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and finance Allah shmoop What is Maslow's hierarchy of wants

and needs Perhaps no other psychological theory has affected the

public mind as muchas Maslow's hierarchy of wants and needs

Seriously though Abraham Maslow came up with this theory in

the nineteen forties away to organize ideas about how humans

are motivated in the field of developmental psychology with what

makes them tick What makes them want Maazel's hierarchy of

wants and needs been used in psychology sociology and management

providing kind of a framework for this old people taking

things Usually Maslow's hierarchy of needs is shown in a

pyramid shaped image with the basic needs of the bottom

and higher level Motivating factors up here at the top

of the pyramid shape isn't like ours Food pyramid reflecting

the amounts of things we need you know to survive

Instead think of Maslow's hierarchy of needs as a pyramid

that's meant to be climbed Maslow's original theory was that

a person must be satisfied with the factors at one

level within themselves before they could be motivated by factors

at the next level Well Mohr modern interpretations show the

five levels as overlapping their blurred implying that lower levels

might be prioritized again down the road even if someone

is you know higher up on the pyramid in general

we're going to talk about Bob's journey here through Maslow's

theories Bob could be you your mom your friend or

that stranger you just passed on the street Yeah deep

inside everyone is Bob the base of the pyramid We've

got physiological needs which includes things like food water rest

shelter and the ability to you know live in the

environment in general Well here The idea is that it's

hard to motivate Bob with something like prestige when he's

too busy trying to meet basic physiological needs so that

he can you know just stay alive Bob's got bigger

things to worry about right now If he's homeless food

lists and you know pantless alright well once Bob's got

the basics of staying alive down he can move up

to the safety motivation level up here which says that

Bob can then be motivated by things that give him

security like think physical safety financial security health You know

those things make sense that once Bob's got his food

water in things that he needs to live seek out

security so that he can keep those things under lock

and key and you know keep on keeping on basic

mortality avoidance At this point Bob's Fed rested and not

stressing out so much because survival instincts took a chill

pill thanks to his safety measures Good job you know

a place to live maybe wearing a bike helmet Occasionally

you go bob pants Don't forget the pain's bob Finally

Hopkins start looking outward into the world The third level

of hierarchy here It's love and belonging right The human

needs for closeness with one another In other words nothing

will motivate Bob more at this point than making friends

taking the singles bar by storm pay Well Bob made

friends at work and managed to snag a girlfriend Honestly

Nice Bob Bob's now capable of being motivated by things

that level for his self esteem Bob will be motivated

by things that give him confidence in a sense of

accomplishment Well for Bob maybe a nice car makes him

feel confident Or maybe Bob doesn't care for a nice

car but he's really into his career working his way

up the quote prestigious unquote corporate ladder Whatever Bob's values

are well he can be motivated by things that can

fulfill them making him feel Fly fly Bob Fly right

Well now that Bob's taking care of his basic needs

in his physiological needs well he has time to fight

focus on himself again But in a you know higher

way Well at the top of the Pyramid the big

boss of the video game that is Bob's Life Well

we've got self actualization right there Self actualization is when

Bob feels his utmost potential If Bob's motivated at this

level while that means Bob wants to be the best

Bob he can be well for Bob This might have

to do with fulfilling creative passions using his talent finding

a you know life partner and raising Tiny Bob Yeah

that'LL do it After publishing his theory Mass Low later

criticized his own initial description of self actualization And while

he changed it to be more like becoming enlightened or

something like that would mean that Bob things about meaning

of life things about spirituality morality the universe and seize

prejudice for what it is a fear based ego boosting

mean girl thing Bob becomes a true wiseguy Astle's hierarchy

of wants and needs does have its fair share of

critics It's not accepted by everyone Some believe that people

can be motivated by needs and wants higher up on

the pyramid even if they haven't satisfied all the ones

on the bottom first Others have pointed out mass low

on ly studied healthy specimens not the population at large

So there could be some bias there some bargain The

Massa lt's hierarchy only works for people in individualistic societies

and not so much for people in collectivist societies Help

priorities and values are different Plus these needs might also

be a different depending on Bob's age Right The final

kicker maybe Massa lt's pyramid isn't really human Needs can

be applied to most animals in general Massell insisted that

this motivation theory needed to be people center cannot animal

centric He was a man of his time Today we

know more than ever before about how the other species

live and communicate The more we learn the more mass

ALS hierarchy of wants and needs seems to apply to

them just as much as it does for us especially

for the first four five levels So could mass low

have come up with a better theory Well yeah Maybe

he could have if he'd been more motivated The sweet 00:05:40.087 --> [endTime] sweet irony Oh no