Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs: Complete 8 Stage Model

In this video I explore Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs which is a theory of human motivation. I explore the development from a five stage model to an eight stage model. I also correct some common misconceptions about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs model.  

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🔵 CHAPTERS

0:00 History of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 
1:50 Basic Physiological Needs
2:47 Safety Needs
3:57 Esteem Needs
4:59 Self Actualisation
6:04 Later Developments: 8 Stage Model
7:13 Deficiency Needs And Growth Needs
8:00 Common Misconceptions of Maslow's Hierarchy

🔵 BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS

Fundamental to Maslow’s hierarchy are the basic physiological needs for food, water, air, shelter, sleep and warmth which are all essential in order to maintain biological wellbeing and survival.

🔵 SAFETY NEEDS

Safety needs include the need to feel both physically and psychologically safe. This involves feeling safe from illness, threat and violence. But it also represents feeling safe from family problems, financial difficulties or unemployment. Finding a job, saving money and moving to a safe area of town are all examples of actions motivated by our safety needs.

🔵 RELATIONSHIP NEEDS

Relationship needs are concerned with the giving and receiving of love, affection and feelings of belonging. According to Maslow, we all possess a need for a sense of belonging and acceptance among social groups which includes feeling a sense of belonging to your family, friends, religious group, an online community, even sports teams and work colleagues.

🔵 ESTEEM NEEDS

The need to feel competent and confident about your own ability to solve problems is implicit in the next set of needs, esteem needs. This includes the need for respect from others such as status and recognition, It’s also the the need for self-respect, self-competence and feelings of mastery.

🔵 SELF ACTUALISATION

At the peak of Maslow’s hierarchy is the need for self-actualisation and the drive towards knowledge and the realisation of your full potential. This is about the desire to accomplish everything that you can, to become the most that you can be. This can be a desire to be the best parent, create great art, develop your athletic performance, create music and so forth.

🔵 LATER DEVELOPMENTS (8 STAGE MODEL)

In the 1970’s Maslow upgraded his model to include cognitive needs and aesthetic needs. Cognitive needs refers to the desire to learn, explore and gain knowledge.Aesthetic needs refers to the motivation to view a beautiful piece of art, listen to a pleasing pice of music or enjoy your surroundings when walking in nature.

Just before Maslow’s death he added another dimension to the hierarchy, Self-transcendence. This involves transcending your personal concerns and seeing yourself, life and others from a higher perspective. This includes spirituality or giving back to the community without any self interest. Buddha, sages and religious saints are examples of people that reached transcendence.

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Teresa Lewis is the founder and Director of Lewis Psychology and a Senior Accredited psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP Snr. Accred). Qualified in 1995, Teresa has been providing counselling and psychotherapy treatment for nearly 30 years. Teresa holds a masters degree in counselling and psychotherapy and is a qualified EMDR Practitioner having completed training accredited with EMDR Europe. Teresa is also a qualified adult educator and an accredited Mindfulness teacher As a recognised expert in her field Teresa is frequently asked to conduct editorial reviews and endorse counselling and psychotherapy books for international publishing houses.

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