Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs Analysis

I Self-actualization is a psychological theory in which ones self has the desire to recognize it’s full potential. Self-actualization was introduced by Kurt Goldstein in 1939 and was later made famous in Abraham Maslow’s 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation", referred to as “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs”. The “hierarchy of needs” represents a pyramid in which the basic necessities of life: air, food, water, and shelter are at the bottom and the more spiritual needs: creativity, experience, and meaning are at the top. II Self-Actualization is the need to realize one's full potential. Abraham Maslow, a famous psychologist, made self-actualization known in his 1943 published paper “A Theory of Human Motivation”. He demonstrates this concept through “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs”. This is a five level concept:
1. Physiological needs: needs for food, sleep and air.
2. Safety: security and protection, especially those that emerge from social or political instability.
3. Belonging and love: the needs of deficiency and selfish taking instead of giving, and unselfish love that is based upon growth rather than deficiency.
4. Needs for
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