AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Esteem is the fourth layer of Maslow’s five-tiered model of human motivation and is thought to be interrelated with the other levels of our needs (i.e. self-actualization, love/belonging, safety, and physiological needs).

Detailed explanation-2: -The fourth level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is esteem needs. Esteem needs are related to a person’s need to gain recognition, status, and feel respected. Once someone has fulfilled their love and belonging needs, they seek to fulfill their esteem needs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Esteem needs are the fourth level in Maslow’s hierarchy and include self-worth, accomplishement and respect. Maslow classified esteem needs into two categories: (i) esteem for oneself (dignity, achievement, mastery, independence) and (ii) the desire for reputation or respect from others (e.g., status, prestige).

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. Within Maslow’s hierarchical organization of motives and theory of personality development (Maslow 1943), esteem needs refer to people’s desires to have a stable and realistically positive evaluation of themselves.

Detailed explanation-5: -Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs From the bottom up, the needs Maslow advances in this theory are: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.