Humanistic Approach

Comparing and analyzing the biological and humanistic approaches to personality can be a difference of opinions. Abraham Maslow studied the development of personality. Maslow developed his own personality theory based on the basic human needs. His hierarchy of needs pyramid shows the influences of human needs to the formation of unique individual personality. There are biological factors that influence the formation of individual personality that play a factor. By reviewing the relationships between biological factors and Maslow 's theory of personality you will be able to see focused similarities and it’s upcoming. Analyzing the basic aspects of the humanistic theory with the biological explanations of personality will open your eyes to the differential views of each individual theory of personality. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is compiled in a prioritized list which contains basic human needs. According to the list each category to some extent is dependent upon the one prior to it and plays a great deal in how growth needs influence personality formation. This paper will describe biological factors that influence the formation of personality, examine the relationship of biological factors to Maslow’s theory of personality and explain the basic aspects of humanistic theory that are incompatible with biological explanations of personality. Abraham Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs theory that remains valid today for understanding human motivation, management training, and personal development. We are all motivated by needs. Our most basic needs are natural, having evolved over tens of thousands of years. Abraham Maslow 's Hierarchy of Needs helps to explain how these needs motivate us all. Maslow truly believes that we must satisfy each need in order, starting with the first, which deals with the most obvious needs for survival itself. Only when the lower order needs of physical and emotional well-being are satisfied are we