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Everyone has their own needs and desires. These desires are genuine and authentic in that it affects everyone emotionally, however social relations and technology play a role in shaping peoples needs and desires. This is thoroughly demonstrated in Sherry Turkle’s work, Alone Together, Leslie Bell’s work Hard to Get, and Ethan Watters work The Mega Marketing of Depression in Japan. Specifically, our needs and desires are authentic in that that Jayanthi and Alicia needed to alter their personalities due to their past, and the children needed an emotional companion and found one with robots, however social relations like the Mega Marketing in Japan that created a need for a specific form of treatment for depression demonstrate that outside sources could play a key role in shaping our needs and desires. The children in Turkle’s work have an innate need for robots as is similar with the innate need in Jayanthi to be an independent and strong individual. Children need emotional connections or friendships with people and that is exactly what the robots like Tamagotchi and …show more content…
Needs and desires were demonstrated to be authentic in Sherry Turkle’s work Alone Together Why We Expect More from Technology and less from Each Other, along with Leslie Bell’s work Hard to get Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom. Specifically, with the need of emotional assistance, or rather just an attachment of some kind to the need of the children and the robotic toys, and with Jayanthi and her discomfort in not being an independent individual. However, although needs and desires are truly an authentic occurrence needs and desires could be cultivated like what was accomplished in Japan through the efforts of Mega Marketing by surrounding influences and thus, needs and desires is a culmination of influences, but also real emotional needs and wants that must be met in order to ensure happiness in any
In contrast to Aristotle, Roko Belic’s documentary “Happy” provides a fresh perspective that takes place far more recently. The film sets out to similar goals of Aristotle in defining the nature of happiness and exploring what makes different people happy in general. Unlike Aristotle, however, the film’s main argument refers to makes people happier. In this case, the film argues that merely “doing what you love” is what leads to happiness (Belic). The argument itself appears oddly self-serving, considering that message is what underlines the foundation of happiness, yet there is a subliminal message that a simpler lifestyle is what leads to what the film is trying to convince you of. The message itself is obviously addressed to Americans, considering
Although Susanna Kaysen’s rebellious and self-harming actions of coping with her psychosis are viewed by some critics as pushing the boundary of sanity, many people have a form of a “borderline personality” that they must accept and individually work towards understanding in order to release themselves from the confines of their disorder. Kaysen commits to a journey of self-discovery, which ultimately allows her to accept and understand herself and her psychosis.
The society uses one’s happiness to seek their own. Starting with the ancient Adam Smith’s theory of a market economy where commodities are sold and bought in a market freely, where sellers and buyers exchange to achieve profit, and happiness is derived from profit. Thus “happiness is both produced and consumed” (Ahmed 3). Happiness is a matter of research for corporates of big companies. They try to figure out which product makes the buyers feel the happiness they need, so that they can produce more for their own profit. So, they cunningly make commercials with people having a good time. Which when watched by the buyers they get the false sense that their life would be so much better if they bought that small bottle of happiness. Once they buy their “Pandora’s box” they hope that underneath all the unnecessary objects there will be happiness, but they are dispirited at the end. Unknowingly the markets are making the society a more dull and sad place rather than distributing
... it as their parents. The love for a machine can never be as real as the love for another human being. The fact that the children have more affection towards the machines means that the relationship between them and other human beings is not strong enough therefore they distance themselves from the rest of the world.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory can possibly give an explanation to the manager’s actions. Specifically, the lower-order need “Safety”. The manager changed the free food policy from 6 hours to 12 hours in order to protect the stability of the company, his bonus, and stop employees from bad behavior. Under Alderfer’s ERG Theory the manager was pursuing his “Growth Needs.” He attempted to stop a behavior that tarnishes his work record and prevents him from receiving a bonus. Subject to McClelland’s Acquired Needs Theory the manager catered to the “Need for Achievement.” The manager hoped the policy change would be successful by stopping the bad behavior, and raise percentages back up. “Motivator Factors” under Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory
Maslow’s theory is simple, if your basic needs our met you will strive to achieve your next level of need. As you achieve human needs you will desire greater needs until you reach self- actualization or transcendence. Throughout this paper first I will be discussing Maslow’s theory and the different levels of achievement. As well as the changes he made to his theory in the 70’s. I will talk about the grouping for these achievements and where they fit in the hierarchy of needs. Secondly, we will talk about how Maslow’s theory motivates and how we use it in our careers. Lastly, I will bring up how this theory fits into the fire service. I will also show how to use it as a motivational tool as a manager. In my conclusion I will discuss the differences we can make just by fallowing this platform of motivation to create the most motivated firefighters.
As reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), depression occurs in over 26% of adolescents and can lead to morbidity, mortality, and social problems that can last into adulthood (SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS -- RISKS AND BENEFITS, 2015). Signs of adolescent depression can sometimes be different than adults, and possibly harder to identify. It is most often identified as an increase in negative behaviors or somatic complaints such as an upset stomach (SCREENING FOR DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS -- RISKS AND BENEFITS, 2015). Behavioral changes that are associated with adolescent depression include an increase in irritability, tantrums, anger outbursts, decrease in school performance, and social isolation (SCREENING
People love to read stories and watch movies of a science-fictional society that include robots with artificial intelligence. People are intrigued with the ability of the robots that seem to demonstrate what we humans consider morality. Eando Binder’s and Isaac Asimov’s short stories, as well as the 2004 Hollywood movie, all carry the title “I, Robot” and introduce possible futuristic worlds where robots are created and integrated within society. These stories challenge our perceptions about robots themselves, and could perhaps become an everyday commodity, or even valued assistants to human society. The different generations of “I, Robot” seem to set out the principles of robot behavior and showcase robots to people in both different and similar ways. How does the Robot view itself? More importantly, how does society judge these creations? The concepts discussed in these three stories covers almost 75 years of storytelling. Why has this theme stayed so relevant for so long?
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Each particular person has their own particular set of need that promotes and inspires their responses to messages as well as communication that takes place in their lives. Whilst not everyone’s priorities are the same, our needs do coincide with one another’s (Steinerg, 2007:22). This essay will be discussing the earliest and most widespread version of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. These needs include the need for survival, the need for safety, the need to be social, the need to have a good self-esteem and lastly the need for self-actualization (http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html). It is very important to note that people have to take care of lower order needs such as hunger first before they can worry about higher order needs such as achieving ones goals (http://www.netmba.com/mgmt/ob/motivation/maslow/).
Abraham H. Maslow developed the Hierarchy of Needs model between 1943-54 in USA, and this theory remains valid even today for understanding human motivation, management training and personal development. (4) A. H. Maslow first introduced his idea of hierarchy of needs in his paper “A Theory of Human Motivation” and his succeeding book Motivation and Personality in 1943. He stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and they are intended to fulfil basic needs before moving on to other, more advanced needs and when one need is fulfilled they move on the next one, and so on. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs includes five motivational needs, often displayed as a hierarchical pyramid with five levels. This five level model can be divided into basic needs or deficiency needs and growth needs. The four lower levels are considered basic needs and the top level is considered growth needs. The five different level of hierarchy of needs are:
In 1943, Abraham Maslow stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. When Maslow was a child he was bullied by his own parents, this might have influenced his theory in the Hierarchy of Needs. His theory was the Hierarchy of Needs which explains how a person goes through different levels of needs. His theory is important and it is still used today. There are many examples seen every day that can prove this theory correct and some examples prove this theory wrong. Not everyone agrees with this theory in our world today.
Sigmund Freud was the initiator of psychoanalysis. He altered the insight into the human mind and how it works. It spurred him into defining the unconscious and what was for him the powerhouse of personality – irrational motivation. The series examines profound queries surrounding the origins and techniques of contemporary consumerism, commodification, typical democracy and its consequences. It furthermore looks at the current manner we perceive ourselves, the outlooks to fashion and superficiality. Freud's findings in connection with the mind were methodically applied by corporate America and the U.S. government to raise their capital and authority. This technique also provided the impre...
Abraham Maslow proposed a theory concerning human motivations that was based upon a hierarchy of needs. Basic physiological drives like thirst, hunger and sleep, as well as the need for safety, shelter and some feeling of security are the motivational needs that must first be met. They provide the foundation for higher level of motivations to become present and available as needs the indvidual is aroused to attain.
With the development of technology in the world, people are faced with many things they never saw and knew before. In this modern life, technology has affected a lot of people’s lives in many levels. Robots are considered as important products of technology. Robots were introduced by a writer, Karel Čapek, from the Czech word, robota, meaning “forced labor” or “serf”. Čapek used this word in his play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) which opened in Prague in January, 1921, a play in which an Englishman named Rossum mass-produced automata. The automata, robots, are meant to do the world’s work and to make a better life for humans; but in the end they rebel, wipe out humanity, and start a new race of intelligent life for the robots themselves (Asimov, 1984). Robot does not have a specific definition itself, every dictionary has a slightly different definition. “Deciding if a machine is or is not a robot is like trying to decide if a certain shade of greenish blue is truly blue or not blue,” said Carlo Bertocchini, the owner of RobotBooks.com. “Some people will call it blue while others will vote not blue,” (Branwyn, 2004). This essay will limit the meaning of robot as what defined in the Merriam Webster Dictionary (2004), robot is a machine that looks and acts like a human being, an efficient but insensitive person, a device that automatically performs especially repetitive tasks, and something guided by automatic controls. As the technology grows more modern each day, scientists and programmers are creating and improving the function of robots. Nevertheless, many people are still debating should robots be developed more and should robots be used in everyday life. I disagree that the further development of robots should be remain...