...Psychological Needs Paper Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychological concept that details a series of human needs and how more basic needs must be met before an individual can achieve self-fulfillment. This hierarchy is best summarized by a pyramid because the larger, more basic needs must establish a firm foundation before one can build up to higher needs. Abraham Maslow described self-actualized people has having the following traits: Realism and acceptance, spontaneity, problem centering, autonomy, continued freshness of appreciation, and peak experiences. Maslow’s hierarchy explains how people are constantly motivated to realize their potential and better lives. Maslow’s concept is easy to understand once put into perspective. A homeless person that lives on abandoned scraps of food is more motivated to secure food and a warm place to live than to need to feel a sense of accomplishment or self-esteem. According to Don Gorman (“Maslow's hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing,” 2010) Maslow’s concept suggests “that people are motivated by different needs that can be classified in a hierarchy with the lower level needs having to be fulfilled before the higher level needs can be” (“Maslow's hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing,” 2010). In other words, as an individual is able to meet their more basic, low-level, needs their determination shifts to higher-level needs and, eventually, may reach self-actualization—a set of self-fulfillment needs. Maslow...
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...Psychological Needs Esther Christensen PSY/211 October 26, 2014 Faye Flanagan Psychological Needs Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is displayed as a pyramid. The basic and simplest need is the platform of the pyramid, and the most difficult need to achieve is at the point of the pyramid. The platform starts with the basic physiological need which covers the basic need for health, food, and sleep that are vital to our everyday survival. Next level is safety which addresses our need for security, stability and freedom from fear from everyday life. The third level is belonging, feeling loved by your friends, family, and your spouse. The fourth level addresses the ones self-esteem to obtain recognition and respect. The final need in Maslow’s hierarchy is self-actualization: pursuing your inner talent and achieving your individual potential. The order that Maslow’s hierarchy addresses does make sense to me because it breaks down the needs and wants that we desire in our everyday lives. Some of us grasp all levels in life and achieve all expectations of ourselves, and some of us struggle with some levels because of lack of confidence or other needs that are being addressed. It relates to motivation by challenging our physical and mental growth within ourselves. Addressing the lower and easier levels first is more common than the challenge of the higher needs. Once you concur the lower needs of the pyramid and move upward to the most challenging needs...
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...Psychological Needs Ron Mckenna PSY/211 November 18, 2013 University of Phoenix Psychological Needs Abraham Maslow created a hierarchy of needs with the most common of the needs being the basis for his hierarchy. The basic needs are food water warmth and rest, the basic needs. The next tier of Maslow’s chain of needs are safety, the need to feel safe and secure. This concludes the first tier of Maslow’s hierarchy as basic needs. The second tier that Maslow are called psychological needs and include belonging and the need to feel love. The next level is esteem need and the need to feel accomplishment. The last and final tier is his self-fulfillment category which contains self-actualization and feeling of being the best a person can be. I agree with Maslow’s hierarchy and that the most of common needs should be the basis of everything else. Without the common needs one could not achieve the main goal in life. Once the basic need in life have been covered you could go after that second tier and find love and belonging and having the basic needs to fall back on just in case. Now you have your basic need and psychological needs you could strive for the top tier and being what you are meant to be. Maslow’s hierarchy relates to motivation for the fact that what is at the core of everyone are the basic needs. Survival is the same way physical and psychological witch can be a great motivator. Say one was at their fullest and top tier knowing how to get the fulfillment out of...
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...Psychological Needs Paper Crystal Johndrow PSY/211 Sept 22, 2014 Susan Hull Psychological Needs Paper Maslow seemed to believe that once a person’s basic biological needs were met new higher psychological needs would emerge in order to motivate human behavior. He believed that people are innately motivated to satisfy a progression of needs beginning with the basic needs like food, water, warmth, rest, security, and safety. After these needs are met a person is motivated to fulfill their psychological needs as in intimate relationships, friends, prestige and feeling of accomplishment. Finally a person reaches their ultimate goal of self-fulfillment needs which includes achieving one’s full potential, including creative activities. Once I learned about Maslow’s hierarchy and begun to understand his theory and the way he perceived human motivation and needs I began to understand and was able to make sense of it. I believe that if mankind had no motivation then life would cease to exist. A person experiences basic motivation for the needs to sustain life such as food and water. Without motivation to fulfill the most basic of needs there would be no motivation to fulfill other needs such as achieving one’s full potential which is what I believe separates mankind from the animals. A person needs motivation in order to go for something in their life. Some people seem to have more motivation than others and are able to accomplish more during their life and get the chance...
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...Psychological Needs Paper Psychologist Abraham Maslow developed his model of human motivation in the 1940s and 1950s. His model of motivation was name the hierarchy of needs, which consisted of five levels. A pyramid was created to explain his concept of needing basic primary needs before a person can reach the top, which leads ultimately to self-actualization. Beginning from the bottom of the pyramid was physiological needs; such as water and food and air to breathe. A person cannot occupy oneself with thoughts of purpose or desire when survivability is number one. Second, security needs; security and safety. This is a form of shelter from the environment, the same reason there are bank accounts and locks on front doors. Third, belongingness and love needs; intimate relationships and friends. Many go through depression in their teenage years because the feelings of not fitting in can be acute and overwhelming. These needs are fulfilled through joining clubs or just in the company of good friends. Four, esteem needs; prestige and feelings of accomplishment. Humans are apparently social creatures, and have needs that address our self-worth that feed our ego. We form friendships and relationships with the people that make us feel good about ourselves. Five, self-actualizing needs; achieving one’s full potential, including creative activities. The top of pyramid is the million answer, at least Maslow thought so. But he also had a hard time defining what this meant. Maslow’s definition...
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...October 2014 Psychological Needs Paper The concept that motivation and/or the ability to learn is strictly influenced by consequences or rewards is what Maslow set out to disprove. In Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, he sets out to prove his theory that each individual “possess a set of motivation systems that are not directly influenced by rewards or unconscious desires” (McLeod, 2007).Under Maslow’s perception each individual is automatically driven to achieve certain needs, Maslow breaks these needs down into two general groups; Group one is Basic needs (Psychological, safety, social and Esteem). The second group is self-actualization (growth needs). Maslow states that we have the given drive/desire to fulfill these needs without the need for reward and that once we fulfill the first or bottom need in Maslow’s Hierarchy, our Psychological needs; we will automatically begin to pursue fulfilling the next level in the Hierarchy, safety, and so on. His theory seems quite logical to me, as we know that from birth a baby cries when it is hungry, this is not something they are taught via classical conditioning over time, they are born knowing when they are hungry. Unfortunately, despite our natural drive to achieve our fulfillment of our needs many struggle to reach self-actualization due to disruption in their lifestyle, such as a job loss, divorce, death in the family, etc. (McLeod, 2007)… Maslow’s hierarchy and perception of one’s natural motivation to fulfill our needs is directly...
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...Psychological Needs Paper Everyone has needs. Though each person may want something different, the basic motivation to get that object of want is based on similar principles. We all have basic needs, such as the need of food, water, and sleep. These types of needs are hardwired into our brain, telling us to fulfill them in order to survive. But what of the other needs we experience throughout our life, and the motivation that drives us to accomplish them? In 1968, an American psychologist named Abraham Maslow developed a model of human motivation. Within this model, Maslow broke down motivation and needs based on several levels, forming a hierarchy of needs. The hierarchy of needs used five levels: Physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs, and the final level of self-actualization. Maslow believed that people are motivated to satisfy the needs at each level before moving to the next. He surmised that as people move up the hierarchy, they become more motivated to achieve self-actualization, as this would lead to the person’s full potential. From the basic needs of individuals, to the motivation behind each need, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explains how both biological and psychological needs impact us and our motivation. On a personal level, Maslow’s hierarchy makes sense. To me, it is easy to grasp the concept that there is a motivator behind my needs as a human being. Without the motivator there, there would be little will power to accomplish...
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...Physical and psychological needs of children are very important and need to be met with great care to facilitate development. Considering that children grow and learn the most in the first few years of their life, parents as well as caregivers need to be sensitive to their physical and psychological needs. In this essay we will define physical and psychological needs and consider how caregivers can meet these important needs. The needs of a three year old will be identified with each definition. We will specifically look at how exercise, rest, diet, health and safety as well as survival, participation and belonging influence the needs of a child. Physical needs can be defined as things we need for survival, basic examples are water, food, shelter and clothing. In addition to these basic needs, there are other needs which are equally important namely, safety, exercise and rest. Food can be anything but it takes a nutritious diet and regular meal times to really provide for this need. A balanced diet has all the nutrients essential for body development and maintenance. Although water is not considered a nutrient it is still an essential part in a child’s diet. Diet for a three year old should be balanced and regular, also taking into consideration their religious and dietary practices. Shelter is also important but the right precautions need to be taken to make sure that the child has a healthy and safe environment. More and more children are spending excess time indoors...
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...while observing the natural evolution of the little man/woman from birth, his/her primary needs, and then focus on the stage of three years old. We will explain the ‘physical and psychological security needs’ (McLeod, 2013) of the child and how all these needs can be met on a childcare setting. Then we will reveal the spirit that we need to spread into a childcare setting and the way of being with children to get his trust, support him, to get him to succeed and so gain his self-esteem which is the "key to fulfilling potential"(Macleod, 2008, P122). When the little man/woman comes into the world, his/her needs appear to him/her straight away. He/she breathes fresh air and feels that he/she needs to keep going that way, he/she feels cold and needs to feel warm and his/her dad dresses him, he/she feels hungry and thirsty and his/her mum feed him, then he/she wants to rest and sleep and want a place to do it, and his/her parents give him a bed in their house. At that stage of his/her life the child is not able to satisfy himself/herself his/her needs, he/she is forced to let his/her parents accomplish these tasks and he/she will help them to understand his/her needs in crying to communicate. The child builds his/her trust from birth as his/her parent has fulfilled all his/her physiological needs. But parents provided child more than shelter and food, they grant him/her physical and psychological security, keeping him/her safe and close, keeping him/her in good health, maintaining...
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...Physical and psychological needs of a child relate to the basic needs a child requires to grow to a physically, socially and emotionally healthy adult. This essay looks into the basic physical and psychological needs of a child and then those of a three year old child to understand what needs to be met to allow a three year old to develop in a naturally healthy way. Based on these needs, we then discuss how they can be ideally met in a childcare setting and the requirements for a childcare setting under the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework. Physical needs of a child relate to the needs a child requires physically to grow and to develop to a healthy adult. They include fresh air to breathe, water, adequate food and minerals to maintain nutrition, shelter and warmth, protection from accidents and injury, personal hygiene, physical exercise, rest and sleep, promotion of good health and protection from illness (Montessori Centre International, 2011). In terms of the physical needs of a three year old, these include suitable nourishment, age appropriate exercise, rest and sleep, playing and learning, hygiene and health and safety. First of all, a healthy and well-balanced diet is essential to help a three year grow. The essential nutrients of a balanced diet include carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. According to the Department of Health and Social Security, the recommended intakes of various food constituents at different ages and the three...
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...physical and psychological needs of a three year-old child. Explain how would ensure that these physical and psychological needs could be met in your country. | This essay will define and explore the physical and psychological needs in reference to the three year-old child. The importance of these needs for the three year-old child cannot be over-emphasised. These needs and are both imperative in the full development of the child and ‘can never be viewed in isolation’ (Underdown, 2007) of one another. The physical needs must be adequately met for the subsequent psychological development of the child to be successfully fulfilled. Explanations on the importance of nutrition, physical exercise and safety will be given along with the need for survival, participation and belonging as it’s importance to the social and emotional well being of the child. The essay will further discuss how carers can ensure that these needs are met in the child-care setting and how the conduciveness or harshness of the setting or environment can influence the child’s development. Reference will also be made to government health and safety legislation, and polices in the setting. The physical needs of the child are the basic needs required for survival, comprising of food, water, shelter, clothing and air. For a three year-old these needs includes a balanced diet to promote good health, but good health is also reliant on hygiene, medical care and safety measures. A child needs to know how...
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...In this essay will be explained which physical and psychological needs are crucial for three years old children. We will also discuss how these needs could be met in a childcare setting. In the first paragraph will be expounded the definition of physical needs, including exercise, rest, diet and safety of a three years old child. Then it will be explained how carers could provide different kind of exercises for gross and fine motor skills and also prepare well ventilation classrooms to have a space for a rest and access to fresh air where they could do some activities or play. The second paragraph will be defined and identified specific psychological needs. Above all we will try to put stressed on explaining emotional and social needs of the three years old child and how this can be met in a childcare setting, especially focus on transition and cooperation between carer and a key person. At least we will bring closer a current legislation relating to children’s health and safety based on Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework and briefly summarizes all statements. “The best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves” (C. JoyBell C., 2010) .This quotation is especially important in the term of children’s physical health and it is crucial to understand their development. According to Montessori...
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...parents/carers should fulfil their child’s physical needs together with psychological needs. We are going to point out and discuss on a three year old child’s physical and psychological needs and how they can affect the child’s physical, emotional and psychological health. A three year old child needs to be well fed, given ample of rest and should be encouraged doing physical exercise. They should also be given precautions of safety everywhere. For a child to be clean, childcare centres or parents/carers should reinforce personal hygiene in a child’s daily routine. A child needs to be emotionally and psychologically strong to fight their weaknesses. They need to be showered with lots of love, affection and respect. They also need to socialise with the environment that they are in. If these needs are fulfilled then the child would be emotionally and socially strong and healthy. What is a need? A need is defined as a requirement, something that you have to have, a thing necessary for life. There are basic needs which every living thing needs in order to live. Some examples of basic needs are shelter, fresh air to breath, food and water. Therefore a physical need is “something that is necessary for organisms to live a healthy and productive life” (What Is the Meaning of Physical Needs, undated). Children also have their own physical needs as an individual to grow up healthy and well mannered. Some of the examples of these needs are physical exercise, well-balanced diet, adequate...
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...chapter to me over the course was chapter 12: Psychological Disorders. Chapter 12 was most important to me because I want to be a police officer one day and as a police officer I know that I'll be dealing with many people who have psychological disorders. I liked how the chapter went really in-depth discussing all the different kinds of disorders including anxiety, eating, mood, personality, and dissociative. As a police officer I will most likely run into personality and mood disorders the most; so those two really caught my attention. Knowing what signs and symptoms to look for when dealing with mood and personality disorders could very well help me out someday. Police officers themselves are often diagnosed with psychological disorders because of all the constant violence they endure. Understanding how they cope with this and what they might be thinking was very interesting to me. I agree with Jessica, my favorite chapter was chapter 12 too. I like how she favors chapter 12 because she could possibly put it to use one day and that’s the same exact reason it's my favorite. She also mentions that she enjoyed learning how people with psychological disorders think and what they go through, which was relatable to my reasoning. She said wants to help kids with these disorders and I think that is very praiseworthy. I too want to help people with these same disorders, but at the same time keep people with violent psychological disorders away from harming others and help seeking...
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...did, and upon that choose what methods of assessments could best help gain feedback, to help in effectively changing the organizations culture and solving its issues. Example: the organization wanted to improve the challenges they faced which were: Need to create a new organizational culture that is customer-driven. • High levels of customer dissatisfaction. • A need to streamline the administrative process. • High levels of employees mistrust. • A need to enhance the overall skill levels of the managers and employees since most of the issues had to do with behavior and skills needing to be improved, the individual Competence Assessment was chosen since this assessment uses structured interviews using behavioral interview techniques were the assessee paints a picture of his/her strengths and development needs (what they want to develop in) and how to bring the best of out a person (like skills and performance). By gaining accurate feedback by choosing the best assessment method, the CEO was able to make effective decisions in the organization to help reorganize and create a new organizational culture. Reasons why Psychological testing and Multi-source assessment were not chosen because the Psychological testing method aims to provide feedback and assist decision on who to choose for a certain position upon other people, and this was not the issues in company A. Multi-source assessment was not chosen because it mostly has to do with delivering feedback that...
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