User:S.emp/Week 5, tutoral 2

=Week 5, Tutorial 2=

Sadly this week I was feeling unwell :( so I was unable to make it to class. As a result I had to find the motivation to do this by myself.

I have learnt about Maslow's Hierarchy of needs numerous times, about how a person's basic needs start from the bottom of the pyramid and throughout a person's life they try and work their way up the pyramid, with only a few people being able to achieve self-actualization, however, I have never thought about the weaknesses of the model. I was only able to come up with a few weaknesses.


 * Maslow states that for a person to reach self-actualization, they must first satisfy their physiological, safety, belonging and esteem needs. However, it could be argued that some people can reach some form of self-actualisation without satisfying all of the other needs, for example, many of our best artists and authors, for example, suffered from poverty, bad upbringing, neuroses, and depression, such as Van Gogh, who was poor and arguably mentally ill. Therefore, it could be argued that we don't have to necessarily have satisfied all the needs below to move up to higher needs.


 * A person could go down the pyramid. For example, a person could be at the stage belonging and lose their house and therefore, they would have to satisfy their safety needs again.


 * It does not take into consideration other cultures and the different values that they may place on certain needs such a food.

In regards to my text-book chapter I have not got very far with it so far. Below it a very basic outline of my main headings.


 * Introduction
 * Definition
 * The prevalence of adultery
 * Gender differences
 * Satisfaction
 * Opportunity
 * children
 * Education
 * Length of marriage
 * Conclusion

I will also have a quiz and a glossary. I find glossary's really helpful in text-books, as I am able to quickly find the definition for something without having to read numerious pages.