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Your Needs Your Personality

Your Needs Your Personality. A Pyramid of Needs. Abraham Maslow – organized human needs into the for of a pyramid

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Your Needs Your Personality

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  1. Your Needs Your Personality

  2. A Pyramid of Needs • Abraham Maslow – organized human needs into the for of a pyramid • Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs – Ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development presented In ascending order from the most basic to the most fulfilling or satisfying

  3. Physical Needs • At the bottom of Maslow’s Pyramid are Physical Needs • Satisfy hunger, thirst, sleep and so on • People who are denied these become physically weak • A lack of essential nutrients the body needs also interferes with the normal functioning of the brain, which in turn affects a person mentally

  4. Emotional Needs • The Need to be loved • Everyone needs to give love and to feel that he or she is valued and loved In return The Need to belong Everyone needs to belong. Human beings are social beings; that is, they need to be with and interact with people The Need to Be valued and recognized Another emotional need that all human being have is feeling that they have personal value or worth

  5. Aesthetic Needs • Word Aesthetic means “ARISTIC • It applies to our response to or appreciation of that which is beautiful • We feel the need to appreciate beauty in its many forms, and we also feel the desire for order and balance In our lives

  6. Self Fulfilling Needs • At the top of the pyramid is the need to reach one’s full potential as a person • This includes having goals that motivate and inspire you • Self-actualization is a lifelong process

  7. Understanding Your Personality • Personality – Complex set of characteristics that makes you unique and sets you apart fro everyone else • It includes your emotional makeup, attitudes, thoughts, behaviors and more • Psychologists – Professionals with doctoral degrees who diagnose and treat emotional and behavioral disorders.

  8. Foundations of Your Personality • Three things that are the foundation of your Personality • Heredity • Environment • Behavior

  9. Personality and Heredity • Heredity is the first influence on your personality • Physical traits are inherited from parents

  10. Personality and Environment • 2nd factor affecting personality is you environment • This includes all your surroundings, family, friends, neighborhood and all people, places and activities you have experienced until now I your lives • One way this is done is by MODELING

  11. Personality and Personal Behavior • Influence on your personality over which you have the most control is your behavior • How you make decisions, what decisions you make and what actions you take can make all the difference in the world in the quality of your life

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