Needs and Wants

Last week we talked about needs and wants in our class. Needs are things that necessary for our survival like food, shelter, water, sleep. However wants are things that we desire but not necessary in order to survive like mobile phones, clothes. We can classify needs as biological, mental, relational and social. Biological needs are physical needs that are essential in order to live like air, water,warmth. Mental needs are psychological needs like awareness, self-expression, creativity and effectiveness. Relational needs are the emotional needs like acceptance, affection, appreciation, belonging, empathy or consistency. And the final one is social needs. Social needs are personal needs that are related with beauty, equality or inspiration. Here is the picture of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs pyramid. The pyramid consists of five stages. Maslow pointed out that human needs are organized in a hierarchical way.