Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a famous psychological theory published by the American psychologist Abraham Maslow. Ref:A Theory of Human Motivation (1943)

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:
• Self Actualization Needs
(full potential)
• Ego Needs
(self respect, personal worth, autonomy)
• Social Needs
(love, friendship, comradeship)
• Security Needs
(protection from danger)
• Physiological Needs
(warmth, shelter, food)



Values:
Values reflect one's judgment as to what is important in life. Maslow described what values were important in defining one's Being and he called them B Values. These B Values were used to describe self-actualization.

Maslow's B Values
1. WHOLENESS (unity; integration; tendency to one-ness)
2. PERFECTION (necessity; just-right-ness; just-so-ness)
3. COMPLETION (ending; finality; "it's finished")
4. JUSTICE (fairness; orderliness; lawfulness;)
5. ALIVENESS (process; non-deadness; spontaneity)
6. RICHNESS (differentiation, complexity; intricacy)
7. SIMPLICITY (honesty; nakedness; essentiality)
8. BEAUTY (rightness; form; aliveness)
9. GOODNESS (rightness; justice; benevolence)
10.UNIQUENESS (idiosyncrasy; individuality; non-comparability)
11.EFFORTLESSNESS (ease; lack of strain, striving or difficulty)
12.PLAYFULNESS (fun; joy; amusement)
13.TRUTH (honesty; reality; nakedness)
14.SELF-SUFFICIENCY (autonomy; independence; not-needing-other-than-itself-in-order-to-be-itself)

for a more detailed BValues list, visit Maslow's Website:
http://www.maslow.org/sub/bvals.htm