ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The social needs in Maslow’s hierarchy include love, acceptance, and belonging. At this level, the need for emotional relationships drives human behavior. Some of the things that satisfy this need include: Friendships.

Detailed explanation-2: -From the bottom up, the needs Maslow advances in this theory are: physiological, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Love and belongingness needs – These are the first of social needs, involving the desire for interpersonal relationships and being part of a group. Examples of these needs include friendship, intimacy, trust, acceptance, receiving and giving affection and love.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Maslow’s (1943) hierarchy of needs, “the love needs” – which include striving for “love and affection and belongingness needs” (p. 380) – rank right after the basic physiological and safety needs; failure to meet these love and belongingness needs is associated with psychopathology.

Detailed explanation-5: -Physiological Needs. Food, water, clothing, sleep, and shelter are the bare necessities for anyone’s survival. Safety and Security. Once a person’s basic needs are satisfied, the want for order and predictability sets in. Love and Belonging. Esteem. Self-Actualization.