Background
Neglectful parents
Raised socially isolated
A Jewish child in a non-jewish community
Poor
Humanist (both nature & nurture)
Continuous and discontinuous
Theory Basics
Focus on motivation
These motivations determine thoughts/desires
Believes all people are born innately good
Believes we all inherited a drive to achieve our full potential
The Hierarchy of Needs
5 stages (importance goes from bottom to top)
First 2: Basic needs
Second 2: Psychological needs
First 4: Deficiency needs
All mental illness comes from a deficiency need
There is only one act that satisfies all 4 needs - breastfeeding
Physiological Needs (appear when born)
Eating
Sleeping
Breathing
Excretion
Safety and Health Needs (appear at birth)
Security of your own body (safe)
Security of family (divorce, illness, separation, financial trouble, etcetera)
Security of employment
Children
Under 14
Need structure and routine to feel safe
Love/Belonging
Friendship
Family
Love
Intimacy
Community - “I belong somewhere”
Failure to satisfy = the cause of societal problems
Esteem
Self-esteem
Confidence
Respect of others
Must be earned in regards to respect of others (Ex:King Nolan)
Self Actualization - 2% of population get there
Lack of prejudice
Acceptance of the facts as they are
Want for nothing
Buddhists
(That chill guy)
Characteristics of self actualization
Behavior leading to self actualization
Tolerate uncertainty
Experience life with a childlike absorption or concentration
Deep appreciation of basic life experiences
Prepared to be unpopular
Facts about the pyramid
When a need has been satisfied, it will go away
If a need comes back, you go back down the pyramid
Your need to fulfill your needs becomes stronger the longer you can’t satisfy it
All needs above where you are on the pyramid are felt, but your lowest unsatisfied need is the strongest
All if these needs are innate (born with them); how they are satisfied=nurture
New pyramid (1970s
Cognitive needs (after esteem)
Knowledge, meaning, self awareness
Aesthetic needs (after cognitive
Beauty, balance, form, etc
Transcendence (after self-actualization)
Helping others to self-actualise
Criticisms of his theory
Data is elitist
Extremely subjective
Difficult to test
Assumptio that lower needs have to be satisfied before we can achieve higher levels
Knowt
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