AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The second level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs consists of safety needs. Safety, or security needs, relate to a person’s need to feel safe and secure in their life and surroundings. Motivation comes from the need for law, order, and protection from unpredictable and dangerous conditions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The need for safety was acknowledged as a basic human need by Abraham Maslow in his ‘Hierarchy of Needs’. Safety needs represent the second tier in Maslow’s hierarchy and these needs include the security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality of family, and of health.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the basis of Maslow’s pyramid (see image) are the physiological needs, these are the most basic needs humans physiologically require to stay alive. It means the need for food, warmth, water and rest/energy as well as sex for reproduction.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples include air, food, water, shelter, clothing, warmth, sex and sleep. Safety needs – Examples include protection from elements, security, order, law and stability.