Maslow PDF
Maslow PDF
Maslow PDF
Introduction
Some people will do everything for fame and will do whatever it takes to have it. Some
people will do whatever it takes to be loved back by the person they love. Some people
will do whatever it takes even to commit crimes, just to feed their families.
Some people will leave the life they have known just to stay safe again. Some people
are just fine the way they are and simply keep on living on, inspired by the journey as
much as their destination. These people represent each of the five levels of Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs which was developed by Abraham Maslow.
Abraham Maslow, the American psychologist, is best known for his theory of hierarchy
of needs. Maslow’s theory highlights the positive potential of humankind and tries to
understand how motivating factors relate to individual behavior. The nature of these
factors is vital to pharmaceutical care as well.
Maslow presented the idea that human actions are directed toward goal attainment. Any
given behavior could satisfy several functions at the same time; for instance, going to a
bar could satisfy one’s needs for self-esteem and for social interaction.
Content/ concept
Abraham Maslow, in full Abraham Harold Maslow, also called Abraham H. Maslow,
an american psychologist and philosopher best known for his self-actualization theory of
psychology, which argued that the primary goal of psychotherapy should be the
integration of the self.
In his major works, Motivation and Personality (1954) and Toward a Psychology of
Being (1962), Maslow argued that each person has a hierarchy of needs that must be
satisfied, ranging from basic physiological requirements to love, esteem, and, finally,
self-actualization. This hierarchy suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic
needs before moving on to other needs. As each need is satisfied, the next higher level
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in the emotional hierarchy dominates conscious functioning. Maslow believed that truly
healthy people were self-actualizers because they satisfied the highest psychological
needs, fully integrating the components of their personality, or self.
The lowest levels of the pyramid are made up of the most basic needs, while the more
complex needs are located at the top of the pyramids. Needs at the bottom of the
pyramid are basic physical requirements including the need for food, water, sleep, and
warmth. Once these lower-level needs have been met, people can move on to the next
Types of Needs
Maslow believed that these needs are similar to instincts and play a major role in
motivating behavior. Psychological, security, social, and esteem needs are deficiency
needs (also known as D-needs), meaning that these needs arise due to deprivation.
Satisfying these lower-level needs in important in order to avoid unpleasant feelings or
consequences.
Maslow called the bottom four levels of the pyramid ‘deficiency needs’ because we do
not feel anything if they are met but become anxious or distressed if they are not. Thus,
physiological needs such as eating, drinking, and sleeping are deficiency needs.
Maslow termed the highest-level of the pyramid as growth needs (also known as being
needs or B-needs). Growth needs do not stem from a lack of something, but rather from
a desire to grow as a person.
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When the physical needs are relatively satisfied, the individuals safety needs take
over and dominate their behavior.
People want control and order in their lives. So, this need for safety and security
contributes largely to behaviors at this level. Needs related to people’s yearning for
predictability, orderly world in which injustice and inconsistency are under control,
the familiar frequent and the unfamiliar rare.
Security needs are important for survival, but they are not as demanding as the
physiological needs. The desire for steady employment, health insurance, safe
neighborhoods, and shelter from the environment are some examples of security
needs.
Together, the safety and physiological levels of the hierarchy make up what is often
referred to as the basic needs.
3. Social Needs
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• The social needs in Maslow’s hierarchy include such things as love, acceptance,
and belonging. At this level, the need for emotional relationships drives human
behavior. The social needs on the third level of Maslow’s hierarchy relate to human
interaction and are the last of the so-called lower needs.
Some of the things that satisfy these social needs include:
○ Friendships
○ Romantic attachments
○ Intimacy
○ Social and community groups
○ Supportive and communicative family
○ Churches and religious organizations
Maslow considered these needs to be less basic than physiological and security
needs. In order to avoid problems such as loneliness, depression, and anxiety, it is
important for people to feel loved and accepted by other people. Personal
relationships with friends, family, and lovers play an important role, as does
involvement in other groups that might include religious groups, sports teams, book
clubs, and other group activities.
4. Esteem Needs
• At the fourth level in Maslow’s hierarchy is the need for appreciation, respect, to
have self-esteem, and self-respect. When the needs at the bottom three levels
have been satisfied, the esteem needs begin to play a more prominent role in
motivating behavior.
Also known as the belonging need, esteem presents the normal human desire to
be accepted and valued by others. People have a need to accomplish things and
then have their efforts recognized. In addition to the need for feelings of
accomplishment and prestige, esteem needs include such things as self-esteem
and personal worth.
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After the first three needs have been satisfied, esteem needs become increasingly
important. Together, the esteem and social levels make up what is known as the
psychological needs of the hierarchy.
5. Self-actualizing Needs
• At the very peak of Maslow’s hierarchy are the self-actualization needs. "What a
man can be, he must be," Maslow explained, referring to the need people have to
achieve their full potential as human beings. This is the highest level of Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs.
Self-actualizing needs is the motivation to realize one’s own maximum potential and
possibilities. The need for self-actualization is the final need that manifests when lower
level needs have been satisfied.
Self-actualizing people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned
with the opinions of others, and interested in fulfilling their potential.
Maslow wanted to understand what motivates people. He believed that people possess
a set of motivation systems unrelated to rewards or unconscious desires.
The deficiency, or basic needs are said to motivate people when they are unmet. Also,
the need to fulfill such needs will become stronger the longer the duration they are
denied. For example, the longer a person goes without food the hungrier they will
become.
One must satisfy lower level basic needs before progressing on to meet higher level
growth needs. Once these needs have been reasonably satisfied, one may be able to
reach the highest level of self-actualization.
Every person is capable and has the desire to move up the hierarchy toward a level of
self-actualization. Unfortunately, progress is often disrupted by failure to meet lower
level needs. Life experiences including divorce and loss of job may cause an individual
to fluctuate between levels of hierarchy.
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cognitive and aesthetic needs, and later transcendence needs. Changes to the original
five-stage model are highlighted and include a seven-stage model and an eight-stage
model, both developed during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
The three new additions to Maslow’s original Hierarchy of Needs model are:
• Knowledge and Understanding (Cognitive needs)
• Need for Aesthetics
• Transcendence
At first, Maslow’s main concern was with the top tier, self-actualization—he didn’t think
that was the pinnacle of the framework. As he furthered the research, he saw that self-
transcendence, was a higher, and separate, need.
Today, the theoretical framework includes eight parts that are divided into deficiency
needs and growth needs:
Deficiency Needs:
1. Physiological needs
2. Safety needs
3. Social/belonging needs
4. Esteem needs
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Growth Needs:
1. Cognitive needs
2. Aesthetic needs
3. Self-actualization
4. Self-transcendence
Transcendence
• Transcendence is the desire to move beyond ourselves. In the expanded hierarchy
it is placed after Self-Actualization, making it the highest level in the hierarchy.
People seeking to fulfill their Transcendent needs may be motivated by helping
others or becoming wholly driven by factors that do not personally impact them.
They are so confident in their lower level needs being met satisfactorily that they
worry about the needs of others.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
Instead of focusing on psychopathology and what goes wrong with people, Maslow
formulated a more positive account of human behavior which focused on what goes
right. He was interested in human potential, and how we fulfill that potential.
Maslow stated that human motivation is based on people seeking fulfillment and change
through personal growth. Self-actualized people are those who were fulfilled and doing
all they were capable of.
The growth of self-actualization refers to the need for personal growth and discovery
that is present throughout a person’s life. For Maslow, a person is always “becoming”
and never remains static in these terms. In self-actualization a person comes to find a
meaning to life that is important to them.
As each person is unique, the motivation for self-actualization leads people in different
directions. For some people self-actualization can be achieved through creating works
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of art or literature. For others, through sport, in the classroom, or within the corporate
setting.
Maslow believed that self-actualization could be measured through the concept of peak
experiences. This occurs when a person experiences the world totally for what it is, and
there are feelings of euphoria, joy and wonder.
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While the existing traditional biomedical model of health care delivery focuses mainly on
addressing physiological needs, an enhanced holistic model based on Maslow’s
hierarchy is needed to improve care delivery in today’s health care environment.
The first step for designing an enhanced health care delivery model requires an
understanding of the hierarchy of patients’ health care needs. Maslow’s theory of the
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hierarchy of needs, originally designed as a motivational theory, can serve as the basis
for the revised health care delivery model. Maslow proposed five hierarchies of needs
represented in a pyramid: physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging needs,
self-esteem needs, and self-actualization.
Pharmacists could play a pivotal role in these centers for engagement. They could
serve as a new mid-level provider with a defined scope of practice when credentialed as
a qualified provider or serve as specialist consultants for complicated
pharmacotherapeutic challenges.
Even if pharmacists do not become primary care providers, active involvement of the
“patient care literate” pharmacist (a pharmacist trained with enhanced interpersonal
skills) in a revised integrative PCMH model would improve care quality and help
address Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
The use of health information technology could aid pharmacists in their efforts as they
develop skills and abilities of patients. Thus, pharmacists working with centers of
engagement could meet the various hierarchies of patients’ needs, eventually
developing them to become self-actualized and health literate.
Safety needs will be enhanced when a patient uses integrated electronic medical
records to promote communication and sharing of information.
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Advances in technology for drug distribution coupled with educational reforms would
allow pharmacists to assume an increased role in meeting the different hierarchies of
patients’ needs. Educational reforms, which emphasize interprofessional collaboration,
enhanced communication skills, human connection in patient experiences, which
develops both patient-centered attitudes and the use of health information technology
should be accelerated in existing curricula. These changes would assist in expanding
pharmacists’ roles in this revised health care delivery model.
Each person is unique, and driven by different and dynamic motivating factors, which
operate singly or in conjunction with each other, in varying degrees. Motivation is
influenced by multiple internal and external factors. Education and health literacy, an
understanding of one’s body, and functional limitations due to symptoms of disease are
examples of internal variables which modulate motivation. External variables include
exposure to disease in the family and community, comfort with the health care system
and health care team, and availability of resources. All these factors merge together to
create a hierarchy of attitudes towards health.
“I understand you are bothered by body aches and fatigue. Let us begin this treatment
as it will help increase your energy and wellbeing, and allow you to do gardening that
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“It is natural to have concerns about the side effects of medicines and I am glad you
brought that up. This drug has a low risk of hypoglycemia and doesn’t damage kidneys.
In fact, it helps the kidneys and the heart.”
“While we are using the best possible medication, is there any emotional issues I can
help you with? Are there any issues that particularly upset you?”
• Level 4 – esteem
While many people are happy accepting physician-driven therapy, others appreciate
active involvement in their care. This is a means of maintaining their self-esteem.
Such people need self-management, education and skill enhancement, and welcome
shared decision-making. Discussion should specifically include challenges to self-
esteem faced by the patient, including social challenges such as self-injection at work or
in public.
“I understand you are worried that insulin injections will interfere with your freedom to
move about and may create social embarrassment. This pen can fit in your pocket; you
can inject as convenient, and do not have to disclose diabetes.”
• Level 5 – self-actualization
Self-actualization is the pinnacle of needs. The self-actualized person is one who
achieves his or her full potential. This is the ‘dream patient’, who has mastered self-
care, can treat and monitor oneself, and works with the medical team to ensure optimal
outcomes. They are more likely to become true partners in the shared decision-making
process.
“How well you are controlled today will impact your health over the long term, like
karma. The treatment we suggest will improve your metabolic karma and reduce the
risk of cardiovascular disease.”
• Level 6 – self-transcendence
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Maslow later added another motivational level, termed self-transcendence.14 This can
be applied to self-actualized patients with diabetes, who wish to make a difference in
their treatment care, beyond their individual management. These people wish to
improve health of others.
Questions:
1. Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory is about:
a. positive mental health
b. what motivates people to do the things they do
c. the human mind
d. how successful someone can be
2. According to Abraham Maslow, what is the most important need that must be
fulfilled first?
a. esteem needs
b. love and belongingness needs
c. physiological needs
d. safety needs
4. Which Stage of Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs does this phrase belong to: I
like to lock my door at night.
a. Self-Actualization
b. Esteem
c. Safety/Security
d. Physiological
5. When parents say "you will never be good enough to go to college ” they are not
helping their child achieve
a. safety and security
b. love and belonging
c. self-actualization
d. esteem
6. Do you believe that Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is true for every culture?
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Method
Please see online quiz link as provided by the faculty.
References:
• The Hierarchy of Needs – Maslow’s Theory Applied to the Science of Diabetes.
Sanjay Kalra, Gagan Priya, Deepak Khandelwal. January 24th 2019
• Applying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to human-centered design translating
HCAHPS results into designs that support improved care delivery. J. Todd
Robinso
• Pharmacy in an Improved Health Care Delivery Model Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs. Therese I. Poirier, PharmD, MPH, and Radhika Devraj, PhD. October
2019
• Maslow, A. H. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50,
370–396.
• Maslow, A. H. (1954). Motivation and personality. New York: Harper
• Maslow, A. H. (1969). The farther reaches of human nature. Journal of
Transpersonal Psychology, 1(1), 1–9.
• Maslow, A. H. (1979). The journals of A. H. Maslow (R. J. Lowry, Ed.; Vols. 1–2).
Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.
• Maslow, A. H. (1982). The journals of Abraham Maslow (1-vol. ed.; R. J. Lowry,
Ed., & J. Freedman, Abridger). Brattleboro, VT: Lewis.
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201205/our-hierarchy-
needs/
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-H-Maslow
• https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs-4136760
• https://www.masterclass.com/articles/a-guide-to-the-5-levels-of-maslows-
hierarchy-of-needs#want-to-learn-more-about-business
• https://agile-mercurial.com/2019/06/20/abraham-maslows-expanded-hierarchy-of-
needs/
• https://www.interiorsandsources.com/article-details/articleid/22727/title/maslow-
hierarchy-design-architecture-impacts
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