APPLYING MASLOW’S HIERARCHY
You will need to reference this pyramid for future slides.
The purpose of this exercise is to help you, the student,
understand how Maslow’s ideas can apply to life
experiences.
For each of the situations on the next screens, think
about which motive is taking precedence and which is
being sacrificed.
A woman who had been raped three years ago is still
having problems in forming new relationships,
especially with men.
Need taking precedence
Need being sacrificed
Safety
andAND
Security
THINK
DEVELOP
AN ANSWER BEFORE
CLICKING. WHEN
READY, PRESS ENTER
Love
and Belonging
TO SEE
THE ANSWERS.
A woman, recently diagnosed with diabetes, is making
several changes in her usual diet and is short-tempered
and irritable with her family.
Need taking precedence
Need being sacrificed
Physiological
THINK AND DEVELOP
She’s hungry
AN ANSWER BEFORE
CLICKING. WHEN
READY, PRESS ENTER
TO SEE
ANSWERS.
Love
andTHE
Belonging
She’s so miserable she cant get her mind off
her physical needs and is taking it out on
others
A very wealthy, talented writer gives up writing because
he hasn’t been able to get his last four novels
published.
Need taking precedence
Need being sacrificed
THINK AND DEVELOP
Esteem
He’s embarrassed
about beingBEFORE
rejected
AN ANSWER
CLICKING. WHEN
READY, PRESS ENTER
TO SEE THE ANSWERS.
Self-actualization
He’s giving up the chance to be the most
that he can be - living up to his full
potential
A famous, professional singer gives up his singing
career because his wife has threatened to leave him.
Need taking precedence
Need being sacrificed
AND DEVELOP
LoveTHINK
and Belonging
ANwant
ANSWER
He doesn’t
to lose his wifeBEFORE
CLICKING. WHEN
READY, PRESS ENTER
TO SEE THE ANSWERS.
Esteem
No longer singing professionally will cause him to
become less well known.
An up-and-coming movie star gains 100 pounds to play
a certain part.
Need taking precedence
Need being sacrificed
THINK AND DEVELOP
Esteem
He wants
to become
famous BEFORE
AN
ANSWER
CLICKING. WHEN
READY, PRESS ENTER
TO SEE THE ANSWERS.
Physiological
All that weight gain can cause physical problems
An uneducated, very unhappy mother and wife stays
married to her abusive husband because she was an
orphan.
Need taking precedence
Need being sacrificed
THINK
AND DEVELOP
Love
and Belonging
She AN
loves her
children and doesn’t
want to
ANSWER
BEFORE
split her family
CLICKING. WHEN
READY, PRESS ENTER
TO SEE THE ANSWERS.
Safety
She will no doubt continue to be abused