Maslow Vs Dostoyevsky Essay

Both Maslow and Dostoyevsky hold different views on the basic human needs for survival. Maslow believes that any human without food or water does not meet the basic need, and, therefore malnourished and dies. Dostoyevsky believes that any human without any self-identity or purpose in life also does not meet the basic need, and, therefore, deteriorates physically and dies. Due to physiological evidence, both Maslow’s and Dostoyevsky’s statement is correct. Each human needs both food and water, according to Maslow, and self-identity and purpose in life, according to Dostoyevsky in order to function mentally and physically. Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who created the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs model. He proposed that humans strive to ensure that the basic need, food and water, is satisfied before they find motivation to pursue goals that are higher. He once said, “a person who is lacking food, love and self-esteem would most likely hunger for food more strongly than anything else.” From this statement, one can understand

A group of research team did an experiment on a group of men. They cut the men’s food in half to study the physiological effect it will have on each of them. “Preoccupied with their unfulfilled basic need, they lost interest in sex and social activities” (Myers, 2013). Because the men starved, the drive in sexual and social activities is not there. This in part is due to decrease in glucose, since the body have used all of the nutrients stored in the muscle fat, and increase in endorphin released from the hypothalamus, warning the body that there are not enough nutrients in the body, and to get more food or else cognitive processes, muscles, and organs will be weakened. Men displaying dissatisfaction due to limited food shows that they display a lack of interest in anything except food. This basic need must be satisfied in order for other needs to be satisfied, and to prevent