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| Maslow’s hierarchy of needs implies... |
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Definition
- clients are motivated to meet certain needs
- When one need is fulfilled, a client seeks to fulfill the next one, and so on
- hierarchy is often depicted as a pyramid
- Every client is capable and has the desire to move up the hierarchy toward a level of self-actualization |
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| basic (or deficiency) needs |
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- (i.e., physiological, safety, social, and esteem)
- also known as D-Needs
Includes:
Physiological
Safety
Social
Esteem
- called “deficiency needs” because Maslow felt that these needs arise due to deprivation
- satisfaction of these needs helps to “avoid” unpleasant feelings or consequence
- progress is often disrupted by failure to meet lower level needs
- Life experiences, including divorce and loss of job, may cause a client to fluctuate between levels of the hierarchy |
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| growth needs (self-actualization) |
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also known as “being needs” or B-Needs
Includes:
- Self-actualization |
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
(as a pyramid!) |
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On the examination, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is often not explicitly asked about, but it can be applied when asked about the order of prioritizing problems or issues with a client.
A client with an acute medical problem should focus on getting a medical evaluation first; a victim of domestic violence should prioritize medical and safety issues; and a refugee must initially meet basic survival needs (shelter, food, income, clothing, etc.) before working on fulfilling higher level needs. |
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| These needs maintain the physical organism. These are biological needs such as food, water, oxygen, and constant body temperature. If a person is deprived of these needs, he or she will die |
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| There is a need to feel safe from harm, danger, or threat of destruction. Clients need regularity and some predictability. |
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| Friendship, intimacy, affection, and love are needed—from one’s work group, family, friends, or romantic relationships. |
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| People need a stable, firmly based level of self-respect and respect from others. |
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| There is a need to be oneself, to act consistently with whom one is. Self-actualization is an ongoing process. It involves developing potential, becoming, and being what one is capable of being. It makes possible true objectivity—dealing with the world as it is, rather than as one needs it to be. You are free to really do what you want to do. There are moments when everything is right (peak experience); a glimmer of what it is like to be complete. One is in a position to find one’s true calling (i.e., being an artist, writer, musician). Only 1% of the population consistently operates at this level. |
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