Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
I decided to discuss Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for this portion on the reading because it was really interesting to me. It is a Hierarchy of five human motivational needs arranged by ascending order of importance, developed by Abraham Maslow. The five ascending needs are (1) physiological, (2) safety, (3) belonging, (4) self-esteem, and (5) self-actualization. Only unsatisfied needs are motivators. Once a need is satisfied, the next level emerges as a motivator. Then you continue so on and so forth. Physiological needs include the most basic needs that are vital to survival, such as the need for water, air, food and sleep. Safety needs include needs for safety and security. Belonging needs include friendship, love, and affection. Self-esteem needs include the need for things that reflect on self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition and accomplishment. Finally self-actualization needs, the highest on the hierarchy, people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the opinions of others and are more interested fulfilling their potential. Below is the hierarchy:
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Hi Petey,
ReplyDeleteI remember this model well. We used Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in my creating a meaningful life class. Your post is very factual and general. However, I don't know the reason why you picked Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to discuss. I think it's important to discuss Maslow's Hierarchy of needs because it sets up a road map to our lives. In relation to communication, I think Maslow's pyramid is important because in order to achieve those five levels we must communicate within our selves verbally and non-verbally. I hope that makes sense. You need to communication to motivate you to achieve the five levels and continue to go on. Additionally, communication plays an important role in establishing, safety, esteem, love, self-actualization and physiology.
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Petey, i thought your post about Maslow's hierarchy was interesting and made a few things clear that i misunderstood from when i read it myself. First i liked how you broke down the five human motivational needs in order. I then liked how you talked about what counted as a human motivation. Then i liked how you further broke down these needs and what they included. i thought that you where very descriptive when explaining the needs and that helped me understand which each one included. Finally i liked how you had the picture of the hierarchy because it helped me remember what it looked like and in turn helped me learn it.
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