MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

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Basic Postulates

• Humans are inherently good.
• Humans are active as well as reactive.
• Human are more than the sum of their parts.
• Human existence takes place in a uniquely human
  context (separate from animals).
• Human are always aware of being aware
  (conscious, awareness of self and others).
• Human behavior is determined by an individuals
  perceptions of self (self-concept).
• For behavior to change, self perceptions must
  change.
• Humans have free will and responsibility.
• Humans are intentional and aim for goals.

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What is Humanism?

• Dignity
• Rational
• Truth Seeking
• Goodness
• More than sum of parts
• Self-Actualization
• Hopeful

• Motivating
• Affirmative
• Celebratory
• Holistic
• Human Potential
• Growth
• Openness
• Enlightenment

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HUMANISM
Develop the innate potential of every person. Let
each become all s/he is capable of becoming.
Help each individual to self-actualize.
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Within every person is an active will towards
health, growth, and the actualization of human
potential.
Carol Tribe
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ABRAHAM MASLOW
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Maslows Philosophy

• To understand humans, you must understand their
  highest aspirations.
• Human study must be humanistic holistic
• Human values are intrinsically good desirable.
• Personality problems are loud protests against
  the crushing of psychological bones.
• Self-actualizing people can live more freely in
  the realm of being.
• A democratic environment is essential to reach
  potential

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MASLOWS HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
B E I N G
Aesthetic intellectual

• Self Actualizing Needs
• Esteem Needs
• Love and Belonging Needs
• Safety Needs
• consistency and predictability
• physical safety
• Physiological Needs

D E P R I V A T I O N
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NEEDS DEPRIVATION
The LESS a need is deprived when it first
emerges, the BETTER a person is able to tolerate
a subsequent deprivation of that need.
THEREFORE

• If you want people to be able to tolerate food
  deprivation, be certain that they never are hungry

• If you want people to be able to tolerate
• danger, be certain they always feel safe.
  

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Following this logic, we can conclude

• If you want people to be able to tolerate
  frustration, dont frustrate them.
• If you want people to be able to tolerate
  failure, be certain they succeed often.
• If you want people to be able to tolerate
  humiliation, be certain you are constantly
  supportive of and caring toward them.

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EMOTIONAL HEALTH

• Maslow's theory deals with emotions, not
  cognition. But he does strongly maintain that
  proper emotional development is crucial to
  curiosity and to creative thinking.
• Emotional well being is the key to thinking and
  to proper learning.
• One knows nothing from behavior. We have to
  understand the underlying need that motivated the
  behavior. A given stage can give rise to many
  different behaviors. Likewise, a given behavior
  can be indicative of many different stages.

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What Should Educators Be Trying to Achieve?

• Emotional health is the goal of humanistic
  education. Education should be nurturing. The
  role of the teacher is to be a facilitatorto
  help the child pursue her/his own interests. Each
  child is unique, and educational goals for each
  child must be unique.

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The Goals of Humanistic Education

• Giving students Choice, not Controlling them
• Providing an Open not a Closed classroom
• Students are viewed as being Active, not Passive
• Self evaluation not teacher provided grades
• Facilitating vs. Teaching Facts
• . Principles vs. Facts
• Discovery vs. Acquisition
• Cooperation vs. Competition
• Creativity vs. Conventionality
• Personal Integrity vs. Beating the System

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HIERARCHY and SEQUENCE
What Is a Hierarchy? You must successfully
complete (resolve, equilibrate) one stage before
you go to the next. How Is Hierarchy Related To
Sequence? All hierarchical theories are
sequential, but not all sequential theories are
hierarchical.
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POTENCY of NEEDS
The needs are INNATE, but they are not of equal
potency (strength). They are arranged in a
hierarchy of potency.
AN INDIVIDUAL IS MOTIVATED BY HER/HIS MOST
POTENT UNSATISFIED NEED
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THE NEEDS ARE UNIVERSAL
BUT
CULTURE OFTEN DETERMINES HOW THE NEEDS ARE
SATISFIED