1. Human Needs

2. Needs are a lack of something required or desired.
Needs motivate us to act.

3. Abraham Maslow
Noted psychologist who developed a hierarchy of needs.

4. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow defined a hierarchy of human needs that stated that the lower needs must be met before an individual strive to meet high needs.

5. What are Maslow’s Human Needs?
Can you guess what Maslow’s levels of needs are?

7. Physical needs Food Water Air/Oxygen Sleep Protection/Shelter
What did Maslow mean by physical needs?
What physical needs does every person have?
Food
Water
Air/Oxygen
Sleep
Protection/Shelter
Elimination
Motor needs
Sensory needs
These needs are essential for life; if unmet, these needs lead to death.

8. Physical needs Consider these questions?
Are you meeting these needs for your well being and good health?
Who provides these needs for you?
Could you provide these needs for a baby?

9. Safety and Security Needs
Need to be free from anxiety and fear
Need to be secure in the environment
Need for order and routine
How do these safety and security needs relate to you?

10. Safety and Security Needs
Which of these are met for you?
Who provides these needs for you?
Which of these needs could you provide for a baby?

11. Love/Affection, Acceptance, and Belongingness Needs
Social acceptance, friendships, family, to be loved, affectionate relationships in general
Need to belong, to relate to others
Sexuality:
Person’s feelings/attitude toward their masculine/feminine nature
Ability to give and receive love and affection
Reproductive capabilities

12. What are some examples of love and acceptance you see in your life?

13. Esteem Needs
Feeling important and worthwhile – includes respect, approval, appreciation
Engagement in activities that bring achievement, success, and recognition
Growth of self confidence which directs our actions toward becoming what we WANT to be

14. Self esteem: the need for respect of others the need for status, recognition, dignity Self respect: confidence competence achievement, independence freedom

15. Self-actualization
Self realization Obtaining our full potential Becoming confident Eager to express our beliefs A willingness to reach out to others to help them

16. According to Maslow, only a small percentage of the world’s population is truly, predominantly, self-actualizing. 

17. Can you think of people who fit into the self-actualization category?

18. Self-actualization
Knowledge and appreciation of beauty, goodness, freedom and a realistic view and acceptance of self and others.
Reality-centered: differentiate what is fake and dishonest from what is real and genuine.
Problem-centered: treating life’s difficulties as problems demanding solutions, not as personal troubles to be railed at or surrendered to. 
Different perception of means and ends: felt that the ends don’t necessarily justify the means, that the means could be ends themselves, and that the means -- the journey -- was often more important than the ends.

19. To meet our human needs, we usually learn what works by trial and error. When needs are felt, individuals are motivated or stimulated to act. If the need is met, satisfaction of a feeling of pleasure or fulfillment occurs. If a need is unmet, tension or frustration occurs.