abraham maslow

1. physiological

2. safety needs

3. love and belongingness

4. esteem

5. self-actualization

5 hierarchy of needs

physiological

food, water, oxygen

safety needs

physical dependency, protection, freedom security, from threatening forces such as war, terrorism, illness, fear, anxiety.

love and belongingness

desire for friendship, wish for a mate and children, belong to a family, club, neighborhood,

esteem

respect, confidence, high esteem, reputation, prestige, feelings of worth.

self-actualization

embrace the"B-values-truth, beauty, justice.

• self-fulfillment, realization of one's potentials, desire to become creative, maintain feeling of self-esteem even when scorned, rejected, and dismissed by other people

aesthetic needs

• The need for order and beauty, aesthetically pleasing experience

cognitive needs

• Desire to know, solve mysteries, be curious

neurotic needs

• A desire to dominate, to inflict pain, or to subject oneself to the will of another person, no value in striving for self-actualization

• Lead to pathology whether or not they are

85%

70%

50%

40%

10%

• Maslow proposed that the average person has needs satisfied approximately at:

• Physiological ___

• Safety ___

• Love & Belongingness __

• Esteem/Self-Esteem __

• Self-Actualization __

motivated behavior

• Driven by the desire to satisfy a need.

unmotivated behavior

• May occur without a specific need being satisfied.

personal orientation inventory (poi)

Comprehensive measure of the values and behaviors of self-actualizing people

• Core self-actualization

• Autonomy

• Openness to experience

• Comfort with solitude

• Brief Index of Self-Actualization

• Four factors:

jonah complex

an abnormal syndrome defined as the fear of being or doing one's best

• Personal Orientation Inventory (POI)

• Short Index of Self-Actualization

• Brief Index of Self-Actualization

measuring self actualization: