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==List of Essential Needs Categories==
==Concept Map==


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==Notes==
==Notes==


Note that ''safety includes the absence of violence of any kind'', including physical violence (e.g., spanking), emotional violence (name-calling, shaming), and psychological violence (verbal aggression, intimidation, condescension, passive-aggressive attacks, etc).  
=== Aesthetic Needs ===
Maslow argues that aesthetic needs, though empirically neglected, constitute vital, multiple impulses producing intense subjective experiences and physical responses like fascination and shivers.
 
Maslow notes that phrase aesthetic need doesn't represent an individual need but a category of needs. "...there clearly seem to be discernible various kinds of aesthetic impulses, some or all of which also may serve as needs.<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “Our Aesthetic Needs: Exploratory Notes.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. p. 43 </ref>
 
Maslow speaks of the '''aesthetic impulse''' which drives an '''aesthetic reaction,''' an '''aesthetic experience''', an '''aesthetic creativity''', which includes an "considerab[ly] important'''" expressive inventiveness''' which may drive the production of products (paintings, music) meaning only to the creator, or that have wider cultural impact--what Maslow called '''communicative art'''.).<ref>Maslow, Abraham H. “Our Aesthetic Needs: Exploratory Notes.” In ''Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow'', edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. p. 43-4.</ref>
 
The most primitive aesthetic impulse is our drive to correct disorder and create pleasing symmetry. Ultimately, studying these needs could bridge psychological theories, but requires empirical research to determine whether they arise from inner drives, external stimuli, or the total situation. <ref>Hoffman, Edward, ed. ''Future Visions''. Sage Publications, 1996.</ref>
 
=== Safety Needs ===
Note that ''safety includes the absence of violence of any kind'', including physical violence (e.g., spanking), emotional violence (name-calling, shaming), and psychological violence (verbal aggression, intimidation, condescension, passive-aggressive attacks, etc). Maslow pointed out that safety needs are particularly salient in children. In a chapter entitled "Limits, Controls, and the Safety Need in Children," Maslow suggests it is the parent's job to provide this safety. "Children need strong, firm, decisive, self-respecting, and autonomous parents—orelse children become frightened. Youngsters need a world that is just, fair,orderly, and predictable. Only strong parents can supply these important qualities."<ref>Hoffman, Edward, ed. ''Future Visions''. Sage Publications, 1996.p. 46.</ref>


The fulfillment of environmental needs – safe, secure, nurturing, stable, and aesthetically pleasing environments – can yield profound physiological, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual benefits. Here's a brief overview:
=== Stability Needs ===
'''The fulfillment of environmental needs''' – safe, secure, nurturing, stable, and aesthetically pleasing environments – can yield profound physiological, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual benefits. Here's a brief overview:


# '''Physiological Outcomes''': A safe and secure environment significantly reduces stress and stress-related health issues, thereby promoting overall physical health. Adequate environmental conditions also decrease the risk of developing many diseases and can lead to longer, healthier lives.<ref>Evans, Gary W. 2003. "The Built Environment and Mental Health." ''Journal of Urban Health'' 80 (4):536–55</ref><ref>Morello-Frosch, Rachel, and Bill M. Jesdale. 2006. "Separate and Unequal: Residential Segregation and Estimated Cancer Risks Associated with Ambient Air Toxics in U.S. Metropolitan Areas." ''Environmental Health Perspectives'' 114 (3):386–93</ref>
# '''Physiological Outcomes''': A safe and secure environment significantly reduces stress and stress-related health issues, thereby promoting overall physical health. Adequate environmental conditions also decrease the risk of developing many diseases and can lead to longer, healthier lives.<ref>Evans, Gary W. 2003. "The Built Environment and Mental Health." ''Journal of Urban Health'' 80 (4):536–55</ref><ref>Morello-Frosch, Rachel, and Bill M. Jesdale. 2006. "Separate and Unequal: Residential Segregation and Estimated Cancer Risks Associated with Ambient Air Toxics in U.S. Metropolitan Areas." ''Environmental Health Perspectives'' 114 (3):386–93</ref>
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"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. ''Anonymous''. Shoshone."<ref>Nerburn, Kent, ed. ''The Wisdom of the Native Americans.'' Novato, California: New World Library, 1999</ref>
"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. ''Anonymous''. Shoshone."<ref>Nerburn, Kent, ed. ''The Wisdom of the Native Americans.'' Novato, California: New World Library, 1999</ref>


"The sight of your cities pains the eyes of the red man. But perhaps it is because the red man is a savage and does not understand.
There is no quiet place in the white man’s cities, no place to hear the leaves of spring or the rustle of insects’ wings. Perhaps it is because I am a savage and do not understand, but the clatter only seems to insult the ears.
The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a midday rain, or scented with piñon pine. The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath — the animals, the trees, the man.
Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench."<ref>Nerburn, Kent, ed. ''The Wisdom of the Native Americans.'' Novato, California: New World Library, 1999</ref>
"We original Americans have generally been despised by our white conquerors for our poverty and simplicity.
They forget, perhaps, that our religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury. To us, as to other spiritually-minded people in every age and race, the love of possessions is a snare, and the burdens of a complex society a source of needless peril and temptation.
It is simple truth that we Indians did not, so long as our native philosophy held sway over our minds, either envy or desire to imitate the splendid achievements of the white race. In our own thought we rose superior to them! We scorned them, even as a lofty spirit absorbed in its own task rejects the soft beds, the luxurious food, the pleasure-worshipping dalliance of a rich neighbor. It was clear to us that virtue and happiness are independent of these things, if not incompatible with them.
Furthermore, it was the rule of our life to share the fruits of our skill and success with our less fortunate brothers and sisters. Thus we kept our spirits free from the clog of pride, avarice, or envy, and carried out, as we believed, the divine decree — a matter profoundly important to us. Anonymous"<ref>Nerburn, Kent, ed. ''The Wisdom of the Native Americans.'' Novato, California: New World Library, 1999</ref>
"All who have lived much out of doors, whether Indian or otherwise, know that there is a magnetic and powerful force that accumulates in solitude but is quickly dissipated by life in a crowd. Even our enemies have recognized that for a certain innate power and self-poise, wholly independent of circumstances, the American Indian is unsurpassed among the races. Anonymous"<ref>Nerburn, Kent, ed. ''The Wisdom of the Native Americans.'' Novato, California: New World Library, 1999</ref>
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Environmental Needs

Environmental needs include our need for safe, secure, nurturing, stable,[1] and aesthetically pleasing environments where all our essential needs are met. This includes a need for a safe spaces where we can rest, develop, and grow, secure finances, consistency, and stability. Stability includes the emotional consistency of stable and nurturing parental relationships, as well as financial stability sufficient enough to remove the anxieties and uncertainties of basic survival.

Concept Map

Key Terms

Lightning Path Human Development Framework > LP Psychological Framework >

Seven Essential Needs >

List of Essential Needs Categories

Seven Essential Needs > Cognitive Needs, Emotional Needs, Environmental Needs, Physiological Needs, Psychological Needs

Notes

Aesthetic Needs

Maslow argues that aesthetic needs, though empirically neglected, constitute vital, multiple impulses producing intense subjective experiences and physical responses like fascination and shivers.

Maslow notes that phrase aesthetic need doesn't represent an individual need but a category of needs. "...there clearly seem to be discernible various kinds of aesthetic impulses, some or all of which also may serve as needs.[2]

Maslow speaks of the aesthetic impulse which drives an aesthetic reaction, an aesthetic experience, an aesthetic creativity, which includes an "considerab[ly] important" expressive inventiveness which may drive the production of products (paintings, music) meaning only to the creator, or that have wider cultural impact--what Maslow called communicative art.).[3]

The most primitive aesthetic impulse is our drive to correct disorder and create pleasing symmetry. Ultimately, studying these needs could bridge psychological theories, but requires empirical research to determine whether they arise from inner drives, external stimuli, or the total situation. [4]

Safety Needs

Note that safety includes the absence of violence of any kind, including physical violence (e.g., spanking), emotional violence (name-calling, shaming), and psychological violence (verbal aggression, intimidation, condescension, passive-aggressive attacks, etc). Maslow pointed out that safety needs are particularly salient in children. In a chapter entitled "Limits, Controls, and the Safety Need in Children," Maslow suggests it is the parent's job to provide this safety. "Children need strong, firm, decisive, self-respecting, and autonomous parents—orelse children become frightened. Youngsters need a world that is just, fair,orderly, and predictable. Only strong parents can supply these important qualities."[5]

Stability Needs

The fulfillment of environmental needs – safe, secure, nurturing, stable, and aesthetically pleasing environments – can yield profound physiological, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual benefits. Here's a brief overview:

  1. Physiological Outcomes: A safe and secure environment significantly reduces stress and stress-related health issues, thereby promoting overall physical health. Adequate environmental conditions also decrease the risk of developing many diseases and can lead to longer, healthier lives.[6][7]
  2. Egoic Outcomes:
  3. Emotional Outcomes: A stable and nurturing environment can significantly enhance emotional well-being, leading to decreased rates of anxiety and depression, improved mood, and increased life satisfaction.[8][9]
  4. Cognitive Outcomes: Secure and stimulating environments contribute to cognitive development, improved academic performance, and enhanced problem-solving skills. Children growing in such environments are more likely to develop stronger cognitive abilities.[10][11]
  5. Spiritual Outcomes: Fulfilling environmental needs can also foster spiritual growth by promoting a sense of peace, connection, and overall harmony with one's surroundings. People living in aesthetically pleasing and nurturing environments are more likely to report higher levels of spiritual well-being.[12][13]

The consequences of a failure to provide safe environments is cumulative psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual damage. Swami Vivekananda notes "The older we grow, the longer we are knocked about in the world, the more callous we become."[14]

From the Literature

"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. Anonymous. Shoshone."[15]

"The sight of your cities pains the eyes of the red man. But perhaps it is because the red man is a savage and does not understand.

There is no quiet place in the white man’s cities, no place to hear the leaves of spring or the rustle of insects’ wings. Perhaps it is because I am a savage and do not understand, but the clatter only seems to insult the ears.

The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a midday rain, or scented with piñon pine. The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath — the animals, the trees, the man.

Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench."[16]

"We original Americans have generally been despised by our white conquerors for our poverty and simplicity.

They forget, perhaps, that our religion forbade the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment of luxury. To us, as to other spiritually-minded people in every age and race, the love of possessions is a snare, and the burdens of a complex society a source of needless peril and temptation.

It is simple truth that we Indians did not, so long as our native philosophy held sway over our minds, either envy or desire to imitate the splendid achievements of the white race. In our own thought we rose superior to them! We scorned them, even as a lofty spirit absorbed in its own task rejects the soft beds, the luxurious food, the pleasure-worshipping dalliance of a rich neighbor. It was clear to us that virtue and happiness are independent of these things, if not incompatible with them.

Furthermore, it was the rule of our life to share the fruits of our skill and success with our less fortunate brothers and sisters. Thus we kept our spirits free from the clog of pride, avarice, or envy, and carried out, as we believed, the divine decree — a matter profoundly important to us. Anonymous"[17]

"All who have lived much out of doors, whether Indian or otherwise, know that there is a magnetic and powerful force that accumulates in solitude but is quickly dissipated by life in a crowd. Even our enemies have recognized that for a certain innate power and self-poise, wholly independent of circumstances, the American Indian is unsurpassed among the races. Anonymous"[18]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ See Polyvagal Theory for the neurological foundations and importance of this need for safety. Porges, Stephen W. “Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety.” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 16 (2022). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnint.2022.871227.
  2. ↑ Maslow, Abraham H. “Our Aesthetic Needs: Exploratory Notes.” In Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow, edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. p. 43
  3. ↑ Maslow, Abraham H. “Our Aesthetic Needs: Exploratory Notes.” In Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow, edited by Edward Hoffman. Sage Publications, 1996. p. 43-4.
  4. ↑ Hoffman, Edward, ed. Future Visions. Sage Publications, 1996.
  5. ↑ Hoffman, Edward, ed. Future Visions. Sage Publications, 1996.p. 46.
  6. ↑ Evans, Gary W. 2003. "The Built Environment and Mental Health." Journal of Urban Health 80 (4):536–55
  7. ↑ Morello-Frosch, Rachel, and Bill M. Jesdale. 2006. "Separate and Unequal: Residential Segregation and Estimated Cancer Risks Associated with Ambient Air Toxics in U.S. Metropolitan Areas." Environmental Health Perspectives 114 (3):386–93
  8. ↑ Evans, Gary W., Nancy M. Wells, and Annie Moch. 2003. "Housing and Mental Health: A Review of the Evidence and a Methodological and Conceptual Critique." Journal of Social Issues 59 (3):475–500.
  9. ↑ Evans, Gary W., Nancy M. Wells, and Annie Moch. 2003. "Housing and Mental Health: A Review of the Evidence and a Methodological and Conceptual Critique." Journal of Social Issues 59 (3):475–500.
  10. ↑ Evans, Gary W., and Pilyoung Kim. 2013. "Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, Self-Regulation, and Coping." Child Development Perspectives 7 (1):43–48.
  11. ↑ Sirin, Selcuk R. 2005. "Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analytic Review of Research." Review of Educational Research 75 (3):417–53.
  12. ↑ Kaplan, Rachel. 2001. "The Nature of the View from Home: Psychological Benefits." Environment and Behavior 33 (4):507–42.
  13. ↑ Williams, Florence. 2017. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  14. ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. “Karma Yoga.” Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf
  15. ↑ Nerburn, Kent, ed. The Wisdom of the Native Americans. Novato, California: New World Library, 1999
  16. ↑ Nerburn, Kent, ed. The Wisdom of the Native Americans. Novato, California: New World Library, 1999
  17. ↑ Nerburn, Kent, ed. The Wisdom of the Native Americans. Novato, California: New World Library, 1999
  18. ↑ Nerburn, Kent, ed. The Wisdom of the Native Americans. Novato, California: New World Library, 1999
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