Human Needs

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Human Needs
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• Needs are a lack of something required or
  desired.
• Needs motivate us to act.

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Abraham Maslow

• Noted psychologist who developed a hierarchy of
  needs.

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

• Maslow defined a hierarchy of human needs that
  stated that the lower needs must be met before an
  individual strive to meet high needs.

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What are Maslows Human Needs?

• Can you guess what Maslows levels of needs are?

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Physical needs
What did Maslow mean by physical needs? What
physical needs does every person have?

• Food
• Water
• Air/Oxygen
• Sleep
• Protection/Shelter
• Elimination
• Motor needs
• Sensory needs
• These needs are essential for life if unmet,
  these needs lead to death.

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Physical needs

• Consider these questions?
• Are you meeting these needs for your well being
  and good health?
• Who provides these needs for you?
• Could you provide these needs for a baby?

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Safety and Security Needs

• Need to be free from anxiety and fear
• Need to be secure in the environment
• Need for order and routine

How do these safety and security needs relate to
you?
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Safety and Security Needs

• Which of these are met for you?
• Who provides these needs for you?
• Which of these needs could you provide for a
  baby?

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Love/Affection, Acceptance, and Belongingness
Needs

• Social acceptance, friendships, family, to be
  loved, affectionate relationships in general
• Need to belong, to relate to others
• Sexuality
• Persons feelings/attitude toward their
  masculine/feminine nature
• Ability to give and receive love and affection
• Reproductive capabilities

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• What are some examples of love and acceptance you
  see in your life?

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Esteem Needs

• Feeling important and worthwhile includes
  respect, approval, appreciation
• Engagement in activities that bring achievement,
  success, and recognition
• Growth of self confidence which directs our
  actions toward becoming what we WANT to be

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• Self esteem
• the need for respect of others
• the need for status, recognition, dignity
• Self respect
• confidence competence achievement,
• independence freedom

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Self-actualization

• Self realization
• Obtaining our full potential
• Becoming confident
• Eager to express our beliefs
• A willingness to reach out to others to help them

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• According to Maslow, only a small percentage of
  the worlds population is truly, predominantly,
  self-actualizing. 

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• Can you think of people who fit into the
  self-actualization category?

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Self-actualization

• Knowledge and appreciation of beauty, goodness,
  freedom and a realistic view and acceptance of
  self and others.
• Reality-centered differentiate what is fake and
  dishonest from what is real and genuine.
• Problem-centered treating lifes difficulties as
  problems demanding solutions, not as personal
  troubles to be railed at or surrendered to. 
• Different perception of means and ends felt
  that the ends dont necessarily justify the
  means, that the means could be ends themselves,
  and that the means -- the journey -- was often
  more important than the ends.

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• To meet our human needs, we usually learn what
  works by trial and error.
• When needs are felt, individuals are motivated or
  stimulated to act.
• If the need is met, satisfaction of a feeling of
  pleasure or fulfillment occurs.
• If a need is unmet, tension or frustration occurs.