Preamble
A ‘need’ is something that is necessary for an organism to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants in that, in the case of a need, a deficiency causes a clear adverse outcome: a dysfunction or death. Needs can be objective and physical, such as the need for food, or subjective and psychological, such as the need for self-esteem. There are also needs of a social or societal nature.
Need is also a motivating force that compels action for its satisfaction. Needs range from basic survival needs (common to all human beings) satisfied by necessities, to cultural, intellectual, and social needs (varying from place to place and age group to age group) satisfied by necessaries. Needs are finite but, in contrast, wants (which
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Plants need soil, nutrients, sunlight, water, space, air and appropriate temperatures to survive.
Animals need food, water, shelter, oxygen, space and appropriate temperatures. Herbivores can live only where plant food is available. Carnivores can live only where they can catch their food. Omnivores can live in many places because they eat both plants and animals. Animals generally need some form of sustenance and some way to procreate in order to survive and evolve as a species.
Air: Air is made up of several gases, but the two most important gases are Oxygen and Carbon dioxide. Without oxygen, animals will die, and without carbon dioxide, plants cannot survive. Food (nutrients): Living things need energy for function. Energy is needed to grow, reproduce, move, and to work.
Physical Needs: Examples of physiological needs include breathing, food and water, clothing and sexual reproduction. Failure to fulfill some of these physiological needs may lead to death. Sexual reproduction is categorized as a physiological need because it is essential for propagation of the species. Physiological needs are considered the most important of the needs and must be met before other needs because all other needs depend on the physiological needs being
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
People have long considered general theories of motivation, and the question regarding the specific motives that direct and energize our human behavior has undergone tremendous speculation. To this day the question still stands: what is it that humans seek most in life? In an effort to answer this question, Abraham Maslow proposed what he called the hierarchy of needs. Maslow theorizes that human beings are motivated to fulfill this hierarchy, which consists of needs ranging from those that are basic for survival up to those that promote growth and self-enhancement (Kassin 300).
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.
Needs are like a pyramid: if a layer is missing, the rest can not be build over it. Specific needs must be alleviated in order for the next level to be sought. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology stating that people have a motivation to meet certain needs and some needs take eminence to others. To reach the following level, each level must be met . Freud, on the other hand, created a theory on personality. Every person has an id, the primordial instinct to want something right away, a superego, the self-critical conscience that reasons based on morals and social standards, and the ego, the middle ground that constantly balances the desires of the id and superego. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is more applicable
All humans have certain needs as show by Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Maslow theorized that there are five tiers of human needs that all humans are motivated to achieve and some needs take precedence over others. The first set of needs is the biological and physiological needs such as air, food, water, warmth, and shelter. Following, are the safety needs such as security. The third tier encompasses belongingness and love needs such as intimacy and friendship. The fourth tier: esteem needs includes feeling of accomplishment. Lastly, after all of these needs are met one may obtain self-actualization, or reaching ones full potential. Maslow's hierarchy of needs was later expanded to include a 5th, 6th, and 8th tier called transcendence needs. The 8th tier encompasses helping others to achieve self actualization. When it comes to how humans achieve these needs here are three types of people: the egoist,
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
Needs are the first process premise in “The Tools of Motivation and Emotion.” Needs are defined as critical needs, things we cannot live without, like food, water, clothing and shelter or non-critical; things we can get along without but want, like, others approval. (Larson) Malcolm X has a need for security, he wants true freedom and equality for everyone. In his speech he says:
The first level of the hierarchy is the physiological needs, which include, the need for food, water, shelter and warmth. Most people should achieve this as a baby. These are the needs that are necessary for survival. Without these it is impossible for a human to function.
4. Human function is not growth and nutrition because these aspects of life are shared with plants. It is sensible to make this exclusion if one accepts the third premise.
Motivation alludes to the mental procedures that fortify energy and determination of wilful activities went for some objective. When this research started it was thought that most employees that tried hard and tried to demonstrate goal-driven behavior had a need they were trying to satisfy. A great example of a need satisfier is someone that wants to work with a team member on the project. They have the need of companionship and when this behavior is satisfied they show a motivation that is related to the need theory. Abraham Maslow was one of the psychologists that were researching the hierarchy of needs. Maslow found that all humans had a need they need to satisfy. (open.lib.umn.edu) When the need was satisfied the mind no longer sees that need as a motivator. SAS inc knew what their employees need were. They applied the needs theory to motivate the employees to work
A need is something that somebody is in need for for example food is something
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
Individual’s “possess inner needs and are motivated by the desire to fulfill these needs” (Phillips & Gully, 2014). Abraham Maslow, and Clay Alderfer offer two separate models that explore the needs of individuals. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs contests that people have five levels of needs which they progress. Alderfer suggests there are three groups of individual needs and he views his model more as a continuum rather than a hierarchy. (Phillips & Gully, 2014) The lowest level on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs depicts an individual’s basic physiological needs for food, water, and comfort. This need runs parallel to Alderfer’s existence needs that describes an individual’s desire for physical and material well-being. The second level on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is safety and security needs such as ones desire for health, and job security. The third level on Maslow’s hierarchy is social needs for friendship and belonging which coordinates to Alderfer’s relatedness needs; desires for respect and relationships with others. The fourth level on Maslow’s hierarchy is self-esteem needs for self-respect and respect for others. The last and highest level on Maslow’s hierarchy is self-actualization needs which include self-fulfillment and the realization of one’s full potential. Alderfer’s growth needs which describe ones desire to make useful and productive contributions coincides with Maslow’s self-actualization needs. (Phillips
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
..., shelter, material, and oxygen needed for all living things to; have cells, able to reproduce, use energy, maintain homeostasis, respond and adapt to the environment, grow and develop, have a life span, evolve over time, and are interdependence.