AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -5. Self-actualization needs are the highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy, and refer to the realization of a person’s potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences. Maslow (1943) describes this level as the desire to accomplish everything that one can, to become the most that one can be.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fifth and final level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is self-actualization needs. Self-actualization relates to the realization of an individual’s full potential. At this level, people strive to become the best that they possibly can be.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the hierarchy of needs, self-actualization represents the highest-order motivations, which drive us to realize our true potential and achieve our ‘ideal self’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its stages include physiological needs, safety needs, the need for love and belonging, the need for esteem and, finally, self-actualization. Once the most basic needs for an individual to remain alive have been met, desires that concern safety and affection follow, then esteem needs.