Maslow 's Hierarchy Of Needs

Abraham Maslow was an American philosopher who was born in the early 1990 's in Brooklyn, New York. He was one of the leading theorists that promoted humanistic psychology during his era. Maslow sought to understand what motivates and inspires individuals. He theorized that individuals possess and hold a group of motivation and incentive systems not related to plunder or insensible desires. Maslow declared that people are motivated and provoked to attain certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on. The earliest version of Maslow 's hierarchy of needs includes five motivational needs, often viewed as hierarchical levels inside a pyramid. The five stage representation can be separated into basic needs and growth needs. The deficiency or basic needs are said to motivate and stimulate individuals when they are unmet and not fully attained. Also, the desire to fulfill and accomplish such wants and needs will become stronger the longer the duration they are denied. Once these needs have been relatively satisfied, an individual may be capable of reaching the highest level of the pyramid called self-actualization. Maslow though that self actualization is a state that exists when an individual is acting in harmony with his or her full capabilities. In Cormac McCarthy 's novel, The Road, we will examine the character 's physical journey towards self-actualization on Maslow

Psychologist Abraham Maslow created Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a list of necessary needs in order to live with healthy mental. The levels are physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization. Physiological deals with survival needs which include food, shelter, and water. Safety is the need to be secure from danger, a shelter or safe environment. Love is the is need for affection and belongingness, friends and family. Esteem is the personal worth, success and achievements. Self-actualization is actualizing one’s potential and what you are capable of. According to Maslow, the most important level is physiological and is needed for survival.

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.

Abraham Maslow proposed Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in 1943. Within this theory he stated that people must achieve certain needs and that some of those needs take priority over others. He also went on to state that you must satisfy your lower level needs before you can meet higher-level growth needs. There are five stages to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs starting from physiological needs, safety, love/belonging, esteem and finally, self-actualization. Health is considered a safety need, which is the second stage of needs that must be met after the physiological needs (Werby, 2013). Aboriginals across Canada have poor access to health care, which hinders the growth and development of future populations. This paper will compare the Aboriginal and Western approach to medicine, the lack of representation from Aboriginal communities on health surveys and censuses and the effects of the social determinants of health on Aboriginal communities.

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.

There are many management styles when it comes to an effective work environment. In correctional officers jobs they do their work by day to day events, where crisis is encountered every day, and leadership is essential to keep an operative system running. The basis for all management is leadership where correctional officers should have authority, talent, experience, ethics, and training. One that really stands out is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for prison guards. Prison guards need to feel important as they are caring for and essentially keeping appalling criminals safety. They need to know what they are doing is important for society and also be emotionally stable to handle the high levels of stress they will encounter. All levels of the pyramid need to be met for prison guards to justly do their jobs while also staying mentally fit for their work.

The Thrive approach was created by a body of specialists including OFSTED who have worked within education since 1994. Thrives approach is to identify children at an early stage in their emotional development. Addressing the emotional development of an individual at an early stage can build upon the individuals or child’s resilience, which in turn can help reduce the risk of mental illness.

Maslow (1943) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. He states when one need is met or fulfilled the person will seek out the next need and so on. The most widespread version is Maslow’s (1943, 1954) hierarchy of needs which includes five motivational needs. The five stage model that he came up with was physiological, safety, love, and esteem, and growth needs (self- actualization). These basic needs are said to motivate people to fulfill them till they are met. The need to do this will become stronger and stronger the longer they are not met.

Maslow’s theory is based on the needs of the children and how they need to have their needs met in order to progress. There are 5 areas within the hierarchy of needs pyramid which are; physiological (needs of housing/shelter, air and sleep), safety (needs for security, stability, structure and freedom from fear), social (needs for love, family, friends, affection, lover and community), esteem (needs for self-respect and self-esteem although it also provides you with esteem for others), and self-actualisation (needs to obtain full potential). The needs at the bottom on the pyramid need to be met in order for the child to progress up the pyramid.

Abraham Maslow was a phenomenal psychologist whose influences on the field cannot be dismissed. This paper is going to be based on one of his most famous works which is his hierarchy of needs. “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs concept assumes that lower level needs must be satisfied or at least relatively satisfied before higher level needs become motivators.” (Feist, Feist & Roberts, 2013, p. 266). He often referred to the five conative needs that make up the hierarchy as basic needs. (Feist, et al, 2013). Those basic needs in order of priority are: physiological needs, safety needs, love and belongingness needs,

Osland, et al. (2007) provide a good introduction to three basic motivational content theories. The first theory is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs that proposes man is motivated by a lack in the one or more of the five common needs. The needs that Maslow identifies are physiological, safety, social belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization. Maslow believed that one fills needs from the most basic (like food and water) to the highest level (self-actualization). Maslow’s ideas are easy to relate to and attempt to provide an all-inclusive approach to the concept of motivation; however, there is little evidence to support the idea that man cannot have self-actualization without the other more basic needs first satisfied. The second content theory Osland, et al. discuss is McCelland’s learned needs. McCelland states that man is motivated by one of three things: achievement, power, or affiliation – or a mixture of the three. Each of these needs can possess a negative or positive connotation or implementation, but it is argued that people motivated by affiliation make better leaders. The third theory presented is McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor asserts that Theory X people or employees are inherently lazy and must be controlled and forced to act, whereas Theory Y people are self-controlled, motivated, and ambitious.

Abraham Maslow was one of the most influential and important educational psychologists and is recognized by many for his theory on mankind’s hierarchy of needs. Maslow’s theory which is known as “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” is best explained as a pyramid of needs that we as humans must meet in order to progress to another stage of needs. There are five stages in the pyramid of needs and they go as follows: physiological, safety, love and belongingness, esteem, and finally self-actualization. Maslow believed that we are motivated by base needs and before we can move to a higher form of growth needs or the next step in the hierarchy we must meet a lower form of needs. Maslow stated: “At once other (and “higher”) needs emerge and these, rather than physiological hungers, dominate the organism. And when these in turn are satisfied, again new (and still “higher”) needs emerge and so on. This is what we mean by saying that the basic human needs are organized into a hierarchy of relative prepotency”.

Firstly, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs can be expressed in many teaching practices seen at Mt. Maria College. The Hierarchy of Needs can be defined as a theory f psychological wellbeing/ health that is very much dependent on different levels of needs. Each level requires that it be satisfied before the following levels can be addressed. For example, shown in Appendix (?) There are five prioritized levels of needs shown in a pyramid. Starting from the foundation of the pyramid and working its way to the smaller and least vital at the topmost level. These needs are what motivate our actions.

This essay will discuss about what is motivation? what motivate people toward satisfy needs. The paper will includes three main artical theory by Abraham Maslow ( Maslow's Hierarchy of needs ), Clayton Alderfer ( Alderfer's ERC Theory ) and Psychologist David Mcclelland ( McClelland's Theory of needs ). The author will explain why motivation is important in an organization and how it will impact the organization. The three motivation theories will also be used together in order to enhance the staff’s motivation level to work and help the organization towards success. In the end will be the conclusion and opinions with my own expreriences.