Friday, August 21, 2009

WOW 36

WOW 36 - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Good Afternoon Friends,
Today lets enter the world of Psychology. People who study Psychology for sure study about Abraham Maslow and his Hierarchy of Needs.
In this he included his observations of humans' innate curiosity and studied people like Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass and many others. Maslow also studied the healthiest one percent of the college student population.

It is often depicted as a pyramid consisting of five levels: the lowest level is associated with physiological needs, while the uppermost level is associated with self-actua
lization needs, particularly those related to identity and purpose. The higher needs in this hierarchy only come into focus when the lower needs in the pyramid are met.

The five levels are:
  1. Physiological needs
  2. Safety needs
  3. Social needs
  4. Esteem
  5. Self-Actualization
Check out the link given to read and understand more about this. You will never regret the time spent on this.

Link: http://www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Hierarchy_of_Needs.asp

Danish :)

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