PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Belongingness, Homeostasis, Self-Actualization
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Physiological needs: need to satisfy hunger, thirst and other survival needs. Safety needs: need to feel that the world is organized and predicable; need to feel safe, secure and stable. Belongingness and love needs: need to love and be loved, to belong and be accepted; need to avoid loneliness and alienation. Esteem needs: need for self-esteem, achievement, competence and independence; need for recognition and respect from others. Self actualization needs: need to live up to one"s fullest and unique potential. Motivation: the process by which activities are started, directed and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met. Psychologists have made strides in understanding complicated motivated behaviours. But many human motivations are still puzzling or seem illogical when scrutinized. They are goal directed behaviours motivated individuals keep working until they reach their goal. They vary from time to time and one individual to the next.
