Abraham Maslow

holistic dynamic theory

holistic dynamic theory

Abraham Maslow’s theory

human nature

• Maslow believed that man has an essential —-

• a skeleton of psychological structure that is analogous to his physical structure

psychopathology

results from the denial or frustration of the twisting of man’s essential nature

psychotherapy

is any means that helps to restore the person to the path of self-actualization

jonah complex

• our tendency to fear and attempt to evade our constitutionally suggested destiny and possibilities

• we fear the god-like possibilities in our selves

self-actualization

morality, creativity, spontaneity, acceptance, experience, purpose, meaning and inner potential

self-esteem (1)

confidence, achievement, respect of others, the need to be unique individual

love and belonging

friendship, family, intimacy, sense of connection

safety and security

protection, order, law, limits, stability

physiological needs

breathing, food, water, shelter, clothing, sleep

prepotency/dominance of needs

• this is the quality of lower needs that necessitates them to be activated before higher needs

• when several needs are active, the lowest will be most compelling

deficiency motivation

• this is the motivations that is associated with the lower needs, prior to self-actualization

• is triggered by something that is lacking in the person

growth motivation

• this motivation is associated with self-actualization

• entails the person’s striving after personal growth

instinctoid/weak instincts

• these are needs that are essential even for health of the mind and body

• they are innately determined need, but they can be modified by experience

physiological needs, safety needs, love and belongingness needs, self-esteem, and self-actualization

these are instinctoid needs

cognitive and aesthetic needs

these are non-instinctoid needs

physiological needs

• these are in the form of hunger, sex, thirst and other drives with somatic/bodily basis

• this is similar to the instincts discussed by freud

safety needs

• these are in the form of security, stability, dependency, protection, freedom from fear, need for structure

• such needs are most obvious in infants and children

belongingness and love needs

• these are the need for friends, family, and affectionate relations with people in general

• it is our deep tendency to herd, to flock, to join, to belong

self-esteem (2)

this is the desires for strength, achievement, mastery, competence, confidence, independence

esteem from others (reputation)

this is the need for respect from others, fame, status, domianance, attention, and dignity

inferiority

thwarting of the Esteem needs produces a feeling of —- which causes compensatory or neurotic needs

self-actualization needs

• this need is the desire to become more and more what one idiosyncratically is, to become everything that one is capable of becoming

• it arises when the lower needs have been satisfied

intrinsic growth

self-actualization represents — of what is already in the organism as it develops from with in rather than from without

metaneeds or Being values/B values

self-actualizing people are not motivated by basic needs but by —

cognitive need

this is the desire to know and understand things in the world

aesthetic need

it is the desire for beauty, balance and form in ourselves and things around us

self-transcendence need

this is the need for helping others and facilitating their own journey toward self-actualization

Carl Jung

The theory (Hierarchy of needs) extended and further explored the concept of actualization which started from —

eupsychia

Abraham Maslow believed that if human beings are given complete freedom they could create —- a loving, harmonious, and non-aggressive society

dishonesty

pathogenic deprivation of b-value truth

evil

pathogenic deprivation of b-value goodness

ugliness

pathogenic deprivation of b-value beauty

chaos, loss of connectedness

pathogenic deprivation of b-value unity/wholeness

lost of gradations

pathogenic deprivation of b-value dichotomy-transcendence

deadness, mechanizing of life

pathogenic deprivation of b-value aliveness, process

sameness, uniformity

pathogenic deprivation of b-value uniqueness

imperfection, sloppiness, poor workmanship

pathogenic deprivation of b-value perfection

accident, occasionalism, inconsistency

pathogenic deprivation of b-value necessity

incompleteness

pathogenic deprivation of b-value completion, finality

injustice

pathogenic deprivation of b-value justice

lawlessness, chaos, breakdown of authority

pathogenic deprivation of b-value order

confusing complexity

pathogenic deprivation of b-value simplicity

poverty, coarctation

pathogenic deprivation of b-value richness, totality

humorlessness

pathogenic deprivation of b-value playfulness

effortfulness

pathogenic deprivation of b-value effortlessness