新西兰格雷默斯论文代写:马斯洛理论

 新西兰格雷默斯论文代写:马斯洛理论

Maslow increasingly relied on certain behavioral traits that conveyed a sense of morality, values and an individual’s reaction to other individuals. Looking at Boeree’s account of Maslow’s biographical analysis, I can relate to a number of traits that Maslow discussed. Even at a very young age I was a reality-centered individual, I felt unique and strong for being intuitive about events and people that could be trusted and that could not be relied upon. It was an understanding that made me proud and to some extent vain individual. However, the experiences overtime and my beliefs evolved me as individual. My ‘self’ was being continually redefined and so was my perception of my personality. There was also the aspect of social acceptance by the peer group and other acquaintances that made me alter my personality. While I preferred isolation as a means to my creative endeavors and self-preservation I still craved social bonding at some times, what Maslow mentioned as the need to be loved and belong. The fact that my vanity earned immense displeasure on the part of my extended family members and among friends scared me and prompted me to rethink my conduct in groups. I was in Maslow’s terms negotiating between the deficit needs as well as actualize my being or growth needs (Boeree, 1998). With growth I transformed into a humble and modest individual who was secure with groups and sure about the future. Acceptance among friends and family strengthened my confidence and self-image. I distanced my ‘self’ from criticism and self-loathing and worked towards being accepted.

 新西兰格雷默斯论文代写:马斯洛理论
Although I could understand the difference between Maslow’s concept of ‘intrinsic learning’ and ‘extrinsic learning’, I fail to understand whether my growth and evolution towards self-actualization was/is entirely my will to be a better human being or it could be attributed to extrinsic assistance and motivation to alter my ‘self’ by family and friends (Maslow, 1987). There were also specific ‘peak experiences’ that I had witnessed that led me to think beyond my life. This observation also refutes the behaviorist ideas that personality is formed when an individual is capable of understanding ‘self’. However, I could not explain what was personality or self but I think I was born with a distinct personality that developed over time but was never absent. I could understand my ‘self’ as imaginative, creative, instinctive, whimsical, and one that preferred isolation in order to align thoughts. However I find consilience between other researchers and my criticism of Maslow’s theory of needs when I observe the lack of generalizability in his results. Maslow concluded a certain group of individuals as successful self-actualizers based on his observation of their behavioral traits and personality characteristics at a specific span of time. While putting them on a moral high ground Maslow explained a theory with a handful of individuals with equally limited range of traits. While most of us would be humbled in comparison with these ‘self-actualizers’ it does not in anyway mean that we would be unsuccessful in actualizing our ‘self’.