Maslow 's Humanistic Approach Theory

Maslow’s hierarchy is used within organisations by employers as their employees have basic human needs and a right to strive for self-actualisation. Successful organisations will be ones who care, understand, encourage and enable personal growth towards their employees.

In 1943 Humanistic Psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed his Theory of Human Motivation. In this paper he outlines what he believes to be a humans hierarchy of needs. Maslow suggests in his journal that one must meet the needs of the previous level before moving on to meet the needs of the next one on the hierarchy. According to Maslow there are 5 tiers of human needs: physiological, security, belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization. In Welch, West Virginia Jeanette and her siblings must adjust their lifestyles in order to meet their human needs according to Maslow’s hierarchy.

Humanistic conceptions of personality focus on our own natural progression towards achieving one’s full potential, having a holistic approach. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) believes that growth and behaviour is motivated by a number of needs ranging from basic to psychological needs. He uses a hierarchy, commonly depicted as a five-tier pyramid in which the bottom 4 levels represent our deficit needs, shown in figure 1 below. Once the individual’s physiological needs are met, they may move to the next and so on. After all deficit needs have been met, an individual is capable of achieving self-actualisation. According to Maslow, fulfilling this need means reaching one’s highest potential and truly understanding one’s self.

Psychologist Abraham H. Maslow is the developer of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The theory covers human behavior in terms of basic requirements for survival and growth (Cengage, 2002). The theory was developed in the early 1960’s. During this time psychology was taken over by two different views. One side was the human behavior and the other one was the behaviorist. Maslow explained that psychoanalysts had not accomplished the task to consider the behavior of healthy humans. He also mentioned that many subjective experiences that related with human behaviors were being ignored by behaviorist. In the beginning Maslow examined motivations and experience of many healthy individuals. He recognized that there are many requirements in this theory that are important for human survival and to help motivate individuals. He conceptualized different human needs as a pyramid with five levels in

Although the hierarchy of needs and Humanistic Psychology were innovative during it was and is still criticized today. One of such criticisms is self-actualization and that Maslow gave very ambiguous characteristics and examples of people he thought to be self-actualized. In addition, the hierarchy of needs is hard to prove scientifically. Self- actualization relies mostly on a person’s experience. Therefore, one can’t tell if an individual is self-actualized. However humanistic psychology changed the way human behavior was viewed during a time where behavioral psychology was more prevalent. This introduced a new way of

With these few thoughts in mind Abraham Maslow made up a hierarchy of needs. (Boeree, Page 2) The hierarchy of needs has five levels: the bottom one is Physiological Needs, the next one up is Safety needs, the next one is Belonging needs, the next one is Esteem Needs and finally the last one is Self-actualization needs. As Maslow thought he “saw human beings needs arranged like a ladder”, the most basic needs at the bottom and at the top the need to fulfill yourself. (pbs.org, Page 1) Below is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Abraham Maslow’s theory, Theory of Hierarchy Needs, is a motivational theory in psychology that has a tier model of the five things a human needs. Maslow stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others. The five stages, from bottom to top, include Physiological needs( food, water, warmth, and rest), the second stage: Safety Needs ( security and safety), third stage: Belongingness and love needs ( intimate relationships and friends), the fourth stage: Esteem Needs (prestige and feeling of accomplishment), and finally the last stage: Self-actualization ( achieving one’s full potential, including creative potential). The five stage model can be divided into

According to Enid Blyton “The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.” What this quote means is that challenges and obstacles help us to progress further in life to get us somewhere better. This is an effective quote for “The Color of Water” by James McBride because, throughout the book, both James and Ruth had challenges that came their way but after overcoming it they both were able to find a solution. In the book, both Ruth and James were able to overcome obstacles in order to resolve both internal and external conflicts in their lives.

When Ruth was growing up, she was given twisted views on what family was supposed to be like, but she still stayed loyal to her family. Ruth talks about her high school graduation, “ I told her, “Frances, I’m not sure I can go into that church.” She said, “ I understand, Ruth. I’ll graduate by myself, then, because I don’t want to graduate next to anyone but you.” Well, I felt like I couldn’t let that happen, so I said, “ I can go it, let’s go.” We took a picture in our caps and gowns and got in line, double file, and marched together. The line marched out of Suffolk High’s schoolyard and onto Main Street and

It would have been unacceptable and annoying”(541). While still completely sane, she admits that her feelings for Robert are nothing more than a friendship but changes her mind once she decides she no longer wants to be tied down to anyone. She becomes extremely flustered when she finds out about Robert leaving for Mexico she states “The idea of Robert starting of in such a ridiculously sudden and dramatic way!”(568). This is where “she recognized anew the symptoms of infatuation”(569), basically admitting that she had no serious thoughts about him, just an infatuation which she blows way out of proportion while he is away, so much so as to think she is actually in love with him when he returns. Possibly though, a big reason as to why she begins to feel that way is because she envies his ability to just pack up and leave on a moment’s notice. She already has begun to long for a change in her life, and something like that would not only be adventurous to her, but also fulfill her longing for something different than the life she is stuck in. She tells a story to her husband and the Doctor while dining one night “of a woman who paddled away with her lover one night in a pirogue and never came back”(589), how so then, would this be any different. She only wants something new, and

Ruth’s tone shifts in many places throughout the chapter, that helps the reader understand the attitudes expressed by the author toward her experiences with Dennis. In chapter 23, Ruth says “even though we were not married, we considered ourselves husband and wife.” This shows that even though they were not married, they considered themselves as wife and husband. Later on in the text, reads “In 1942, a few months after my mother died, I told Dennis, “I want to accept Jesus Christ into my life and join the church. Dennis said, “Are you sure you want to do this, Ruth? You know what this means?” I told him, “I’m sure”. I was totally sure.” Her statement to Dennis shows how more open she is whilst with Dennis, showing the love that she has for

Dr. Abraham Maslow used his extensive research regarding human development to create a hierarchy of needs that describes the stages of human development that each of us needs to meet to become fully functioning, responsible adults, in other words, becoming the contributing members of society that our program is committed to producing. Maslow’s hierarchy has seven stages that appear in the form of a pyramid. Essentially we, as humans, all start at the bottom of the pyramid, and each step up the pyramid represents a major triumph over the challenges

When talking to her about finding a husband she had very high hopes in finding the perfect husband. In Erikson’s stage 6. Intimacy vs. Isolation which occurs in young adulthood, we explore relationships with people other than our family members. Successful completion of this stage can result in happy relationships, with a sense of safety and love within the relationship. Although Delilah was hoping for a loving and caring marriage with Robert, she was deeply disappointed when their relationship didn’t turn out the way she had dreamed about. She had almost childish expectations of what a marriage should look like. She separated from Robert during Erikson’s seventh stage which most people settle down in their relationships. She also left her children and moved to a different city. She was running from the life she knew, because of the mental abuse she suffered. Now that Robert has passed she admits to regrets she has concerning their relationship and she is getting treated for depression. Robert passed away after a big fight they had, although they apologized to each other after the fight she still feels bad for the things that were

Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs model is implemented off a hierarchal pyramid which is renowned as one the most motivational theories, it is mainly incorporated with business dynamics, and it can also be used when relating to cultural diversity. Maslow 's hierarchy outlines in a hierarchal order as drawn upon by (Patrick.A.G, 2003) quoted by Maslow that the needs are ' 'Physiological, safety, social, self-esteem, and self-actualization ' '. The physiological needs are the basis that an individual will attain such as, basic human needs which incorporate survival, food and shelter. After the physiological needs have been met, safety and security is the next priority need on the hierarchy,

Maslows hierarchy of needs has five levels of physical and emotional needs: The first level physiological and the last level being self-actualization. Maslow states that until one achieves the