Maslow

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Maslows Hierarchy of Human NeedsAbraham
Harold Maslow
According to Maslow's theory, all needs have a
certain priority. Needs of one level must at
least partially fulfilled before a person can
realize higher needs. (Ryder/Decker, 391)
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What are Maslows Human Needs?
Can you guess what Maslows levels of needs are?
Self-actualization
Esteem Needs
Love and Acceptance Needs
Safety and Security Needs
Physical Needs
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Physical needs
What did Maslow mean by physical needs? What
physical needs do every person have?

• Food
• Water
• Air
• Shelter
• Clothing
• These items are essential for good health and
  well-being, and for continuation of life.

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Physical needs

• In your learning log, consider these questions?
  Write your answers in complete sentences.
• Are you meeting these needs for your well being
  and good health?
• Who provides these needs for you?
• Could you provide these needs for a baby?

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Safety and Security Needs

• Staying well, avoiding being ill
• Avoiding danger
• Safe circumstances
• Stability
• Protection
• Structure, for order, some limits

How do these safety and security needs relate to
you?
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Safety and Security Needs

• In the ordinary American adult, this set of needs
  manifests itself in the form of our urges to have
  a home in a safe neighborhood, a little job
  security and a nest egg, a good retirement plan
  and a bit of insurance, and so on.
• Which of these are met for you?
• Which of these needs could you provide for a
  baby?

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Love and Acceptance Needs

• Friends, sweetheart, children, affectionate
  relationships in general, even a sense of
  community

What are some examples of love and acceptance you
see in your life?
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The Esteem needs

• Self-esteem
• The need for the respect of others, the need for
  status, fame, glory, recognition, attention,
  reputation, appreciation, dignity, even
  dominance. 
• Self-respect
• Confidence, competence, achievement, mastery,
  independence, and freedom

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Self-actualization

• According to Maslow, only a small percentage of
  the worlds population is truly, predominantly,
  self-actualizing. 

Can you think of people who fit into the
self-actualization category?
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Self-actualization

• Knowledge and appreciation of beauty, goodness,
  freedom and a realistic view and acceptance of
  self and others.
• Reality-centered, differentiate what is fake and
  dishonest from what is real and genuine.
• Problem-centered, treating lifes difficulties as
  problems demanding solutions, not as personal
  troubles to be railed at or surrendered to. 
• Different perception of means and ends, felt that
  the ends dont necessarily justify the means,
  that the means could be ends themselves, and that
  the means -- the journey -- was often more
  important than the ends.