Maslow's hierarchy of psychosocial needs

AntonioLao · 07:45 AM

This powerpoint chart shows these human needs for survival and a happy productive life.
http://www.freefileupload.net/file.p...60/maslows.ppt

AntonioLao · **image of Maslow's chart -** 12-20-2005, 12:48 PM

This is Maslow's hieararchy of psychosocial needs

Guille · 12-20-2005, 07:59 PM

I understand and agree with all, and the order they are in. But what if the top one, "Seft-Actualization"? I don't get it just by the word.

AntonioLao · 12-21-2005, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by <<<GUILLE>>>

But what if the top one, "Seft-Actualization"? I don't get it just by the word.

The following describes a bit more about self-actualization
http://personcentered.com/selfact.html

Guille · 07:46 AM

Up to what I've seen, I enter in the fourteen points given in your link about how self-actualizing people are. Even the one of "highly ethical" for although I say I have no ethics, it's not that: it's that I have no ethical theory, or doctrine, but I do have a lot of ethics and don't do what I think I shouldn't do, and not because of fear to hell, as I'm atheist.

What place to you put yourself?

AntonioLao · **rock bottom -** 12-22-2005, 12:02 PM

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What place to you put yorself?

Since I am now applying for food stamps and other assistances from Texas Department of Human Services, I am at the bottom of Maslow's pyramid of needs.

Guille · 12-22-2005, 04:01 PM

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Since I am now applying for food stamps and other assistances from Texas Department of Human Services, I am at the bottom of Maslow's pyramid of needs.

But still, you have many properties of other higher needs. So you aren't really in fact at the bottom, you are at a sort uf superposition.

AntonioLao · **dynamic -** 12-22-2005, 07:09 PM

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So you aren't really in fact at the bottom

for now, I am at the bottom but since life is dynamic, there is a good chance to be in higher levels.

Guille · 12-23-2005, 06:56 AM

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for now, I am at the bottom but since life is dynamic, there is a good chance to be in higher levels.

Life is true dynamic. And it converts kinetic energy into electrodynamical force.

AntonioLao · **majority -** 12-24-2005, 11:18 AM

However, if we consider the entire population of the world, there are more at the bottom layer than at the top layer. A perfect society would then be a population inversion to the top for coherence similar to laser light propagation.