Abraham Maslow

behaviour as adults is based on childhood experiences and the unconscious mind. Humanistic psychology observes the psychology of the individual, not only through the observer, but through the individual themselves. Humanist psychologists, such as Abraham Maslow, provide some of the most enduring theories in humanistic psychology. These perspectives…

school; after earning enough credits to receive a minor in Spanish. Motivation is defined simply as, “goal-directed behavior,” (290). Abraham Maslow designed a hierarchy of needs, these needs include: physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs. Each of these needs can be associated with my SMART-Goal. Maslow defines the physiological needs as the basic necessities to life; a way that my goal could be used to assist that is that…

Does Personality Exist in the World Around Us? Do you ever question yourself what the meaning and purpose is behind some of the most complex areas of life and possibly life after death? In the 2004 movie, I Heart Huckabees, an existential detective couple who is married work together to help people find the answers to all of their existential questions. In particular, the two existential detectives, Bernard and Vivian Jaffe, set out on a mission to help a young adult by the name of Albert…

Between Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers they came up with the “fully functioning person” which integrates the “real self” with the “ideal self” (Olson, 2013). Maslow believes that those who are able to self-actualize are more creative, psychologically healthy individuals. Some of these people include Mahatma Gandhi, Viktor Frankl, and…

The original theory was a five stage model which was divided into basic needs (physiological, safety, love, and esteem) and growth needs (self-actualization). In general society, most people seem to this Maslow stated that all lower needs need to be fulfilled prior to a higher level satisfied, this is in fact incorrect. I believe Maslow’s theory fits in with consumer culture with regards to esteem, boosting one self-esteem is always a positive engagement…

Dan is an individual suffering from low self esteem and anxiety. While, this personal baggage has been with him for most of his life, it has recently heightened with the loss of his job. Dan’s main anxieties lie with the uncertainty of the wellbeing of his family now that his income is gone. His consistent self blaming has led to a neglection of his own basic needs such as eating and sleeping. As a social worker in a professional role, I will approach Dan’s situation using the ‘Humanistic…

When we hear the term psychology we assume this is a general form of therapy for an individual. A person like myself never thought or knew that just like medical doctor’s different treatment based on diagnosis, there are different approaches psychologist use to help a person that is having psychological problems within themselves. A few of those different approaches include psychoanalysis, behavioral, and humanistic therapy approaches, which I will later explain. Each approach that is used is…

Have you ever found yourself watching a person so intently, wondering why they were doing what they were doing? Have you ever sat back and listened to a person speak and thought to yourself, ‘where did that come from?’ Have you ever questioned why a person thought something was a good idea when you could clearly see it was not? We have all done these things time and time again. Similarly, people have thought these very things about each of us. Every person is unique, behaving in a way that suits…

money for food would eat less of it than people who don’t have much money for food I could see why that could be true. I’m a Psychology major here at York and one of the first concepts we learned about in Psyc 1010 is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Abraham Maslow was a psychologist that stated that human beings have certain needs and before the needs at the top of the pyramid can be met the ones at the bottom must be met first. Physiological needs precede safety needs, which precede love/belonging…

relationship of biological factors by Maslow’s theory of personality. I will conclude by explaining some basic aspects of humanistic theories that are incompatible with biological explanations of personality. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was created by Abraham Maslow, who strongly pushes…