Sabtu, 10 November 2012

MMSEL Second Reflection


              Maslow’s hierarchy of needs really describe us as a human. I do realize that as a human, we are never satisfied, we always want more. However from the hierarchy which is described by Maslow it is clear that our needs are divided into two kinds of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs.

              Deficiency needs include survival, safety, belonging, and self-esteem. These are the needs which are described as basic needs in our life. According to Maslow, as long as our basic needs cannot be fulfilled, we will always look for them until they are fulfilled. Then after our basic needs are fulfilled, we will move to growth needs: self-actualization. This is the stage when we always look for more. For example, B can speak English very well, but then B wants to learn other languages too. Then B learns Chinese, after that B learns Japanese, B still wants to learn German, Korean, French, etc.

               I experienced that in my life too, I always want to learn any languages. When we already fulfilled our basic needs then we want to get something more. However some people do self-handicap either to protect their pride or to make him/her look good in front of others. For example, C studies hard for an exam, but on the day of examination C says to others that C does not study at all. Apparently C gets the highest score among all. C’s friends will think that C is really smart. In fact C studied a night before the exam. I did self –handicap before too. The more I learn MMSEL, I guess I can understand people more because we actually try to understand the reasons behind people’s action.

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