Needs and Wants

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Needs and Wants
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
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Survival Needs

• Food
• Water
• Air
• Shelter

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Hunger

• What makes us want to eat?
• Low blood-sugar levels
• Required fuel for energy

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Hunger

• Why do we eat when we are not hungry?
• Inability to understand internal cues (blood
  sugar, etc.)
• Social gatherings
• Emotional satisfaction (boredom, loneliness, etc.)

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Thirst

• We are 70 water
• Water molecules in cells around the hypothalamus
  get low ? we need water!

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Thirst

• How do we know when we are thirsty?
• Dry tongue
• Temperature receptors on the tongue
• Usually a learned habit

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Non Survival Needs
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Non Survival Needs

• We have a need for change
• We have a need to know things!
• Curiosity motive
• Watching a car accident leads to traffic jams
• The more we know about something the more our
  curiosity increases!!!

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Question 1

• What do you know a lot about but yet want to know
  more about?????

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Non Survival Needs

• Manipulation Motive
• Handle and use objects
• Monkeys love to use VCRs and DVD players!!
  (turning them on and off, etc.)
• Male monkeys will watch videos of female monkeys
  75 of every hour if given the opportunity

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Question 2

• Do you like figuring out how things work??
  Machines, toys, stuff like that??? Give me
  examples!!!!

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Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation

• Intrinsic
• Motivation comes from within yourself
• Extrinsic
• Motivation comes from an outside source

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The Beauty of Intrinsic Motivation

• If you are intrinsically motivated..
• You have better performance at school
• Better performance at work
• Greater creativity
• Overall better mental health

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The downfall of extrinsic rewards

• You will do something just to get the reward
• for good grades
• Gas money for the car
• Feelings of negativity might begin to arise in you

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Question 3

• What are you intrinsically motivated to do??
  When do you need extrinsic motivation??

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Examples of external rewards

• Grades
• Praise from teachers
• GPA
• The formal school system has taken away the
  desire to become deeply interested in learning

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Question 4

• In a presidential debate, Barack Obama stated
  that we need to bring back the intrinsic desire
  to learn. But at the same time, parents need to
  turn off the television and the video games in
  the house. What do you think of this statement???

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Other non-survival needs

• Need for affiliation
• Need to belong to a group, identify with a group
• Need for approval
• Desire for people who know us and dont know us
  to have a high opinion of us
• Their self esteem is linked to other peoples
  approval
• Need for achievement
• Desire for personal accomplishment
• Desire for competence in one or many areas
• Work harder than the average person
• Accomplish more than the average person

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The beauty of the need for achievement..

• People who are high achievers
• Seek out challenges
• Stick with tasks once they start them
• Work harder and accomplish more than the average
  person
• It seems to be a learned behavior!

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Question 5

• When is the high need for achievement taken too
  far?? When does it become unhealthy?

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Examples of too much high achievement

• People with eating disorders tend to come form
  families that put a lot of pressure on them to
  achieve
• Insomnia
• Physical illnesses due to high stress
• Emotional problems such as depression or anxiety,
  feeling of not ever being good enough
• Unrealistic expectations

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Do your homework for Monday!!