Sally+P.+Motivation



1. Where would they fit into his hierarchy and why?
 * Self-Actualization.** Realizing potential and self-respect are at the top of the hierarchy because self-actualization is the “desire for self-fulfillment.” Thus, in order to achieve this self-success, we must know ourselves and what we are capable of attaining.
 * Esteem.** Acceptance, self-respect, and support are a part of esteem needs because this need relates to the desire to want to accepted and regarded by others.
 * Love/Belonging.** Love, support, friendship, procreation, and acceptance are a part of this hierarchy because we need to feel a sense that we are a part of a larger group in society and not just alone. Thus, we need social relationships in order to feel as though we belong.
 * Safety.** Money and shelter satisfies the need for safety and security by providing the sense of relief that financial security and a warm place to stay is given.
 * Physiological.** Shelter, food, sunlight, air, and water are obviously things that we, as humans, cannot live without. Heat, too, is something that is obviously needed because we’ve discovered heat in the past and continued to utilize it until it has become a necessity now. Procreation is an absolutely necessary process in order to continue the species of humans.

2. Can any one of those fit in more than one area? If so, where else could they fit and why?
 * Self-respect**. Self-respect fits into self-actualization and esteem. In order to achieve self-success, then self-respect is needed to truly know ourselves. And we feel a demand to fit into society.
 * Acceptance.** Acceptance fits into esteem and belonging. Esteem is all about wanting to be valued by others. Therefore we constantly seek the acceptance of the people around us, which also relates to the desire to be belong somewhere and be loved.
 * Procreation.** Procreation can be seen as a love or belonging need or a physiological need. It is an obvious physiological need because every organism has an innate need to reproduce and continue the existence of the species. However, it is also because a need to love and be loved.
 * Support.** Support may be placed into the hierarchy of love or belonging and esteem. To be supported means to be accepted by the rest of society or a community. Therefore the want to be welcomed and approved of is part of the love and belong need as well as the esteem need.
 * Shelter.** Shelter is a physiological and yet a safety need. Shelter is something that is necessary to life to stay. It is also a place to feel safe and dependable as personal security.

3. Generate three other needs that you believe are important. Those needs must fit in two or more categories of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
 * Family.** Family can be seen as a security and love need. For a family to exist, the necessity of love must be fulfilled. Being a part of a family also secures the inclination to feel protected from any harm or danger.
 * Respect (by others).** Not only do we need respect from ourselves, but also respect from others as well. Receiving respect from others fills the love and belonging need because by others showing that we are to be respected, it gives a sense of association with a larger group. It also provides for the esteem need
 * Sleep.** Sleep is obviously a need that is physiological because our bodies cannot function properly without it. However, it can also be a safety need due to the psychological desire to have sleep. Thus, this desire forces us to feel security in our health, in other words can be sleep.


 * What seems to be the major motivating factor(s) for people that are affected by an eating disorder?**

The major motivating factor for people to be affected by eating disorders in society has been the influence of the media. The media constantly portrays the perfect image of a person to be thin for women and muscular for men, or in some cases just as skinny as women. However, it is not entirely the fault of the media that people are controlled by the evils of such illness. There is a partial fault in the people as well. Because the majority of people are exposed to the portrayals of the ideal physique since a young age, it is an absolutely inevitable part to following pop culture. However, it is also a problem that adults also emphasize the so-called-beauty of thinness by the beauty pageants and other events as such. Thus, it becomes even more inevitable that children grow to believe that the scrawny figure is what beauty becomes.

Some may say that we are motivated only by a desire to save our off-springs. However, I think that is not necessarily true. Instead, we are mainly motivated by our selfish purposes, such as the social reward as a "good guy." Thus, it has almost nothing to do with our off-springs, but our own ambitions. Whether we want to accept it or not, I believe that there is always some kind of intrinsic reward for doing good present. Human nature is most definitely controlled by the desires, greed, and ambition of the people. Thus, I think there is no such thing as completely altruistic. Although in an ideal society or community integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching, that is not always true in reality. Even though no one is there, if one commits a immoral or "bad" thing, then that is bound to come out in the open, which is why we try to avoid such consequences. Thus, it is not necessarily the issue of integrity, but the fear of guilt that makes us do the right thing. Yes, this theory of delayed reciprocal altruism does make sense. There is a the golden rule that says to treat others as you would want to be treated. Thus, this goes along with the idea of delayed reciprocal altruism because this idea is waiting for others to return the "favor." No, even before this reading, I honestly believed that there is no such thing as absolutely a hundred percent altruistic. However, this reading supported my thought that there really is no such thing as selfless. In the long-run or in the hidden unconscience of people, there is always a selfish part that controls behavior.
 * 1. Are we, as some might say, motivated by a desire to save our off-spring?**
 * 2. Must there always be some sort of intrinsic reward for doing good?**
 * 3. Mr. Otis once said, "That having integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching." If this is so, and no one knows when we have done good, would you still do good?**
 * 4. "Delayed reciprocal altruism", seems like a gamble - back to game theory, any way. Does this seem to make sense to you. That is that we act out of a desire to have what we have done being done to us?**
 * 5. Are we ever being truly "selfless" when committing an act of altruism?**

If there really was such gene as a gay gene that has been discovered, it would create a great amount of controversy worldwide. As the reading suggests, this could be a positive addition to society in that it would push for the civil rights for the homosexual community. If it is proven that homosexuality is not a lifestyle choice, but forced upon people, then will gain political and perhaps social equality instead of a source of jokes. However, the negative aspect to this discovery of a gay gene, many researchers will look for a cure for this. But, I honestly believe that homosexuality is not something to be cured or worth being cured. It is simply a process of life that adds uniqueness to the global society.
 * What might be the social/political implications for there being a gay gene?**

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