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•  Humans are basically good, and so want to make the world a better place;

                   •  Humans want to grow and improve themselves.


               Two humanist theorists are Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) and Carl Rogers (1902-
               1987). Psychologist Maslow was concerned with self-actualisation – “a state of

               fulfillment in which a person is achieving at his or her highest level of capability”

               (Lumen, n.d.). He is well known for his ‘hierarchy of needs’, pictured below.




































                Figure 14 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs.svg)


               In order to reach the highest level of self-actualisation, all the layers of the pyramid

               needs to be fulfilled or attained (Lumen, n.d.). Put simply, if you are hungry and
               homeless, then it will be very hard to reach a level of self-actualisation.





















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