1. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

2. Abraham Maslow
In the 1930’s the psychologist Abraham Maslow designed a pyramid to explain ‘basic health needs’.

3. Basic Physical Needs
#4. Basic Physical Needs

4. Basic Physical Needs This includes the need for Food Drink Oxygen
Sleep
Warmth
Sensory pleasure
Maternal behaviour
and Sexual Desire.
If people are denied any of these needs, they may spend long periods of time looking for them.

5. #6. Safety and Security Needs
Basic Physical Needs

6. Safety and Security Needs
Once a persons basic needs have been met, their next concern is usually for
safety and security,
freedom from pain,
threat from physical attack and
protection from danger.

7. Safety and Security Needs
Basic Physical Needs
Love and Social Needs
#8. Love and Social needs
Safety and Security Needs

8. Love and Social needs These include: a sense of belonging
the need for social activities
friendships and the giving and receiving of love.

9. Love and emotional needs
Esteem needs
#10. Esteem needs
Love and emotional needs
Safety and Security Needs
Basic Physical Needs

10. Esteem needs
This includes the need to have
self respect (involves the desire to have strength, confidence, independence, freedom and achievement) and
esteem of others (involves having prestige, status, attention, recognition, reputation and appreciation from other people).

11. Yes Self actualisation needs Self-esteem needs
Love and emotional needs
Safety and Security Needs
Basic Physical Needs

12. Self actualisation needs
This is the development of and realisation of a persons full potential.
all the other needs in the pyramid have to be achieved before a person can reach this stage.
Yes

13. Final thought
‘Health is complete physical, mental and social well-being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity
1946 World Health Organisation
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