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behavior, which begins with curious feeling and ended with behavior that satisfied one’s need.
Theory of motivation plays an essential role in this study because it helps the writer to discover the Jacques Sauniere in leaving a message before he died. It
help the writer understands the reason why Jacques Sauniere decides to take such action.
There are different theories of motivation stated by some theorist. The most widely known is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow believes, as
mentioned in Braun and Linder, that human needs, or motives, are organized hierarchically. 375
Maslow in Globe’s The Third Force clarifies motivations in relation with human needs 38. He states, as explained by Petri that human motivations are
based on human needs and that people conduct an action to fulfill their needs 302. Moreover, Maslow theory, as mentioned in Schultz, states that the need of
love and possessing have to be fulfilled in order to get the satisfaction feeling and motivation arises because such needs 94. This show that motivation exists to
fulfill the lacks that people feel inside them. Maslow hierarchy of needs consists of physiological needs, safety needs,
belonging and love needs, esteem needs, and self actualization needs. The first two needs are considered primary or lower needs. Maslow argues that usually the
lowest need on the hierarchy has to be satisfied first before the higher needs on the hierarchy has to be satisfied first before the higher needs on the hierarchy being
satisfied Globe 38-43. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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The psychological needs are the fundamental needs for food, clothing shelter, comfort, and self preservation. Someone who faces death by starvation or
any other need of this level may resort to murder to meet fundamental, life sustaining need, despite what society might think. When a person lack of foods,
self esteem, and love, he is going to demand food first. He will ignore the other need until the need of food of satisfied.
The safety needs are the needs for stability, order and protection. An insecure person behaves as if a great tragedy is always impending. This person
has an over need for order and stability, and tries hard to avoid the strange and the unexpected. In short, people need to feel secure, safe and out of danger. People
are going to realize that higher needs become unimportant when their life is endangered.
The next needs are the belonging and love needs. Love according to Maslow involves a healthy, loving relationship between two people which include
mutual trust Globe: 41. We satisfy our love needs by establishing an intimate, caring relationship with another person, or people in general, and in this
relationship it is just as important to give love as to receive it. In the proper relationship, there are lack of fear and dropping of defenses. The absence of love
stifles growth and the development of potential. To defeat love needs is considered as a prime cause of maladjustment. Love hunger is a deficiency
disease. Love involve research hunger for affectionate relationship with others and it requires both the receiving and giving of love itself, love from another and
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be satisfied in this modern world in which people move a lot. We no longer stay permanently in one place. We change houses, neighborhood, cities, countries and
even spouses. We are not long enough in one place to develop a sense of belonging.
The self esteem needs have two categories. They are self-esteem and respect from other people. Self esteem comprises such needs as desires for
confidence, competence, mastery, adequacy, achievement, independence and freedom. Those characteristics if we lack of them, we feel inferior, weak and
helpless in facing life. Respect encloses such concepts as prestige, recognition, acceptance, attention, status, reputation, and appreciation. Very often we think
well ourselves if we are sure that others think well of us. The self actualization needs are described as the desire to become more
and more what one is, to become everything that one is capable of becoming. These needs are the identification of the psychological needs for growth,
development and utilization of potential. Self-actualizing people express their emotions in open and direct ways. They are also committed to their work.
According to Maslow, if this sense of devotion and dedication is absent, it is impossible for someone to become self actualizing. These needs also appear after
reasonable satisfaction of love and esteem needs Globe 42.