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Human Factors: Basic Tendencies & Needs

 

 Ch. Bühler

1959

    Four basic tendencies of life
  • to strive for personal satisfaction in sex, love, and ego recognition
  • toward self-limiting adaptation for the purpose of fitting in, belonging, and gaining security
  • toward self-expression and creative accomplishments
  • toward integration or order-upholding

 

   A. Maslow 

1954

      Theory of Human Motivation
  • Physiological Needs
  • Safety Needs
  • Belongingness and Love Needs
  • Esteem Needs
  • Self-actualization Need
  • Desire to Know and to Understand
  • Aesthetic Needs

 

Aristoteles       

Metaphysics
  • "All men, by nature, desire to know"