At age thirty-three, Ricky is a highly ranked partner in a law firm. He lives by himself and doesn't find the time to socialize. He has a lavish house with an elaborate security system and owns a luxurious sports car. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, which of the following can best explain Ricky's discontentment with life? a) Ricky's physiological needs are not being met. b) Ricky's need for belongingness is not being met. c) Ricky has not reached self-actualization. d) Ricky does not feel safe at home.

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Erica

22 May, 02:24

At age thirty-three, Ricky is a highly ranked partner in a law firm. He lives by himself and doesn't find the time to socialize. He has a lavish house with an elaborate security system and owns a luxurious sports car. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, which of the following can best explain Ricky's discontentment with life? a) Ricky's physiological needs are not being met. b) Ricky's need for belongingness is not being met. c) Ricky has not reached self-actualization. d) Ricky does not feel safe at home.

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Moises Underwood · Answer 1

b) Ricky's need for belongingness is not being met.

Explanation:

Maslow developed a theory based on the needs of the human beings, he proposed a hierarchy of needs that is usually represented as a pyramid.

According to Maslow, needs lower down in the hierarchy need to be satisfied in order to focus in needs that are higher up in the pyramid.

The needs he proposed are:

Physiological needs: refer to biological needs for human survival (food, warmth, sleep, etc) Safety needs: refer to protection from elements (security, order, stability) Love and belongingness needs: These has to do with the need for interpersonal relationships. (friendship, intimacy, love) Esteem needs: these needs refer to the need for respect or reputation (achievement, mastery, status). Self-actualization needs: Refer to realizing one own's potential and self-fulfillment. They refer to the need for personal growth and development throughout one's life. In other words, "To become everything one is capable of becoming".

Ricky is a highly ranked partner in a law firm (esteem needs), he has a lavish house with an elaborate security system and a luxurious car (physiological needs and safety needs), however, he is discontent with life.

Ricky lives by himself and does not find the time to socialize, thus, we can say that his love and belongingness needs are not being fulfilled since he has no interpersonal relationships.

Thus, according to Maslow's theory, this discontentment could be explain by the fact that b) Ricky's need for belongingness is not being met.