From that statement, it clearly shows that the psychological needs are the most basic needs from all needs. The other needs will come after these basic needs
are already fulfilled.
b. Safety Needs
“These safety needs involve the quest for an environment that is stable, predictable, and free from anxiety and chaos Ewen, 2003: 220. These needs will
be satisfied if the psychological needs have been fulfilled. Maslow emphasizes, we may generalize and say that the average child and, less obviously, the
average adult in our society generally prefers a safe, orderly, predictable, lawful, organized world, which he can count on and in which unexpected,
unmanageable, chaotic, or other dangerous things do not happen, and in which, in any case, he has powerful parents or protectors who shield him
from harm 1954: 41.
The explanation above shows that each person needs safety for themselves. They may need a protector or a leader to keep them from a danger or
any other unexpected thing that occur to them.
c. The Belongingness and Love Needs
If both the physiological and the safety needs are satisfied then there will appear the third need. The need of belongingness and love are on the third level
on the hierarchy of human needs proposed by Maslow. According to Maslow, Once the physiological and safety needs have been more or less satisfied,
the belongingness and love needs come to the forefront as motivators. The individual now hungers for affectionate relationships with friends, a
sweetheart or spouse, andor offspring Ewen, 2003: 221.
The absence of friends or a sweetheart, or a wife, or children makes a person needs the affection from people around him. This condition makes him
will try to reach what he wants, a s stated “he will strive with great intensity to
achieve this goal” Maslow, 1954: 43. According to Maslow, the feeling of affection and elation, yearning for someone that a person loves, and often
intense sexual arousal are included in love. In addition, when these needs are often not fulfilled, and as a result a person may involves manipulative effort to get the
love from the other. Maslow also states in C. George Boeree, In our day-to-day life, we exhibit these needs in our desires to marry, have
a family, be a part of a community, a member of a church, a brother in the fraternity, a part of a gang or a bowling club. It is also a part of what we
look for in a career 2006: 5
It can be seen that these needs of love and belongingness make a person wants to be with another person he loves and feels the affection from them.
d. The Esteem Needs
Maslow underlines , “We strive to achieve self-confidence and mastery of
the environment, and to obtain recognition and appreciation from others” Ewen, 2003: 221-222. Additionally, according to Maslow, when this need is not
fulfilled, a person will feel week, helpless, and worthless.
e. The Need for Self-Actualization
This is the highest needs in the hierarchy of human needs. Maslow emphasizes,
Self- actualization is idiosyncratic, since every person s different… The
individual must do what he, individually, is fitted for. A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be
ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be Ewen, 2003: 222.
This need is only found in older people. The young people are still seeking for education, love, developing the identity, and finding a work.
