PSYCH 238 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Abraham Maslow
1 Mar 2017
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Physiological basic needs for food, water, oxygen, sex, etc: most prepotent, only needs that can be satisfied completely and even over satisfied. Safety physical security, stability, dependency, protection, and freedom from threat: also includes need for law, order, and structure, cannot be over-satiated, some may retain irrational fears from childhood and suffer from basic anxiety. Love and belonging desire for friendship, mate, children, family, club, neighborhood, or nation: also includes giving and receiving love, and some aspects of human contact and sex. Esteem seek self-respect, confidence, competence, and knowledge that others hold them in high regard: reputation = perception of prestige, recognition, or fame achieved in others" eyes, self-esteem = person"s own feelings of worth and confidence. Self-actualization need for fulfillment, realization of one"s potential, desire to become creative: not everyone who satisfies the lower needs progresses to this level (frick, 1982; hoffman, 1988; maslow, 1971: criteria for self-actualization. Fulfilled potential and made full use of talents and capacities.
