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    Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who developed the theory of a hierarchy of needs in 1943. Maslow proposed that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs like physiological and safety needs before seeking higher level needs like love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. According to Maslow's theory, Homer Simpson has not fully progressed up the hierarchy of needs. Homer's relationships with his family are shaky, impacting his fulfillment of love and belonging needs. He also struggles with low self-esteem and lack of confidence, showing unmet esteem needs. As a result, Homer has not reached self-actualization according to Maslow's stage model of motivation.

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    Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who developed the theory of a hierarchy of needs in 1943. Maslow proposed that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs like physiological and safety needs before seeking higher level needs like love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. According to Maslow's theory, Homer Simpson has not fully progressed up the hierarchy of needs. Homer's relationships with his family are shaky, impacting his fulfillment of love and belonging needs. He also struggles with low self-esteem and lack of confidence, showing unmet esteem needs. As a result, Homer has not reached self-actualization according to Maslow's stage model of motivation.

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    Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who developed the theory of a hierarchy of needs in 1943. Maslow proposed that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs like physiological and safety needs before seeking higher level needs like love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. According to Maslow's theory, Homer Simpson has not fully progressed up the hierarchy of needs. Homer's relationships with his family are shaky, impacting his fulfillment of love and belonging needs. He also struggles with low self-esteem and lack of confidence, showing unmet esteem needs. As a result, Homer has not reached self-actualization according to Maslow's stage model of motivation.

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    HOMER SIMPSON

    Conception- Humanistic: Theorist - Maslow

    Abraham Maslow was born to a Jewish Russian migrant family in April 1908. He was pushed
    hard as a child to perform to his best and graduated from psychology in 1930, completing a
    masters in 1931 and a doctorate in 1934. Maslow started his research in primate behaviour
    before moving back to New York from Wisconsin in 1935 to take up a position researching
    social behaviour, personality traits, self-esteem and motivation theory of humans. Teaching
    back in his home of Brooklyn, he created his best books and papers which made his theories
    and concepts famous (www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Biography.asp ).

    Maslow suggested that our behaviour and growth through society is motivated by everyday
    needs, which form a hierarchy through life. He believed that each person needed to meet
    each level of the hierarchy so that they can move to the next level in life. This process
    Maslow theorised is called self actualisation.

    It is believed that the first stages, being the most fundamental were physiological
    (breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis and excretion) and safety (security of body,
    employment, resources, morality, family, health and property). These basic stages have to
    be met before a person can reach self-actualisation (morality, creativity, spontaneity,
    problem solving, lack of prejudice and acceptance of facts) (Year 12 Psychology, Personality
    PowerPoint 2).  

    Before looking at the example of analysis for Homer Simpsons personality, do some analysis
    of your own. Make some notes on whether you think Homer has moved through Maslows
    hierarchy of needs (why and why not)

    Physiological Needs:

    Safety Needs:

    Love and Belongingness:

    Esteem:

    Self actualisation:
    Maslow’s theory also affects Homer Simpson. According to Maslow, Homer has not climbed
    the hierarchy ladder and this is due to unfulfilment in love/belonging and Esteem (Year 12
    Psychology, Personality PowerPoint 2). Homer seems to have a shaky relationship with his
    family, however continually they support him through the ups and downs. This is why areas
    of love/belonging are not fully fulfilled in his life. Esteem is also a large component that
    Homer struggles with, as he has low self-esteem in general due to under achieving, others
    not respecting him because he doesn’t respect them and no confidence due to unsupportive
    parents. This is resembled in the following examples, ‘If something is hard to do, then it’s
    not worth going’, ‘The only guys who wear Hawaiian shirts are gay guys and big fat party
    animals’ and ‘It’s not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I
    managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day’ (www.2spare.com/item_61333.aspx). At this
    stage, Homer is not on his way to fulfil self actualisation according to Maslows’ theory.

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