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Abraham Maslow Maslow said that most people want more than they have. Once a person met their most basic needs, they would develop higher needs. Maslow said, “As one desire is satisfied, another pops up in its place.” Maslow created a hierachy of needs with five levels: Physiological needs. Biological necessities such as food, water, and oxygen. These needs are the strongest because a person would die if they were not met. Safety needs. People
feel unsafe during emergencies, or times of Love and belonging needs. The need to escape loneliness and alienation, to give and receive love, and a sense of belonging. Esteem needs. The need to feel valuable. to have self-respect and the respect of others. If a person does not fulfil their esteem needs, they feel inferior, weak, helpless, and worthless. Self-actualization needs. Maslow taught that a very small group of people reach a level called self-actualization, where all of their needs are met. Maslow described self-actualization as a person’s finding their “calling.” He said, “a musician must make music, an artist must paint, and a poet must write.” Many people confuse self-actualization with fame or fortune, but often this is not the case. While wealthy or celebrated people might reach self-actualization, many psychologists believe that most people who have reached the highest level of happiness are unknown beyond their circle of family and friends. Societies develop when people reach a particular level in Maslow’s hierarchy. Once people meet their physiological needs and they feel safe, they begin to develop a culture and an advanced civilization. |
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Most
early psychologists studied people who had psychological problems, but
Abraham Maslow studied successful people. Maslow decided that people want
to be happy and loving, but they have particular needs that they must
meet before they can act unselfishly.
disorder
like rioting. Children more commonly do not have this need met when they
feel afraid.