MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

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MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

• Highest
• NEED FOR SELF-ACTUALIZATION
• ESTEEM NEEDS
• BELONGINGNESS AND LOVE NEEDS
• SAFETY NEEDS
• PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
• Lowest

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DESCRIPTION OF NEEDS

• PHYSIOLOGICAL need for food, water, sex, rest
  etc.
• more important for motivating behavior when basis
  survival is an everyday concern
• SAFETY need to feel free from danger
• most important for infants and neurotic adults
• requires stability, security, and freedom from
  fear anxiety
• BELONGINGNESS LOVE need for affiliation
  affection
• can be expressed through a close relationship
  with a friend, lover, or mate - or even group of
  friends
• ESTEEM
• self esteem inborn need to feel competent to
  achieve (self worth)
• esteem from others having recognition for
  accomplishments
• SELF-ACTUALIZATION

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PREREQUISITES FOR SELF-ACTUALIZATION

• Maximum realization and fulfillment of potential
  (peak of personality development)
• all lower needs must be met and person must be
  free from all societal constraints
• must be secure with self image and image of
  others
• must love and be loved in return
• must have realistic knowledge of strengths and
  weaknesses virtues and vices

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OTHER NEEDS

• COGNITIVE NEEDS innate need to know and to
  understand - appear in late infancy/early
  childhood with curiosity
• AESTHETIC NEEDS need to have beautiful
  surroundings (not everybody has these)
• META NEEDS states of growth toward which
  self-actualizers evolve (the self-actualizer is
  not motivated by something external such as a
  goal, rather they are motivated from within in
  order to enrich their lives)