Hierarchy of needs
Hierarchy of needs
James Rohland
5-9-14
Dr. Andrews
Hierarchy of needs
Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a five stage process of motivational needs (Maslow 1943, 1954). The lower levels of the hierarchy are life sustaining needs, such as, food, water and sleep. These first levels have to be accomplished before they can move to the next levels of safety, relationships and friends. If one of the stages such as eating food is not satisfied enough the person will become hungrier, therefore the individual must eat. Once all four of the stages are completed the individual will reach the highest level called self-actualization. Self-actualization is the fulfillment of ones talents, and doing the best at what they do (Maslow 1970). Every person has the power to reach self-actualization, but are disrupted often by failure on the lower levels. The saying “take one step forward and two steps back” is a good example for this. Divorce, loss of job are major contributors to the failure of reaching the higher level. The hierarchy makes a lot of sense to me, one must obtain the skills and knowledge to move on in life. You can’t just skip to the tippy top without going through live and learning its mistakes. It almost goes in order from childhood to adulthood. Learning how to eat and drink then to making friends, relationships, and then moving onto a career. All these levels is the basics of life itself. These stages or level play had in hand with motivation. Makes a person to not be lazy and work hard for what they fell they want to accomplish in life and how their name will carry on. The basic needs are said to motivate when they are unmet, again not eating or drinking enough will motivate a person to either cook or find a source of water. I believe the most challenging for me would be reaching the highest level, for me I have made far too many mistakes in my life to reach that goal. Feelings of accomplishment would be my second. Making
James Rohland
5-9-14
Dr. Andrews
Hierarchy of needs
Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs is a five stage process of motivational needs (Maslow 1943, 1954). The lower levels of the hierarchy are life sustaining needs, such as, food, water and sleep. These first levels have to be accomplished before they can move to the next levels of safety, relationships and friends. If one of the stages such as eating food is not satisfied enough the person will become hungrier, therefore the individual must eat. Once all four of the stages are completed the individual will reach the highest level called self-actualization. Self-actualization is the fulfillment of ones talents, and doing the best at what they do (Maslow 1970). Every person has the power to reach self-actualization, but are disrupted often by failure on the lower levels. The saying “take one step forward and two steps back” is a good example for this. Divorce, loss of job are major contributors to the failure of reaching the higher level. The hierarchy makes a lot of sense to me, one must obtain the skills and knowledge to move on in life. You can’t just skip to the tippy top without going through live and learning its mistakes. It almost goes in order from childhood to adulthood. Learning how to eat and drink then to making friends, relationships, and then moving onto a career. All these levels is the basics of life itself. These stages or level play had in hand with motivation. Makes a person to not be lazy and work hard for what they fell they want to accomplish in life and how their name will carry on. The basic needs are said to motivate when they are unmet, again not eating or drinking enough will motivate a person to either cook or find a source of water. I believe the most challenging for me would be reaching the highest level, for me I have made far too many mistakes in my life to reach that goal. Feelings of accomplishment would be my second. Making
References: Maslow, A. H. (1943). A Theory of Human Motivation. Psychological Review, 50(4), 370-96. Maslow, A. H. (1970a). Motivation and Personality. New York: Harper & Row. McLeod, S. A. (2007). Maslow 's Hierarchy of Needs. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html