Hierarchy of Needs

1. Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow

2. Abraham Maslow • Father of Humanism • Humanistic Assumptions • All humans have an innate tendency toward personal growth & fulfillment • Problems arise from conditional love • Unconditional Positive Regard • Reflective Client-Centered counseling techniques • Organismic Valuing Process Model

3. Hierarchy of Needs • Assumptions in the hierarchy • Hierarchy is meant to explain how the “tendency toward growth” works as a model • Satisfaction at a lower level leads naturally to a higher level of need. • Lower level needs must be met first before higher level needs can be met. • Self-Actualization • Living up to your greatest potential

4. Hierarchy of Needs (Overhead) • Deficiency Needs (Lower level needs) • A feeling that something is lacking is very motivating. • If you are thirsty, what are you motivated to do? • When a deficiency need is satisfied, the motivation for that level decreases. • Once you drink enough water, do you keep drinking?

5. Hierarchy of Needs Model • Growth Needs (Higher level needs) • A feeling of fulfillment is very motivating. • Learning new technique in Ed. Psych. makes you want more Ed. Psych. • When a growth need is satisfied or achieved, the motivation for that level increases. • Your first short story is published in a literary magazine, makes you want to write creatively even more.

6. Hierarchy of Needs - Levels • Physiological Needs • Physical necessities for sustaining life • Most Pre-potent need within the model • Food, Water, Shelter, Sleep, ????? • Safety Needs • Threat of pain of all kinds • Emotional & Physical • Previous stability becomes unpredictable

7. Hierarchy of Needs - Levels • Love & Belonging Needs • Sense of membership/acceptance in a group • Pathologies often linked to a lack of belonging • Ethnicity, Chess club, Sports teams, ?????? • Esteem Needs • Dignity and respect from self & peers • Sense of self-worth within a group • Roles within a group, leader, follower, note-taker

8. Hierarchy of Needs - Levels • Need to Know & Understand • Acquisition of new knowledge • Differentiating, Assimilating, or Associating • Discoveries, AHA! moments, Achievements • Aesthetic Needs • Mastery to the point of creating art • Why just do something when you can do it beautifully. • Poetry vs. paragraphs, recital vs. composing, exercise vs. dance

9. Hierarchy of Needs - Levels • Self-Actualization Needs • Live to fullest potential • Take advantage of all talents & abilities • Albert Einstein, Sam Rahube, Fran Hiezel, etc.

10. Hierarchy of Needs - Limitations • Inconsistent Stages • Stages can be skipped • Movement up & down the levels • Multiple needs at the same time • Satisfaction of a need is extremely arbitrary