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Abraham Maslow The Hierarchy of Needs Linda Zimmerman Professor of Student Development Oakton Community College
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Abraham MaslowThe Hierarchy of Needs

Linda ZimmermanProfessor

of Student DevelopmentOakton Community College

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ABRAHAM MASLOW

• was a leading humanistic psychologist (Third Force)

• developed the Hierarchy of Needs

• promoted the concept of self-actualization

• was born in 1908, Brooklyn, New York

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Maslow’s Early Life• was the eldest of seven

siblings• was a poor student as an

adolescent• was pressured by dad to

become an attorney• took one law class, dropped

out of college for one year• entered U of WI one year

later to study scientific psychology

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Maslow’s Professional Life• studied dominance in monkeys• received Ph.D. in experimental

psychology in 1934• was on the Brooklyn College

faculty, 1937-1951• was on the Brandeis U faculty,

1952-1969• became a fellow of Laughlin

Foundation in CA• died in 1970, age 62

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Hierarchy of Needs

growth

emotional

physical

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Hierarchy of Needs

Physiological Needs

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Physiological Needs

• food

• water

• air

• sleep

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Food: A Most Powerful Need• South American

Rugby team crashed in 1970

• Food was the most pressing problem.

• They ate human flesh for survival.

• Even the strongest taboo was broken to fill the basic need for food.

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Food: A Most Powerful Need• Ik tribe in Uganda forced to

give up hunting and live on unfertile land

• long standing social mores dissolve - people became psychopathic

• “ngag”, word for food, also becomes word for good

• parents steal food from children, children from other children

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Physiological Needs

Hierarchy of Needs

Safety Needs

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Safety Needs

• from physical attack

• from emotional attack

• from fatal disease

• from invasion

• from extreme losses

(job, family members,

home, friends)

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Safety: A Most Powerful Need

• when frightened, our thoughts and energies are diverted

• threat of, or actual attack creates “fight or flight” reaction

• threats to safety can be physical or emotional

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Physiological Needs

Love & Belonging Needs

Safety Needs

Hierarchy of Needs

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Love and Belonging(social/emotional)

• Inclusion - part of a group: colleagues, peers, family, clubs

• Affection - love and be loved

• Control - influence over others and self

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Love and Belonging: A Most Powerful Need

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Esteem Needs

Love & Belonging Needs

Physiological Needs

Safety Needs

Hierarchy of Needs

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Esteem Needsemotional (ego)

• respect from others through: awards honors status

• respect for self through: mastery achievement

competence

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Esteem from Self and Others: A Most Powerful Need

Congratulations

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Love & Belonging Needs

Physiological Needs

Safety Needs

Esteem Needs

Self-ActualizationNeeds

Hierarchy of Needs

D- NeedsDeficitSurvival

B- Needs(being)Higher needs

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Some Self-Actualizing People from History

• Abraham Lincoln• Thomas Jefferson• Mahatma Gandhi• Albert Einstein• Eleanor Roosevelt • William James• Benedict Spinoza

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Self-Actualization Needs

• stop cruelty and exploitation

• encourage talent in others

• try to be a good human being

• do work one considers worthwhile

• enjoy taking on responsibilities

• prefer intrinsic satisfaction

• seek truth

• give unselfish love

• be just

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B-Needs of the Self-Actualized

• Truth• Goodness• Beauty• Unity• Aliveness• Uniqueness• Perfection and

Necessity

• Completion• Justice and order• Simplicity• Richness• Effortlessness• Playfulness• Self-sufficiency• Meaningfulness

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Qualities of the Self-Actualized

• An non-hostile sense of humor• Intimate personal relationships• Acceptance of self and others• Spontaneity and simplicity• Freshness of appreciation• More peak experiences• Democratic values• Independence