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Psychological Needs Paper
Chaneece Johnson
PSY/ 211
September 29, 2014
Judy Manning
Psychological Needs Paper Everyone has needs, even though as people you may want something different we all the basic needs of life that we need to survive. Such as: food water and sleep. These types of needs are hardwired into our brain telling us we need them to survive. Overall what are other needs we experience throughout life that motivates and drives us to accomplish them. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychological concept that details a series of human needs and how more basic needs must be meet before an individual can achieve self-fulfillment. The hierarchy is best summarized as a pyramid, because the larger more basic needs must established a firm foundation before one can build up to higher needs. Maslow described self-actualized people as having some of the following traits: Realism, acceptance, spontaneity, problem centering autonomy, continued freshness of appreciation and peak experience. Maslow’s hierarchy is explains how people are constantly motivated to realize their potential and better lives. In my opinion humans start out with the basic need for food water and sleep. So, yes I agree with the hierarchy but not so much of the order of them. Self- actualization should not be the ultimate goal. Humans cans achieve these goals without safety needs or love. Nevertheless the overall concept is easy to grasp. There is a motivator behind my needs as a human being. Without the motivator there would be little will power to accomplish a goal that is set. I think that as self –actualization is a hard need to strive for, as the motivation to reach it requires determination and planning. We may strive, reach our full potential, but not put forth enough effort to achieve it. During all this we are going to reach obstacles that may seem hard to overcome, and because of this it will be hard to reach our full potential for
Chaneece Johnson
PSY/ 211
September 29, 2014
Judy Manning
Psychological Needs Paper Everyone has needs, even though as people you may want something different we all the basic needs of life that we need to survive. Such as: food water and sleep. These types of needs are hardwired into our brain telling us we need them to survive. Overall what are other needs we experience throughout life that motivates and drives us to accomplish them. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychological concept that details a series of human needs and how more basic needs must be meet before an individual can achieve self-fulfillment. The hierarchy is best summarized as a pyramid, because the larger more basic needs must established a firm foundation before one can build up to higher needs. Maslow described self-actualized people as having some of the following traits: Realism, acceptance, spontaneity, problem centering autonomy, continued freshness of appreciation and peak experience. Maslow’s hierarchy is explains how people are constantly motivated to realize their potential and better lives. In my opinion humans start out with the basic need for food water and sleep. So, yes I agree with the hierarchy but not so much of the order of them. Self- actualization should not be the ultimate goal. Humans cans achieve these goals without safety needs or love. Nevertheless the overall concept is easy to grasp. There is a motivator behind my needs as a human being. Without the motivator there would be little will power to accomplish a goal that is set. I think that as self –actualization is a hard need to strive for, as the motivation to reach it requires determination and planning. We may strive, reach our full potential, but not put forth enough effort to achieve it. During all this we are going to reach obstacles that may seem hard to overcome, and because of this it will be hard to reach our full potential for