PSYB204: Abraham Maslow

Conative Needs

A category of need that refers to having a strive or motivational character; deficiency needs included

Aesthetic Needs

A category of need that is included in the being needs; need for beauty and pleasing experiences

Cognitive Needs

A category of need included in the being needs; desire to know, solve mysteries, understand, and be curious. Necessary to satisfy conative needs

Neurotic Needs

A category of need that is nonproductive and leads to stagnation and pathology; reactive (compensation for unsatisfied basic needs)

Physiological

A type of need that is basic and prepotent. The only need that can be completely or overly satisfied; recurring in nature

Safety

A type of need that refers to the need for physical security, stability, dependency, protection, and freedom from threats. Unimportant for adults and a high need for children

Love & Belongingness

A type of need that refers to the need to belong to a group. If satisfied, they do not panic when denied love. If never experiences, they may be incapable of giving love. If small doses are received, they are motivated to seek for it

Esteem

A type of need that refers to the desire for respect from the send and others

Reputation

A level of esteem that refers to the perception of the prestige, recognition, or fame of a person has achieved in the eyes of othersS

Self-esteem

A level of esteem that refers to the desire for strength, achievement, adequacy, mastery, and competence. Confidence in the face of the world

Self-Actualization

A type of need that refers to self-fulfillment, realization of all one’s potential, and a desire to become creative in the full sense

Criteria for Self-actualization

1. Free from psychopathology

2. Progressed through the hierarchy of needs

3. Embracing of the B-values

4. Fulfilled their needs to grow, develop

Jonah complex

The fear that maximizing potential will lead to a situation which will make individuals unable to cope

Psychotherapy

A type of assessment that aims clients to embrace b-values