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no matter what. This power of life is responsible for achieving person’s life goal
and contributes to the development of social interest. The creative power gives meaning to life, as it creates the goal as the future
objective which needs to be completed. Hall and Lindzey, 1970: 166 stated that it is the principle of human life, as it develops each person to be uniquely stylized
and dynamically unified. The uniquely stylized person implies their own personality, as the sum of experiences and inheritances.
Adler in Hjelle and Zeigler, 1992: 150 explains that the concept of the creative underlining his belief that human beings are masters of their own fate. It
creates freedom which enables a person to choose their experience, whether they choose pain, joy, or anxiety, or to defend themselves against these experiences by
creating various safeguarding actions.
C. Theory of Human Motivation
The theory of human motivation is created by Abraham Maslow in 1943. He believed that people possess a set of motivation systems unrelated to rewards or
unconscious desires. He also acknowledged that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one, and
so on. Maslow believes that every person is capable and unconsciously has the
desire to move up the hierarchy toward a level of self-actualization 1943. Unfortunately, the moving progress is often interrupted by the failure to meet
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lower level needs. Life experiences or physical deficiency may cause an individual to fluctuate between levels of the hierarchy.
The earliest and most widespread version of Maslows hierarchy of needs 1943 includes five motivational needs, often illustrated as hierarchical levels
within a pyramid. The stage model divided into five basic needs which are physiological, safety, love, esteem and self-actualization.
1. Biological and Physiological needs -
air, food, drink, shelter, warmth,
sex, sleep.
2. Safety needs -
protection from elements, security, order, law, stability, freedom from fear.
3. Love and belongingness need -
friendship, intimacy, affection, and love, - from work group, family, friends, and romantic relationships.
4. Esteem needs -
achievement, mastery, independence, status, dominance, prestige, self-respect, and respect from others.
5.
Self-Actualization needs -
realizing personal potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences.
