Michael Fred Phelps II of the USA is by far the most decelerated Olympian of all time with 23 Olympic gold medals as well 3 silver and 2 bronze making it 28 in total . He also holds 7 current world records across his sport of swimming. At only 31 he has retired from swimming once after the 2012 London Olympics but 2 years later he came out of retirement and qualified for the 2016 USA Olympic team. Michael went from a child scared to put his face under the water to the best swimmer of all time and the reasons for his success and continuous motivation can be explained by personality theories of Maslow and Eysenck.
Phelps has struggled through injuries to make a comeback that made him world famous once more. He has pay checks that are the envy of the world but does this make him self-actualised? Looking at the personality theories of Maslow and Eysenck will look at why he has continued to push himself at such an elite level while most would just give up.
Maslow’s theory on personality, called Humanistic is based on growth and potential. According to Maslow, reaching the top level of the pyramid, Self-Actualisation. Maslow states that if one level is
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Eysenck would say because of his traits that he has not changed from the time he was a child has made his personality stable through situations such as the media changing the way the general public look at him. When the media made the suggestion that Michael Phelps was doing performing enhancing drugs instead of winning from hard work he was investigated his stable personality helped him to handle the situation. Maslow would say that this media disgrace made him move up and down in the hierarchy stopping him from self-actualising. These two theories work together in this
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
When he was invited to “family week” Michael’s dad, Fred Phelps immediately decided to come, which shocked Michael who didn’t expect him to show up. (Citing) Both Fred and Michael were scared for how things would go, but after having a long honest talk with each other they made up and resolved all the problems between them. Along with getting his father back Phelps decided to start training for Rio. Three months after rehab he proposed to his girlfriend Nicole and later had his son Boomer Phelps on May 5th, 2016. (Citing) By then Phelps knew he had his life back. Phelps’ return was when he went to the last Olympic meet of his career in the 2016 Rio Games. There he won 5 golds and a silver, and that is also where he decided to announce the end of his career. He says “This is what I came back for” and now he is ready to move on in his life (Citing Mp retires). Michael’s treasure is the success of his career and how he was able to come back and “do things I wanted to accomplish” and also all the things he learned on his journey. Now that he is retired, Michael spends time at home with his wife and son and looks forward to watching Boomer grow and is now ready move forward in his
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.
Through the use of this paper the agreement between Maslow and Rogers when it comes to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs will be shown. It will also focus on the humanistic and biological approaches to personality. According to Orana (2009), Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory that is considered to still be valid today in the areas of management training, personal development, and the understanding of the motivation of humans. This theory was first introduced in the book Personality and Motivation which was
When Jim Parson says “You should retire that too” he creates an emotional appeal of sadness, (The Pool). We feel this sadness because Michael Phelps has been a swimmer for so long, and has become an Olympic legend. Therefore, seeing him retire upsets viewers because they will never see him race in the Olympics again. The commercial also uses emotional feelings of pride throughout the entire commercial by the presence of Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps establishes this emotional appeal because many Americans are proud of his achievements and how his dominance in the pool relates to our dominance in the United States. This emotional appeal provides trust within the Intel product and shows that Intel should have the same respect from customers that Michael Phelps does from his
Abraham Maslow was an American theorist that was one of the advocates of humanistic psychology. He believed that self-actualization is “a situation that exists when a person is acting in accordance with his or her full potential” (Hergenhahn & Olson, 2011). I will illustrate the key concepts of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs of humans, research the methodologies of his concept, and address how self-actualization has conceptualized on this type of personality development. His contribution
A devoted husband with three kid's Michaels basketball career and reputation have lasted for the past 19-20 years. Not only has Michael dominated and played professional Basketball, Baseball, and golf but Michael has foundations and does a lot of charity donations and work. A true and respected hero to many fans and
28 medals, - 23 of which are gold - shaping the swimming world and breaking world records (Majendie). In my opinion, the real person behind his success was his coach, Bow Bowman. Bowman trained him to his extent and kept refining every little thing he could. Without him, Phelps would surely not have his 23 gold medals nor be “remarkable” as Bowman describe him (Majendie). One day I want to train the next god-like olympian as a swim coach. As our society advances, we gain so much technology that enhances our lives. From drones to underwater cameras, we have a device for every possible action. Also, as technology
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
The humanistic ideas of Carl Rogers is what differentiates him from other psychologists. Carl strongly believed in Abraham Maslow’s idea of self-actualization. Self-actualization is the idea that there is a stage in a person’s life where they realize all of their greatest talents while still being aware of their limitations.
Gender, race, and class has always been a big concept throughout the years. These three categories determined a person’s future years ago. If you were black, you grew up to be a slave and all of your relatives who lived before you, lived to serve as a slave. Then if you were a woman, it was against the rules to see a woman working in the same capacity/ role as men. Their work was more domestic in nature.
Abraham Maslow, an American psychologist and at the forefront of the humanist movement in psychology, proposed a theory concerning basic human motivations that are based upon a hierarchy of needs. (Boeree 1998, 2006) Often described or pictured as a pyramid, basic physiological drives like thirst, hunger and sleep, as well as the need for safety, shelter and some feeling of security are the motivational needs that occupy the bottom tiers of the pyramid.. They provide the foundation for higher levels of needs to become present and available that the individual is aroused or driven to attain. Once those physiological and safety needs are met then the individual looks to love and be loved, to belong
The early philosopher Plato would not approve of today’s democracy in the United States. He envisions a time and state where all people are controlled by government. The people are to live “the good life” with luxurious and wealth, but have no political power. Plato’s views of a “perfect utopian state” would require removing authority from the people and allowing the philosopher officials to rule. In the writings of The Republic, Plato discusses his ideal of what he believes to be a perfect scenario for mankind. This Utopian State would flourish and give a new meaning to what is just. He discusses his ideas of this state by changing the way people live, think, and behave.
The controversy that surrounds the use of capital punishment argues issues that surround the death penalty, but not the death penalty itself. I believe that those who sit on death row are reserved for criminals who commit the worst acts and deserve to have their life taken. These criminals should not be given a second chance, because the life that was taken did not get a second chance. Those who are given the death penalty show the result that they are a danger to society, and they shouldn’t have the possibility of hurting any more people. One could argue that justice would be served while the criminal stays behind bars, two wrongs don’t make a right, and by committing the same offense that the criminal had done while saying it’s okay to do the same only because the state says it’s acceptable. I believe that keeping the death penalty is a morally justified action and is supported by Utilitarianism and the greatest happiness principle. The death penalty is something that should only be used for brutal and premeditated crimes, because of its effectiveness to deter crime, receive retribution, and give closure for victim’s families.
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