Essay - American Beauty and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow Established...

American Beauty and

***** Hierarchy of Needs

***** Maslow established the theory of a hierarchy of needs, believing that human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs, and that certain lower ***** must be satisfied before higher needs can be ***** (Maslow's pp).

Rather than studying the neurotic or mentally ill, Maslow studied exemplary people such as Albert Einstein, Elean***** Roosevelt, and Frederick Dougl***** to determine how they came ***** be successful (Maslow's pp). Unlike Skinner and Freud, he believed ***** people ***** "basically trustworthy, self-protecting, and self-governing...***** that humans tend toward growth and love" (***** pp).

Maslow felt that although there is a continuous cycle of negativity, such as wars, murder, and deceit, he believed that violence ***** not what human nature is meant to be like, and occurs only because of ***** w*****n human needs are thwarted (Maslow's *****). In other words, people defend themselves by violent means, only when they are feel deprived ***** safety (Maslow's pp).

***** to Maslow, there are general types of needs ***** ***** be satisfied before a person ***** *****ct unselfishly and reach self-actualization (Maslow's pp). These deficiency ***** ***** physiological, safety, ***** and esteem and as long as humans are motivated to satisfy these cravings, they are moving *****wards growth, and thus toward self-actualization. Maslow believed that satisfying needs is healthy, and that blocking gratification makes us either sick or evil (Maslow's pp). He ***** all humans were 'needs junkies' with cravings that must be ***** and should be satisfied, *****wise disease occurs (***** pp).

***** prepotent need is one that has the greatest influence over an individual's actions, **********, that need w***** vary among individuals (Maslow's pp). For example, a teenager ***** the ***** to be accepted by a group, yet ***** heroin addict ***** satisfy ***** craving for ***** in order ***** function norm*****y in society and will not worry about acceptance by other people (Maslow's pp). According to Maslow, when the deficiency needs are met: "At once ***** (and higher) ***** emerge, and these, rather ***** ***** hungers, dominate the organism. And when these in turn are satisfied, again new (and still higher) needs emerge, and so on" (***** pp). Just as one desire is sat*****fied, then another pops up to take its place (*****'s pp).

***** needs are at the bottom of Maslow's chart, and include basic needs such as food, water, air, sleep, and sex (Maslow's pp). When these ***** ***** not met an individual *****s pain and discom*****t, yet ***** these needs are met, then a per*****n begins to think *****bout other things (Maslow's pp). Safety needs, such as security ***** a home and family, must be met before an individual can move to the next level of love ***** the sense ***** belonging (Maslow's pp). Humans have a natural need to be loved and accepted by groups, such as work *****, family or religious (Maslow's *****). The ***** level of needs is esteem, of which Maslow names two *****. ***** first is self-***** that results