The document discusses Abraham Maslow and his theory of self-actualization. Maslow believed that human motivation is based on a hierarchy of needs starting with physiological and safety needs, followed by love, esteem, and self-actualization. Self-actualization referred to fulfilling one's potential and is the prime motivation for healthy individuals. Maslow identified characteristics of self-actualized people including a superior perception of reality, increased spontaneity, and high levels of creativity. He also outlined ways for individuals to achieve self-actualization through fully experiencing life, taking risks, listening to one's own tastes, and finding out who they truly are.

1. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
Humanistic-Existential Paradigm
Self-actualization Theory

2. Maslow’s Assumptions
 Human nature is
basically good, not
evil
 Normal human
development
involves the
actualization of
this inherent
goodness

3. Central Human Motive
Self-Actualization

4. Maslow’s Assumptions...
 Psychopathology results from the
frustration of a human being’s
essential nature

5.  Self-Actualization
 Esteem
 Love
 Safety
 Physiological
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

6. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
PHYSIOLOGICAL OR SURVIVAL NEEDS
MOST NEEDS HAVE TO DO WITHMOST NEEDS HAVE TO DO WITH
SURVIVAL PHYSICALLY ANDSURVIVAL PHYSICALLY AND
PSYCHOLOGICALLYPSYCHOLOGICALLY

7. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
PHYSIOLOGICAL OR SURVIVAL NEEDS
SAFETY NEEDS
ON THE WHOLE AN INDIVIDUALON THE WHOLE AN INDIVIDUAL
CANNOT SATISFY ANY LEVELCANNOT SATISFY ANY LEVEL
UNLESS NEEDS BELOW AREUNLESS NEEDS BELOW ARE
SATISFIEDSATISFIED

8. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
PHYSIOLOGICAL OR SURVIVAL NEEDS
SAFETY NEEDS
LOVE, AFFECTION, AND
BELONGINGNESS NEEDS

9. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
PHYSIOLOGICAL OR SURVIVAL NEEDS
SAFETY NEEDS
LOVE, AFFECTION, AND
BELONGINGNESS NEEDS
ESTEEM NEEDS

10. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
SELF-SELF-
ACTUALIZATIONACTUALIZATION
NEEDNEED
FORFOR
MASLOW EMPHASIZES NEEDMASLOW EMPHASIZES NEED
FOR SELFFOR SELF
ACTUALIZATION ISACTUALIZATION IS
A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL’SA HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL’S
PRIMEPRIME
MOTIVATIONMOTIVATION

11. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
SELF-SELF-
ACTUALIZATIONACTUALIZATION
NEEDNEED
FORFOR
MASLOW EMPHASIZES NEED FOR SELFMASLOW EMPHASIZES NEED FOR SELF
ACTUALIZATION ISACTUALIZATION IS
A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL’S PRIMEA HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL’S PRIME
MOTIVATIONMOTIVATION
SELF-ACTUALIZATION MEANSSELF-ACTUALIZATION MEANS
ACTUALIZINGACTUALIZING
ONE’S POTENTIAL BECOMING ALL ONE ISONE’S POTENTIAL BECOMING ALL ONE IS
CAPABLE OF BECOMINGCAPABLE OF BECOMING

12. Maslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsMaslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
PHYSIOLOGICAL OR SURVIVAL NEEDS
SAFETY NEEDS
LOVE, AFFECTION, AND
BELONGINGNESS NEEDS
ESTEEM NEEDS
SELF-
ACTUALIZATION
NEED

13. but we can nearly allbut we can nearly all
do more than wedo more than we
think we canthink we can
Nobody can doNobody can do
everything,everything,

14. The 17 Metaneeds
 Truth
 Goodness
 Beauty
 Wholeness
 Dichotomy-transcendence
 Aliveness
 Uniqueness
 Perfection
 Necessity

15. The 17 Metaneeds.....
 Completion
 Justice
 Order
 Simplicity
 Richness
 Effortlessness
 Playfulness
 Self-sufficiency

16. Maslow’s Definition of a
Self-actualized Person
 Has no mental illness
 Satisfied in basic needs
 Fully exploited talents
 Motivated by values

17. Some Characteristics of
Self-actualizing persons
 Superior perception of reality
 Increased acceptance of self, of others,
and of nature
 Increased spontaneity
 Increased detachment and desire for
privacy
 Greater freshness of appreciation and
richness of emotional reaction

18. Some Characteristics of
Self-actualizing persons.....
 Increased autonomy and resistance to
conformity
 Higher frequency of peak experiences
 Increased identification with the
human species
 Improved interpersonal experiences
 More democratic character structure
 High levels of creativity

19. Ugliness can be present for so
long, you don’t notice it any more
- but so can
beauty
Peak Experiences

20. A Short Scale Measuring Self-actualization
 I do not feel ashamed of any of my emotions.
 I feel I must do what others expect me to do. (N)
 I feel that people are essentially good and can be
trusted.
 I feel free to be angry to those I love.
 It is always necessary that others approve of
what i do. (N)
 I don’t accept my own weaknesses. (N)
 I can like people without having to approve of
them.
 I fear failure. (N)

21. A Short Scale Measuring Self-actualization....
 I avoid attempts to analyze and simplify complex
domains. (N)
 It is better to be yourself than to be popular.
 I have no mission in life to which I feel especially
dedicated. (N)
 I can express my feelings even when they may result
in undesirable consequences.
 I do not feel responsible to help anybody. (N)
 I am bothered by feelings of being inadequate. (N)
 I am loved because I give love.

22. Eight ways to self-actualize
 Experience things fully, vividly, selflessly. Throw
yourself into the experience; concentrate on it fully;
let it totally absorb you.
 Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety
(out of fear ) and risk (for the sake of growth: make
the growth choice a dozen times a day.
 Let the self emerge. Try to shut out external clues as
to what you should think, feel, say and let your
experience enable you to say what you truly feel.

23. Eight ways to self-actualize....
 When in doubt, be honest. If you look into yourself
and are honest, you will also take responsibility;
taking responsibility is self-actualizing.
 Listen to your own tastes. Be prepared to be
unpopular.
 Use your intelligence. Work to do well the things
you want to do, whether that means finger exercises
at a keyboard, memorizing every bone, muscle and
hormone in the human body, or learning to finish
wood so it looks and feels like silk.

24. Eight ways to self-actualize....
 Make peak experiencing more likely: get rid of
illusions and false notions; learn what you are
good at and what your potentialities are not.
 Find out who you are, what you like and don’t
like, what is good and what is bad for you,
where you are going, what your mission is.
Opening yourself up in this way means
identifying defenses - and then finding the
courage to give them up.

26. Rogers’ & Maslow’s
Healthy Personalities
Rogers
 More fully open to
experience. Unafraid
of own feelings.
 More existential
living.
Nondetermined,
independent.
 Increased trust in
own organism. More
creative,
nonconformist.
Maslow
 Reality and problem-centered.
Accepting of self. Unexpected
ruthlessness.
 Spontaneity and simplicity.
Freshness of appreciation.
Discrimination between means and
ends. Need for privacy.
 Acceptance of others. resistance to
acculturation. Creative. Unhostile
sense of humor. More intimate
personal relations. Social interest.