Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Leigh Puckett Everest Online SPC2300 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow was born in New York in 1908 and died in 1970. Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs model in 1940-50s USA, and the Hierarchy of Needs theory remains valid today for understanding human motivation, management training, and personal development. The Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs five-stage model is clearly and directly attributable to Maslow; later versions of the theory with added motivational stages are not so clearly attributable to Maslow. These extended models have instead been inferred by others from Maslow’s work. Specifically Maslow refers to the needs Cognitive, Aesthetic and Transcendence as additional aspects of motivation, but not as distinct levels in the Hierarchy of Needs. Where Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is shown with more than five levels, these models have been extended through interpretation of Maslow’s work by other people. These augmented models and diagrams are shown as the adapted seven and eight-stage Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid diagrams and models. The bottom four levels he considered physiological, while the top level would be psychological need. The lowest level moves to the higher level, and they begin. The first level represents the “physical” level and it encompasses air, water, food, sleep, sex, homeostasis and excretion. The second level represents “safety” of home, employment, resources, family, morality and health. The third represents love/belonging, and encompasses friendship, family and sexual intimacy. The fourth represents “esteem” or confidence, self-esteem, accomplishment, respect for self and others. The fifth, again the psychological, represents the highest need, but only can be achieved after the others (deficiently needs) are met. The fifth is called self-actualization, and consist of morality,

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