Hierarchy of Needs

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Hierarchy of Needs

• Abraham Maslow

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Abraham Maslow

• Father of Humanism
• Humanistic Assumptions
• All humans have an innate tendency toward
  personal growth fulfillment
• Problems arise from conditional love
• Unconditional Positive Regard
• Reflective Client-Centered counseling techniques
• Organismic Valuing Process Model

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Hierarchy of Needs

• Assumptions in the hierarchy
• Hierarchy is meant to explain how the tendency
  toward growth works as a model
• Satisfaction at a lower level leads naturally to
  a higher level of need.
• Lower level needs must be met first before higher
  level needs can be met.
• Self-Actualization
• Living up to your greatest potential

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Hierarchy of Needs (Overhead)

• Deficiency Needs (Lower level needs)
• A feeling that something is lacking is very
  motivating.
• If you are thirsty, what are you motivated to do?
• When a deficiency need is satisfied, the
  motivation for that level decreases.
• Once you drink enough water, do you keep drinking?

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Hierarchy of Needs Model

• Growth Needs (Higher level needs)
• A feeling of fulfillment is very motivating.
• Learning new technique in Ed. Psych. makes you
  want more Ed. Psych.
• When a growth need is satisfied or achieved, the
  motivation for that level increases.
• Your first short story is published in a literary
  magazine, makes you want to write creatively even
  more.

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Hierarchy of Needs - Levels

• Physiological Needs
• Physical necessities for sustaining life
• Most Pre-potent need within the model
• Food, Water, Shelter, Sleep, ?????
• Safety Needs
• Threat of pain of all kinds
• Emotional Physical
• Previous stability becomes unpredictable

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Hierarchy of Needs - Levels

• Love Belonging Needs
• Sense of membership/acceptance in a group
• Pathologies often linked to a lack of belonging
• Ethnicity, Chess club, Sports teams, ??????
• Esteem Needs
• Dignity and respect from self peers
• Sense of self-worth within a group
• Roles within a group, leader, follower, note-taker

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Hierarchy of Needs - Levels

• Need to Know Understand
• Acquisition of new knowledge
• Differentiating, Assimilating, or Associating
• Discoveries, AHA! moments, Achievements
• Aesthetic Needs
• Mastery to the point of creating art
• Why just do something when you can do it
  beautifully.
• Poetry vs. paragraphs, recital vs. composing,
  exercise vs. dance

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Hierarchy of Needs - Levels

• Self-Actualization Needs
• Live to fullest potential
• Take advantage of all talents abilities
• Albert Einstein, Sam Rahube, Fran Hiezel, etc.

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Hierarchy of Needs - Limitations

• Inconsistent Stages
• Stages can be skipped
• Movement up down the levels
• Multiple needs at the same time
• Satisfaction of a need is extremely arbitrary