Abraham Maslow

Transpersonal theory was created to study those who were spiritually and consciously beyond the humanistic theory. The main idea of transpersonal theory is the ability of a person to transcend themselves into a better persona of their current state. Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist best known for Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which is a five-stage model (later changed to six) that lays out the basic needs of life. This is often demonstrated as a pyramid with your basic physiological…

MOTIVATIONAL THEORY ABRAHAM MASLOW HIERACHY The concept of motivation has been defined as the psychological process that gives behavior purpose and direction (Kreitner, 1995). This motivation is to understand what drives the employee nor the people motivates to push their performance in work. Motivation is important because under an optimal conditions, effort can often be increased and sustained or in other simple word according to Smith 1994 (Smith G. P., 1994) , we need motivated employees…

perspective. The humanistic psychological approach is one that values the individual as, firstly and foremost, a human being (Rogers, 1961). Two of the most influential humanistic psychology researchers are Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, who each developed models and explanations for humanistic psychology. Maslow represented his humanistic views by creating the Hierarchy of Needs, and Rogers contributed to humanistic psychology by developing client-based therapy. According to Maslow’s needs…

The Hierarchy of Needs Maslow’s Need of Hierarchy is a theory that is proposed by a psychologist Abraham Maslow that emphasize on the psychological needs and interpersonal needs in addition to physical needs and economic necessity which related to human motivation. (OB, 147) According to humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow, our actions are motivated in order achieve certain needs. Maslow labelled the five hierarchical categories as physiological needs, safety and security needs, love (social)…

What Maslow meant by this was that we need to be involved with our family’s. A healthy family can bring anybody out of a rough time. I know when I was in a terrible spot in life my family was there to help me with whatever I wanted to do. When people aren’t involved…

Abraham Harold Maslow’s Self Actualization Theory Biography Abraham Harold Maslow was born April 1st, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the oldest of seven children. He came from a poor uneducated Jewish family, however they did believe in education. His whole life he was bullied and experienced a lot of racism and ethnic prejudice. He had no friends so books, reading, and learning became his only interest in life. He was diagnosed as mentally unstable by a psychologist as a child. He wrote…

Self-actualization is a life long process of self-awareness, achievement, and the desire to reach one’s full potential. Two of the most prominent psychologists behind the self-actualization theory are Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow. Rogers and Maslow presented a positive perspective of human nature compared to classical psychoanalysts who believed humans to lack the capacity to self-actualize. There are many traits that a self-actualized person strives to achieve, there are different ways a…

so because, the pyramid shows a path of growth. When a person is personaly, finacially and socially satisfied, he or she can focus on working on themselves in order to achieve what they want. Self actauliaztion is reaching one’s fullest potential. Maslow descibes it as the desire to become more and more what one is, to become everything one is capable of becoming. When the lower needs are met, an individual is motivated and driven to work on himself or herself which helps them to…

In 1943, Abraham Maslow had introduced the Hierarchy of Needs Theory (Management Study Guide, n. d.). This theory is categorized into five levels, which are physiological needs, safety and security, social needs, esteem needs as well as self-actualization. Most of the time, it is showed as a hierarchical pyramid. According to The Peak Performance Centre (n. d.), it helps to motivate people to fulfill basic needs for rising life satisfaction. The most basic needs are placed at the lowest levels…

Maslow's hierarchy, a psychology theory that was once proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943. This psychological theory subsequently extends to the motivation of humans. The study behind Maslow’s hierarchy is was done by observing people’s innate curiosity. Beginning at the bottom of the pyramid, this is the base of human needs, also known as the physiological needs. Physiological needs include necessities for life, such as food, water, warmth and rest. When viewing the lowest level of this…