Self Fulfillment (Self-Actualization) Needs

The Five Basic Needs

Maslow suggested five categories of basic needs that are common to all human beings. These categories apply across all cultures, activities, professions and social positions. They are:

Physiological Needs

The physiological needs are those things that keep the body alive and reasonably healthy. Examples are food, clothing and shelter. This is the most basic need of any organism and is at the bottom of the hierarchy as shown in the figure.

Safety

People need to feel physically safe in their environment. In millennia past this meant safe from prowling saber tooth tigers. Today it may mean safety from assault or safety from harmful equipment and harmful chemicals.

Social Needs

Maslow originally used the term "Love Needs" but his description better fits the word "Social". This need involves connections with other people and includes family, group belongingness and friendship as well as romance. All normal people want a place in a group or society, even if they sometimes deny it.

Esteem Needs

With a few pathological exceptions, people need a realistic sense of self esteem and esteem from others. Self Esteem includes honest achievement, feeling adequate to face the world, confidence , independence and freedom. Esteem from others involves reputation, respect, attention and recognition.

Self Fulfillment (Self-Actualization) Needs

Self-Actualization is the most misunderstood of Maslow's categories because of its unfortunate word choice. The ancient Greeks would have called it "fulfilling your destiny."

· Is it important to motivate children?

· How do you motivate children?

· Can some people destroy your motivation?

· What is something a boss can do to motivate his workers?

· How are you best motivated?

· How do you motivate your friends?

· Have you ever tried to quit smoking?

· How do you define motivation?

· What are some of the factors of motivation?

· What part does motivation plays in effective teaching?

· What is the role of motivation for slow learners?

· What are three things that motivate you?

· Do you feel motivated when you are at school?

· Do you feel motivated when learning something new?

· How would you describe motivation?

· Does motivation affect learning?

· In what way can we help people to increase their motivation?

· Why do you study English?

· What is your proudest accomplishment so far this year?

· What is the difference between internal and external motivation?

· Do you find that motivated people are more successful than unmotivated people?

· What do you do to keep your motivation?

· Do you have an English goal?

· Is your goal specific, measurable, with a deadline?

· How do you maintain your motivation when you fail?

· Do you share goals and plans with others so that they will help you maintain your motivation and drive?

· How do you plan to motivate yourself to improve your English?

· What do you do if you feel your English is not improving?

· What role do teachers play in motivating students? What role do students play in motivating teachers?

· Have you ever tried to motivate someone else to do something? How did you feel after?

· Who is the most important person in your life?

· Under what conditions can motivation be influenced by ambition?

· Is ambition a bad personality trait?

· Is competition good?

· Can motivation influence competitive behavior?

· Can robots replace people in sports? How would that change sports?

· Tell three things that make you to be motivated.

· Do you find that motivated people are more successful than unmotivated people?

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1065