practitioner can support these needs