Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

M.Vinod Kumar,09011BB047.

• April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970• 1 of 7 children• Jewish, parents uneducated• Married Bertha Goodman, first cousin• Received BA (1930), MA (1931) and

PhD (1934) all from University of Wisconsin

• Professor at Brooklyn College (1937-51)

and Brandeis University (1951-61)• Considered to be the founder of humanistic psychology.

ABRAHAM MASLOW

Read the following statements and tick those that apply to

you.

__ A I am successful in life and/or work, and I’m recognized by my peers for being so. I’m satisfied with the responsibility and role that I have in life and/or work, my status and reputation, and my level of self-esteem.

__ B I am part of, and loved by, my family. I have good relationships with my friends and colleagues - they accept me for who I am.

__ C My aim is self-knowledge and enlightenment. The most important thing to me is realizing my ultimate personal potential. I seek and welcome ‘peak’ experiences.

__ D I generally feel safe and secure - job, home, etc - and protected from harm. My life generally has routine and structure - long periods of uncontrollable chaos are rare or non-existent.

__ E Aside from dieting and personal choice, I never starve through lack of food, nor lack of money to buy food. Aside from the usual trauma of moving house, I have no worry at all about having somewhere to live - I have ‘a roof over my head’.

There are no right or wrong answers.

MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

Self Actualisati

on

Esteem

Belongingness

Safety and Security

Physiological

DEFICIT (D-NEEDS)

• If you don’t have enough of something you have a “deficit” (need)– Maslow's hierarchy seems to follow the life

cycle. A baby's needs are almost entirely physiological. As the baby grows, it needs safety, then love. Toddlers are eager for social interaction, attention and affection. Teenagers are anxious about social needs, young adults are concerned with esteem and only more mature people transcend the first four levels to spend much time self-actualizing.

– Under stressful conditions, or when survival is threatened, we can “regress” to a lower level need.

Basic Human Needs

Food

Air

Water

Clothing

Sex

Physiological Needs

Safety and Security

ProtectionEmploymentSafetySecurityFamilyHealthSafety Needs

LOVE AND BELONGING

Affection

Acceptance

InclusionSOCIAL NEEDS

Esteem

Self-Respect

Self-Esteem

Respected by Others

Esteem Needs

SELF-ACTUALIZATION

Achieve full potential

Fulfillment

Self-Actualization

• Maslow created his hierarchy of needs from an individualistic perspective, being that he was from the United States, a highly individualistic nation.

• Maslow’s hierarchy has also been criticized as being individualistic because of the position and value of sex on the pyramid.

CRITICISMS

__ E Aside from dieting and personal choice, I never starve through lack of food, nor lack of money to buy food. Aside from the usual trauma of moving house, I have no worry at all about having somewhere to live - I have ‘a roof over my head’. (PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS)

__ D I generally feel safe and secure - job, home, etc - and protected from harm. My life generally has routine and structure - long periods of uncontrollable chaos are rare or non-existent.(SAFETY NEEDS)

__ B I am part of, and loved by, my family. I have good relationships with my friends and colleagues - they accept me for who I am. (BELONGINGNESS & LOVE NEEDS)

__ A I am successful in life and/or work, and I’m recognized by my peers for being so. I’m satisfied with the responsibility and role that I have in life and/or work, my status and reputation, and my level of self-esteem. (ESTEEM NEEDS)

__ C My aim is self-knowledge and enlightenment. The most important thing to me is realizing my ultimate personal potential. I seek and welcome ‘peak’ experiences. (SELF-ACTUALIZATION NEEDS)

Read the following statements and tick those that apply to you.

There are no right or wrong answers.

• A.H. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. (n.d.). Information accessed May 16, 2004, from http://www.temple.edu/CETP/temple_teach/cm-needs.html

• Daniels, V. (2004, March). Notes on Abraham Maslow. Information accessed May 18, 2004, from http://www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/Maslow_summary.html

• Warder, D. (n.d.). What is Abraham Maslow's theory of motivation and is it useful to the field of education? Teaching Portfolio. Information accessed May 16, 2004, from http://www.mumstudents.org/~dwarder/research.htm

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