- Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist and is known for his concept "Maslow's hierarchy of need"
- He is considered the founder of humanistic psychology. His family life and his experiences influenced his psychological and sociological ideas.
- Humanistic psychologists believe that every person has a strong desire to realize their full potential, to reach a level of "self-actualization".
- To prove that humans are not simply reacting to situation, but trying to accomplish something greater.
- Maslow studied mentally healthy individuals instead of people with serious psychological issues.
- It is a theory that everything humans do stems from physical needs.
- Maslow's later arguments was that humans are not motivated simply by hunger and thirst but by higher goals.
- Generally, people determined a character wants and needs using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
ABOUT MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
- FIRST FOUR LEVELS often referred to as deficiency needs (D-needs)
- TOP LEVEL is known as growth or being needs (B-needs)
The deficiency needs are said to motivate people when they are unmet. The need to fullfil such needs will become stronger the longer the duration they are denied. For example, the longer a person goes without food, the more hungry the will become.
for example :
one must satisfy lower level needs before progressing to top level growth needs. when a deficit need has been satisfied, our activities become habitually directed towards meeting the next set of needs that we have yet satisfy. however, growth needs continue to be felt and may even become strong once they engaged. once these growth have been reasonably satisfied, one may be able to reach the highest level called self-actualization.
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