Human Needs Hierarchy

 

Six

Self-transcendence Needs

Selflessness, identification with human kind, service to others
Five

Self-actualization Needs

Self improvement, achieving goals
Four

Self-esteem Needs

Self respect, recognition, independence
Three

Belongingness Needs

Group membership, love, affection
Two

Safety Needs

Security, order, structure
One

Physiological Needs

Food, oxygen, sleep

Questions

  1. Where would you place 'sex' in this hierarchy?
  2. What percentage would you say your needs are being met at each level?
  3. What does it mean to have a 'fulfilling life'?

 

Based on Abraham Maslow's Needs Hierarchy - eg see Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

 


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