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Pshcology of a Psycho

He was enraged and began training as though he was going to go on a rampage beating people. Eimik needs council.
             According to a psychologist named Maslow, Eimik is at a level of safety. Maslow's theory is that everyone has certain needs. These needs determine the behavior of that person if those needs are not met. Meta-needs are the needs people are striving to have and acquire. These "meta-needs" are truth, justice, beauty, and goodness. The reason Eimik is at the level of safety is because he feels as though he is lost and the only way to find his way is to have money, or fight. This gives him artificial safety. Maslow also described other needs. These needs are cognitive and aesthetic needs. A cognitive need is based on knowledge and understanding. aesthetic needs are based on beauty in life and your surroundings. Eimik has met his cognitive needs because he is very knowledgeable in the martial arts and other kung fu and that satisfies him. Eimik's aesthetic needs however are not met. The reason being is because he no longer has is Do-Jo and is barely getting by, and doesn't have surroundings that are beautiful to him. Eimik pits his meta-needs against the world, which is sick and dark. When Eimik does this, he feels inadequate because of his lack of safety. The way Eimik will become "self actualized" is to accept that there are other alternatives to making money and doing something he likes. When he does this, he will move up the ladder on Maslow's hierarchy.
             A psychologist named Carl Rogers has another theory based on somewhat the same principals. Rogers believes that at birth, all people have the potential to be good people. He believes that it is the way other people treat you throughout your life that determines your behaviors. At birth people have a need for positive regard, the need to be treated well and loved. They are the organism or the true self, which is the capacity of the organism.


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