... interprets the world make up personality and guide behavior. They emphasize that each person actively constructs his or her own worlds. Maslow introduced the hierarchy of needs that looked beyond air, food, water, and sex and included physiological needs, needs for safety and security, needs for love and belonging, the needs for esteem, and finally self-actualization (Boeree, 2006). Rogers' theory ... ...

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... creatures strive to make the very best of their existence. If they fail to do so, it is not for a lack of desire. Rogers believes that the reason we want air and water and food, why we seek safety, love, and a sense of competence, and why we seek to discover new medicines, invent new power sources, or create new works of ... ...

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... are motivated. The starting point for this is to understand Arthur Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Maslow lists five categories of needs in order of their assumed priority: 1. physical (biological) needs - air, water, food and the like 2. safety needs - assurance of survival and of continuing satisfaction of basic needs 3. affection or belongingness needs 4. esteem needs - by self and others 5. self-actualization or ... ...

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