feels self confident and valuable as a person in the world. Unfortunately, if these needs are frustrated, the person feels inferior, weak, helpless and worthless
Maslow 42. 5 The Self-actualization Needs
The self-actualization needs emerge after all of the foregoing needs are satisfied. Self-actualization is a person’s need to be and do that which the person
was “born to do”. It is also the identification of the psychological need for growth, development and utilization of always know what are he desire but when it comes
to the self-actualization it is not always clear what a person wants in his life Maslow 42.
All the basic needs mentioned above are important but it depends on each person on how he or she is able to fulfil it. Each person will experience a different
process in fulfilling their needs and those needs may appear not as described. Maslow states that the process of needs may not work based on the theory since
most people have been able to fulfil most of their basic needs. For example, nowadays a lot of people choose to find a secure job first in order to fulfil their
basic needs such as food and shelter. It can be assumed that we cannot guaranty that the physiological needs will appear first. On the contrary the safety needs may
appear first and then proceeds to the physiological needs or other needs qtd. in Huitt 2001.
6. Struggle for Life
Problems always emerge in our daily life. People always live with problems in their life and they are never certain whether the problem is easy or difficult to
solve. In order to overcome the problem, people need to struggle. In Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary 1167 struggle means to proceed with difficulty or
with great effort. People need to struggle because of events that happen in their life, when these events change their life and become their problem that they need to
solve them. Braun, Linder, and Asimov 478-80, state that there are many life events that cause people to struggle for life. These life events can be the death of a
close family member, personal injury or illness, fired from work, gain of new family member, etc. People will react differently toward the life events in their life
if they are unable to cope with it. When people cannot cope with these life events that happen in their life, they will become stressed. Stress is one of the reactions
that emerge if people are unable to overcome their problems. Because of stress, people then need to adjust.
Morris 490 defines adjustment as any effort to cope with stress. Every adjustment is an attempt to balance our desire against the demands of the
environment, to weigh our needs, and to cope as well as we can within the limits of the situation. According to Braun, Linder, and Asimov 478-80, there are three
categories in adjustment that people can do in order to cope with difficulties. The first category is problem solving. Problem solving is what people think as coping.
The development of problem-solving skills to meet a wide variety of situations is a very useful aid in adjustment. The second category is acceptance of the situation.
The acceptance of the situation can also be an effective tool in the process of adjustment. The last category is the use of defense mechanisms. This last category
is a tool to cope with stress and anxiety but if it is overused it can lead to severe
disturbance.
B. Criticism
