Maslow's Hierarchy

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Name: Sherrie Morris Instructor: Professor Webb Affiliation: Everest University Course: Fundamentals Of Interpersonal Communication Date: October 19, 2013 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory that contains five interdependent levels of human needs. The needs advanced in this theory must be fulfilled in a strict order so as to meet the provision of Maslow. According to Larson (2007), until a lower need is satisfied all the rest are ignored hence the process must be sequential. The writer goes ahead to assert that fulfillment can only be achieved after lower level needs have been satisfied. Maslow on his side categorized these basic human needs or motivators in to the following. Basic Needs At the lowest level are basic needs. These are the physiological things that are required to sustain a normal living. Examples in this category include: water supply, food, shelter, access to air, and sleep among others. Basically, these are the minimum wants required by an individual in order to live in the society. Not unless these needs are met we never concern ourselves with others. Actually, these wants mentioned motivates behavior of individuals in the society. An instance is where an individual facing starvation may resort to stealing foodstuff in order to satisfy his basic need. Security Need After basic needs have been met, one starts thinking of security. Maslow proposed that security enabled one to sustain the activities of life. Apart from personal security, one needs a secure job to have income security. In modern times change has become the greatest threat to security. For instance changing customer demands threatens some jobs. Regardless of the issue at hand, human beings require security ranging from job, life, relationship and so many others. Belongingness and

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