Discuss self-actualization and myself based on Maslow's theory of needs.
i. Introduction
II. the main body
1. Maslow's Theory of Needs
2. the desire for self-realization
3. The self-actualization that I pursue.
III. Conclusion
i. Introduction
Malsow is the founder of humanistic psychology and a scholar who is noted for his important theory in psychology. Maslow saw that human needs were realized step by step based on individual needs. This step is divided into the most urgent and the less urgent, and it is said that this action creates an incentive to meet special needs. Maslow says that he organized the theory because our actions are motivated toward the goal of meeting special needs. In other words, each has a different stage depending on the effect of one's needs on happiness.
According to Maslow's desire hierarchy theory, it is natural for humans to feel needs, and when lower-level needs are satisfied, higher-level needs emerge. In addition, it is said that the final need of human beings is the need for self-realization. Therefore, in the body, I would like to briefly examine Maslow's theory of needs and describe what self-realization is in that theory and what I think is my self-realization.
II. the main body
1. Maslow's Theory of Needs
Maslow's theory of needs believes that the human needs system is very complex, and once satisfied needs are no longer motivating factors, and that in order for another need to occur and for higher-level needs to affect behavior, lower-level needs must be satisfied. It is a theory that human needs consist of five classes and develop from lower needs to higher needs under the assumption that there are more ways to satisfy needs at higher levels than at lower levels.
| The desire for five levels of self-actualization. |
| Step 4 Desire of Respect |
| Step 3 Social Needs |
| Second stage safety needs |
| Phase 1 Physiological Needs |
<5 human needs of Maslow>
The first stage is physiological needs. Physiological needs are located at the bottom of the needs class and are the most essential needs for living. It must be repeatedly satisfied within a relatively short period of time. Typical examples include sleep, appetite, and sexual desire.
Step two is the need for safety. It seeks economic safety as well as safety from physical threats. It is typical to have a safe residential area.
Step 3, social needs are also called the need for affection. Giving and receiving affection means socializing with others and being accepted by them. You feel a sense of belonging as a part of a social group. It is satisfied through school, work, and meetings.
The fourth stage is the desire for respect, the desire to be respected by others and self-respect. These include desires related to achievement, ability, and confidence. Self-confidence comes only when you are recognized by someone who is meaningful.
The fifth stage is the need for self-realization. It is an individual's desire to realize his or her potential and a desire to fully utilize his or her ability. The fifth stage, the need for self-realization, is the highest stage of self-satisfaction, and can be said to be the desire to implement each individual's innate ability or growth potential. It is also a desire to realize all of one's potential by growing oneself to the creative level and completing oneself in the hope that one's capabilities will be maximized.
2. the desire for self-realization
Maslow classified the characteristics of a person's personality into 15 categories. In other words, the person who self-realized what he said could be a mature person. The 15 characteristics of Maslow's personality are not that Maslow expressed his ideal, but that he studied, analyzed, and organized the characteristics of about 100 people who were actually recognized as self-realized in history.
This is summarized and summarized briefly as follows.
- an efficient perception of reality
- the acceptance of oneself, others, and nature
- spontaneity, simplicity, nature
- Focus on non-self issues
- a desire for aloofness and freedom of private life
- the freshness of one's perception
- Mystery or climax experience
- social interest
- a deep interpersonal relationship
- democratic personality structure
- creativity
- resistance to culturalization
3.The self-actualization that I pursue.
In general, if I meet all the things that people want to pursue, what will I pursue? Unless basic food, clothing and shelter are resolved, delicious things can be eaten every day, recognized by organizations such as companies, and there is no need to worry about poverty in the future. What else would I hope for if all these desires were exceeded?
Located at the top of Maslow's pyramid is the desire for self-realization. If all other needs are met or transcended, self-realization is pursued. Think about what is self-realization. If you look for self-realization in a dictionary, it is defined as being the best person to become as much as possible by fully utilizing one's unique abilities. Painters have to paint, musicians have to do music, and poets have to write poetry. Maslow says that self-realized people often experience the feeling of standing on top of a mountain, which is an experience of being conscious of the ultimate truth, becoming one with the world, forgetting about time and space, and feeling jubilant.
Self-realization could be finding the reward of my birth in the world, leaving my footsteps behind. I expressed it grandly, but I think it's like making a mark in what I like or what I like, or dying while doing what I love.
I draw as a hobby. I started as an adult, but when my mind was complicated or not organized, I spread out a white paper and learned it one by one, so I draw it quite a bit now. And now I've been working on more than my hobby. Although I am not a painter, if I have a simple goal, I will express my identity through painting. Like Gogh, like Gauguin. Since their painting style is revealed, later people know whose painting it is just by looking at the painting style. I also want to put my name on the line in the field of painting and leave a masterpiece of my life. I think this is the heart of self-realization. Living and making a lot of money is a means, because it cannot be the purpose of life.
Maslow later added intellectual and aesthetic needs just below self-realization and transcendent needs above self-realization. The desire to transcend is the desire to live for a greater purpose, such as serving others and society beyond oneself. Personally, I sympathize more with the need for transcendence than with self-realization.
III. Conclusion
Maslow said that even if people are in the self-actualization stage, they sometimes fall into unhappiness or uneasy love. They may often seem uninteresting or wrong to others because they only pursue good and noble experiences. And they may be mistaken for cold humans because they coolly organize their relationships if they judge that they only cause unhappiness to each other, or they may be used because they do not doubt people who act out deficiency motives. However, rather than seeking help from others, they are said to solve problems by themselves through self-reflection.
As society matured, the era of considering expensive items of the past as a symbol of class is almost over. Now, it is changing from an era of possession to an era of experience. The future is moving towards an era of self-realization.
I thought about what self-realization is like, which is the most sophisticated human need. I have owned material things and have experienced various experiences. And now, we are challenging self-realization on a path we have not gone directly, an unknown path we have not realized. Of course, I'm going through trial and error and I'm scared because I haven't been there. But once I decide to go down that road, I'm encouraged.
