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SHAMAYEL AFZAL KHAN (F-46066) ASSIGNMENT 1: 16 BASIC HUMAN DESIRES BBA 23: FINANCE - SEMESTER 8 TH SPRING 2014 SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SCIENCES APCOMS PAGE 1 OF 4 1. Introduction: As a result of studies conducted on 6000 people, Steven Reiss identified sixteen needs of human beings, also is known as “Profile of Human Needs”. It was developed as a form of personality instrument, in which people respond to a questionnaire that determines their degree of need in each dimension, relative to other people. These can help in explanation of interpersonal misunderstanding. 2. Aim: The aim of this assignment is to acquaint the user with knowledge about the 16 Basic Desires of Human Beings. 3. Scope: This assignment has been prepared for academic purpose that is under the instructions of our teacher for course module “Introduction to Social Sciences” as a part of course work. 4. Object: To write down one sentence about each desire among the 16 Desires of Human Beings and indicate, which one is the best and why? Give four to five reasons. 5. 16 Basic Human Desires: a) Curiosity: It is the desire of human being to strive for accumulating knowledge. b) Acceptance: It is the desire of human being to strive for the social acceptance or inclusion. c) Order: 13 TH MAY 2014

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SHAMAYEL AFZAL KHAN (F-46066) ASSIGNMENT 1: 16 BASIC HUMAN DESIRESBBA 23: FINANCE - SEMESTER 8TH SPRING 2014 SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SCIENCESAPCOMS PAGE 1 OF 3

1. Introduction:

As a result of studies conducted on 6000 people, Steven Reiss identified sixteen needs of

human beings, also is known as “Profile of Human Needs”. It was developed as a form of

personality instrument, in which people respond to a questionnaire that determines their

degree of need in each dimension, relative to other people. These can help in explanation

of interpersonal misunderstanding.

2. Aim:

The aim of this assignment is to acquaint the user with knowledge about the 16 Basic

Desires of Human Beings.

3. Scope:

This assignment has been prepared for academic purpose that is under the instructions of

our teacher for course module “Introduction to Social Sciences” as a part of course work.

4. Object:

To write down one sentence about each desire among the 16 Desires of Human Beings

and indicate, which one is the best and why? Give four to five reasons.

5. 16 Basic Human Desires:

a) Curiosity:

It is the desire of human being to strive for accumulating knowledge.

b) Acceptance:

It is the desire of human being to strive for the social acceptance or inclusion.

c) Order:

It is the desire of human being to strive for structure, stability and clarification or

organization.

d) Physical Activity:

It is the desire of human being to strive for fitness, exercise, and feeling of muscles.

e) Honor:

It is the desire of human being to strive for loyalty in relation to family, cultural

values and heritage.

f) Power:

It is the desire of human being to strive for performance and to influence others.

g) Independence:

It is the desire of human being to strive for self-reliance.

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h) Social Contact:

It is the desire of human being to strive for contact, encounter, nearness or

companionship.

i) Family:

It is the desire of human being to strive for partnership behavior, domesticity and

parenting.

j) Status:

It is the desire of human being to strive for titles, wealth, prestige and public attention.

k) Idealism:

It is the desire of human being to strive for social justice and interaction.

l) Vengeance:

It is the desire of human being to strive for competition, fight, aggressiveness and

revenge.

m) Romance:

It is the desire of human being to strive for beauty, love and sensuality.

n) Eating:

It is the desire of human being to strive for pleasure of ingestion and to consume food.

o) Saving

It is the desire of human being to strive for accumulating possession and to collect

things.

p) Tranquility:

It is the desire of human being to strive emotional security, calm and wellness.

6. Personal Opinion for the Best Human Desire among 16 with Rationale:

In my personal opinion, “Power” is the best Human Desire among all the 16 Basic

Human Desires. As “Power” falls under the esteem needs in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

and when a person reaches self-esteem level, then there is a likely chance that he or she

may reach self-actualization level; that is the final level in the hierarchy of needs. When

one has power, he or she can exercise control over others and can influence others to do

whatever is in his best interest or favor. With “Power” all other basic desires of human

being can be fulfilled as well. Power helps a person to achieve his or her goals despite

opposition faced by others. It give authority to a person to accept whatever is in his favor

or best in his views and to reject whatever is against his views and interest or whatever he

feels is not right. It assists to provide us a sense of control and confers status. In addition,

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it helps a person to move up social hierarchies and also assists in the survival need, as

well as to attract and keep the best possible people around oneself.

7. References:

Reiss' 16 Human Needs. Accessed on: 12th May 2014.Retrieved From:

http://changingminds.org/explanations/needs/reiss_16_needs.htm

Freese, J. (2011). Personality and Autoimmune Diseases: A Pilot Study to Investigate a

New Approach forPsychodiagnostics: Analysis of Life Motives inAutoimmune Disease

Patients with support of the Reiss Profile Inventory. (Master in Clinical

Psychoneuroimmunology Thesis), UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA. Retrieved from

http://www.freese-institut.de/assets/Uploads/Publikationen/Thesis-Freese-Kopie.pdf

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