28 Mart 2008 Cuma

Abraham Maslow (1908 - 1970)


Abraham Maslow,American psycologist, has a theory known as hierarchy of needs which is very important issue for psycology. According to his theory, people's some needs have priority on others. People's needs can be catagorized into five groups, each of which can be matced a development rank, and these groups have a hierarchy into themselves.
Maslow arranged these needs in a pyramid. In this pyramid, the lowest level-need, the most essential. According to Maslow a person cannot pass the upper level before supplying the lower ones.
These levels namely are:
1. Physicological needs: breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion etc.
2. Safety needs: security of body, security of employment , security of resources, security of morality, security of family, security of health, security of property etc.
3. Love/ Belonging needs: friendship, family, sexual intimacy etc.
4. Esteem needs: self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, respect by others etc.
5. Self-actualization: morality, creativity, spontaneity, prolem solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts etc.


Maslow's theory, hierarchyof human needs, led the works of Henry Murray, who was a American psycologist, so it brought the basics of wide-ranging and validated work which are related to achievement, affiliation, power and ambitoin.

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