PSY 320 Pop Culture Case Study Paper Character Summary: The child character I’ve chosen for this case study is a very popular one from the 90’s sitcom, “Family Matters”: Steve Urkel. The reason why I’ve chose this character is because Urkel has a lot to look at in terms of psychological issues, particularly when considered from the point of view of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Who is Urkel? What can be said about their development? Well, in the basic plot of family matters, Urkel is a socially awkward adolescent boy who befriends the family living next door. He frequently barges in their home, unannounced. He tends to dress and portray himself in a very quirky manner. And he pretends to be very intelligent. He also tends to over assert his presence in all occasions, no matter what the context. He likewise fawns after the daughter in an obnoxious and overly charismatic manner (Laura). He often causes mishaps and accidentally damages property from this family. Put all of this aside, he is mostly accepted by the family as one of their own. We know very little about Urkel’s own parents and it seems they are mostly absent from his life. We likewise know very little about his specific hobbies or interests in life. But we get the sense that his whole life revolves around the events …show more content…
Our physiological needs are the needs for food, sex, health, and so on. Our safety needs are the needs for stability and security in our living situation. Our social needs are the needs we have for meaningful relationships, as well as our needs for support from peers or our society. Our esteem needs are our needs to feel validated, and accomplished. And last but not least, of course are our needs for self-actualization; in other words our needs to become autonomous, capable and fulfilled in what we
The poem imaginatively re-creates a childhood encounter with his father. It may be read as an uplifting memory of a happy day, however when one engages further into investigating Roethke’s work, a darker perspective of the event emerges (Bachelorandmaster, 2015). Although we cannot identify that this poem is explicitly about his father from just simply reading it, when deeply exploring Roethke’s relationship with his father further, it can be identified that both the poem and relationship are connected in this way. The story conveys both the fathers love for the son and the son’s fear of this overpowering event, a combination which explains why the poem haunted so many of it’s readers (Shmoop,
The way my friends and colleagues, and generally speaking, members of society are raised can impact them psychologically. Whether it is being put on a pedestal or being the victim of ignorance, experiences shape the attitude of humans. In “How to Land Your Kid in Therapy,” Lori Gottlieb talks about her patients with great childhoods instead of talking about the patients who had bad childhoods. As she listens to her patients, she realizes that the parents did too much for their children, and consequently set them up for failure. Due to overprotection and not much discipline, these children have concerns, unhappiness, and feelings of being lost. When she thinks of all the experiences her patients have had with their parents, she relates it to her experience of
A Child Called It was about the struggles of a young boy named Dave Pelzer. Dave was put through hard times and at some point lost hope in his dreams and doubted the humanity of mankind, but in the end because of his strong will he was able to overcome his problems and make a better life for himself.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs describes the five type of innate needs listed from the strongest needs at the bottom to the weakest needs at the top level as physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization needs (Schultz & Schultz, 2013, p. 246). Juanita is a 42 year old single mother who has recently decided to go back to school to obtain a degree and become a mental health professional, but she is facing some internal turmoil and some of her needs are not being met. Analyzing Juanita’s situation with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and other concepts, such as the Jonah complex, should help Juanita reach her goals, address the needs that are not being met in her current situation, and strive for
Theodore Roethke was an American poet whose lifetime experiences influenced many of his poetic works. Theodore Roethke was born on May 25, 1908 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Roethke stayed in Michigan for his childhood and college years. He died on August 01, 1963 in Bainbridge Isle, Washington, United States (“Theodore Roethke.” Contemporary). Roethke lived in recent times and this is reflected in his contemporary poems which use modern language and linguistic devices. Roethke lived in Michigan until after attending the University of Michigan. After going to college at the University of Michigan, Roethke attended Harvard University, located in Massachusetts. Roethke planned on becoming a lawyer; however during college, Roethke discovered his deep admiration for poetry. Roethke’s career as a poet initially struggled and it wasn’t until 1953 that Roethke finally receiv...
Roethke has accepted her dad for who he was, and has forgiven him for the things he has done wrong. Just by looking at his poem, Roethke never attacks his father or says anything disrespectful about his dad. In fact he calls him “pappy”, we get a sense that there is special place in his hearth despite the fact that they’ve had a rocky relationship at times, and Roethke still loves his dad. On the other hand, Clifton hates her dad for who he was and is nowhere near close to forgiving him yet. She actually refers to him as “lecher”. It is certainly true that Clifton’s problems with her dad appear to be more severe than Roethke’s. This is probably why it’s so much harder for her to forgive, however there is no denying the fact that her inability to forgive her father is seriously affecting her. As we already examined, she is staying at home on a Friday nights, when instead she should be enjoying life. There comes a point at which Clifton should just forgive and forget. Not because whatever she feels like she is owned is not right, but because it’s necessary for her
Psychologist Abraham Maslow created the hierarchy of needs, outlining and suggesting what a person need to reach self-actualization and reveal the true potential of themselves. In the model, Maslow propose that a person has to meet basic needs in order to reach the true potential of themselves. Biological/physiological needs, safety needs, love/belonging need, esteem needs according to Maslow is the fundamental frame for reaching the peak of self. The last need to be met on the scale
The hierarchy of needs is frequently represented in the shape of a pyramid and is broken up into 5 separate stages with the main, most important levels of necessities at the bottom and the need for self-actualization
The Father Bailey portrays the rich father figure. He does very little interaction letting the kids run around and act how they please. When he does participate with the others it is mostly in a violent and angry way such as causing the misfit to blush and apologize to the grandmother.
Underlying assumptions: humans are motivated by self-fulfillment and move in a positive and goal-oriented direction. Needs are partially factored in, such as hunger and sex.
Pop culture impacts the way teenagers express and think of themselves, which effects their day to day social norms, beliefs, and the way they show their maturation. One of the many characteristics that are important in a teens life is the way they view themselves, which is called self-definition. That image is based off the certain choices that are influenced by everyday associations that teens experience.
Food, water, sleep, and sensory gratification are all at the top of the hierarchy. These and other needs are considered to be part of the psychological needs. These rest at the top of the hierarchy because they are the essence to basic human survival. The list of these needs can be much larger or shorter depending of personal opinion. Maslow himself said that said “it would be po...
The first concept of needs is physiological needs. Man’s needs are to have the ability to be organize . The best way to be organize is hierarchy. At the lowest level , it is important for person to have pre-eminent. A person at the lower levels needs to provide a shelter and food . Another need to that needs to fulfill is safety needs. A man’s need to feel safe from danger, threat , and deprivation. In organization , employees needs to feel safe from discrimination and unpredictable administration . Social needs is another aspect a person need in business. A person needs to belong by accept from their co-workers, and management. It is also important for manager to motivate their employees . Ego needs are important as well. It is important for employee to have high self -confidence and self -esteem . Employees needs to have self-fulfillment ( when a person discovered potential). It is important for person be motivate because they will have confidence to complete
Every human being has needs. On the most basic level, humans are animals, all animals, and all organisms, for that matter, have needs that act as a ‘motivation’ to ascertain their survival. Henry Murray defined needs as “potentiality or readiness to respond in a certain way under certain given circumstances" (1938).One distinguishing feature between us and other organisms however, is that humans may also posses wants or ‘goals’ whereas animals do not. Wants do not occur until needs have been satisfied, animals, especially in the wild, do not know when to expect their next meal, so are in constant pursuit of food, this means their needs are never fully satisfied, so, according to Isidoro Martínez, wants cannot materialise. “Once material needs satisfied, we may discover some intangible needs, like being valued by others, and self-esteem” However, arguably, these ‘intangible needs’ may be better preponderantly described as emotional wants, as being valued is not a necessity for survival in the short term. As our population has grown, society has decided to lay out these needs and wants in the form of human rights, endeavouring to ensure that everyone is able to fulfil their needs and can work towards achieving their desires.
Many researchers and the authors who have acknowledged the importance of the needs analysis are Munby, 1978; Richterich and Chancrel, 1987; Hutchinson and Waters, 1987; Berwick, 1989; Tarone and Yule, 1989; Robinson, 1991; Johns, 1991; West, 1994; Allison et al, 1994; Seedhouse, 1995; Jordan, 1997; Dudley-Evans and St. John, 1998; Iwei et al. 1999; Hamp-Lyons, 2001; and Finney, 2002 as cited in Rayan