MASLOW Flashcards
It assumes that the whole person is constantly being motivated by one need or another.
Holistic-dynamic theory
When people have the potential to grow toward?
Self-actualization
What are the five view of motivation.
- holistic approach to motivation
- motivation is usually complex
- people are continually motivated by one need or another
- all people everywhere are motivated by the same basic needs
- needs can be arranged on a hierarchy
The whole person, not any single part or function, is motivated
Holistic approach to motivation
a person’s behavior may spring from several separate
motives
motivation is usually complex
when one need is satisfied, it is then replaced by another need
people are continually motivated by one need or another
people are motivated by the same basic needs, they only differ with the manner in which those needs are satisfied
all people everywhere are motivated by the same basic needs
What are the categories of needs?
- Conative needs
- Aesthetic needs
- Cognitive needs
- Neurotic needs
• basic needs; needs that have a striving or motivational character
● universal; meaning all people share these needs
● this is where Maslow’s hierarchy of needs falls under
Conative needs
● need for beauty and aesthetically pleasing experiences
● people prefer beauty over ugliness
● people with strong aesthetic needs desire
beautiful and orderly surroundings, and they may become physically and spiritually ill when these needs are not met
Aesthetic Needs
• the desire to know, to solve mysteries, to understand, and to be curious
• the most important category, because when these are blocked, all needs on the hierarchy are threatened
Cognitive needs
it is necessary to satisfy each of the five conative needs
knowledge
it can be satisfied by knowing how to secure food
Physiological needs
by knowing how to relate to people
belongingness needs
It is people who have not satisfied their cognitive becomes what?
Pathological (in forms or skepticism, disillusionment, and cynicism)
● nonproductive needs
● usually reactive; it serves as compensation
for unsatisfied basic needs
● leads to stagnation and pathology
● satisfaction or frustration of neurotic needs
makes little difference to the ultimate health of an individual
Neurotic needs
● lower level needs have _______ over high level needs; they must be satisfied or mostly satisfied before higher level needs become activated
Hierarchy of needs & prepotency
Order of hierarchy of need from top to bottom
Self-actualization
Esteem
Love & belongingness
Safety
Physiological
• most basic and most prepotent of all needs
● include food, water, oxygen, maintenance of
body temperature, etc.
● the only type of need that can be completely
satisfied or overly satisfied
● recurring in nature
➔ example: people who have eaten will eventually become hungry again
Physiological needs
• include physical security, stability, dependency, protection, and freedom from threatening forces
•also include the needs for law, order, and structure
•unlike physiological needs, safety needs cannot be overly satiated
➔ people can never be completely protected from natural calamities or dangerous acts of others
Safety needs to be
it will results from unsuccessful attempts of satisfying one’s safety needs
basic anxiety
• include the desire for friendship, the wish for a mate and children, the need to belong to a family or group
• also include some aspects of sex and human contact, as well as the need to both give and receive love
Love & Belongingness
people whose love and belongingness
needs are ______ do not panic when denied love, they do not feel devastated when they face rejection
adequately satisfied
people who have ____ love and belongingness are incapable of giving love; these people will eventually learn to devalue love and take its absence for granted
never experienced
people who have received love and belongingness in only______ have stronger needs for affection than the other two groups of people
small doses
•include self-respect, confidence, competence, and the knowledge that others hold them in high regard
•has two levels: reputation and self-esteem
Esteem needs
others’ perception of your prestige or recognition
reputation
your own feelings of worth; based on your real competence and not on others’ opinions
self-esteem