Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Bryan Criff Everest University Abram Maslow was a social psychologist who defined and described five stages of basic needs that humans thrive on and are motivated by. He proposed that we communicate to reach the range of these human needs. According to Maslow, our basic needs must be satisfied before we can focus on those that are more abstract. The five stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are: physiological needs, safety needs, belonging needs, self-esteem needs, and self-actualization needs. By us looking into the concepts and gaining knowledge and understanding of these stages, we can also apply them to our daily life experiences.
Every human being has needs, starting with the physical need of breathing in order to sustain life, to the psychological to achieve goals. Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow categorized these needs into levels, known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. This essay will define and discuss Maslow’s theory, also how the hierarchy applies to me. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are prioritized into five different levels. The levels are set into the shape of a pyramid, symbolizing the upward movement of human progression and motivation - from the bottom the most basic of physical needs that each human has to have for life survival, to the top, which is the psychological need and desire to reach our goals and true potential.
At the base of the pyramid are the very basic but the strongest needs – physiological, followed by safety, love/belonging, self-esteem and at the very top of the pyramid is self-actualization. According to Maslow, each individual should fulfill fundamental needs first in order to move to another, more advanced, level of needs. Physiologic needs are the most primitive of all needs and include the need for water, food, sleep, warmth etc. In this stage, I included pictures of the basic needs such as water, food and sleep. When an individual fulfills this basic level of needs he or she is then motivated to move to another level, which is security or safety needs.
PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS Maslow identifies his psychological needs as his basic needs are a necessity for survival (Benson & Dundis, 2003, p. 315). These specific needs are air, water, and food which are all needed to sustain life. The other needs that are categorized under psychological needs are clothing, shelter, sex, sleep, homeostasis, and excretion. “Maslow believed that these needs are the most basic and instinctive needs in the hierarchy because all needs become secondary until these physiological needs are met” (Cherry, p. 1 2014). Once these psychological needs are met a person may ascend up the pyramid to begin to satisfy other needs.
Physical Needs include the needs we have for oxygen, water, protein, salt, sugar, calcium, and other minerals and vitamins. They also include the need to maintain a pH balance and temperature. In addition, there are the needs to be active, to rest, to sleep, to get rid of wastes, to avoid pain, and to have sex. The second level is Safety Needs. When the physical needs are taken care of, these second layers of needs comes into play.
Description Maslow's hierarchy specifies the following levels: Physiological needs: These are the basic requirements for human physical survival. They include such essentials as food, water, shelter, oxygen, and sleep. When these needs are unmet, human beings will focus on satisfying them and will ignore higher needs. Safety needs: Once the individual's basic physical needs are met, his or her needs for safety emerge. These include needs for a sense of security and predictability in the world.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Monica Wright Everest University Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs In this essay I will be writing about The Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. What define about all five of the categories ‘of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs are. Physiological Needs, Safety Needs, Love /Belonging Needs, Self –esteem Needs, and Self actualization Needs. These needs are the most basic level, humans need to survive and communicate that will helps us to meet this need. Within the physiological needs there are physical requirements for human survival.
Needs at the bottom of the pyramid are basic physical requirements including the need for food, water, sleep and warmth. Once these lower-level needs have been met, people can move on to the next level of needs, which are for safety and security. As people progress up the pyramid, needs become increasingly psychological and social. Soon, the need for love, friendship and intimacy become important. Further up the pyramid, the need for personal esteem and feelings of accomplishment take priority.
This involves basic survival needs such as eating, sleeping and breathing. It is understandable that this is the first need considering you cannot function without air to breathe with or water and food to give you strength and energy. Physical needs also include reproduction in order to keep the human race ongoing. To keep the human race alive, we have to learn how to detect dangerous situations. That is why the second need of survival is safety.
* Abraham Maslow is well renowned for proposing the Hierarchy of Needs Theory in 1943. This theory is a classical depiction of human motivation. This theory is based on the assumption that there is a hierarchy of five needs within each individual. The urgency of these needs varies. These five needs are as follows-Physiological needs- These are the basic needs of air, water, food, clothing and shelter.