Man is the highest creature of nature, itssovereign People fly into space, do science, create and destroy, improve and simplify. However, man, in its anatomical and physiological structure, belongs to the class of mammals. The only difference between animals and people is the presence of reason If civilization, everything that man has created over the millennia of his presence on Earth, perishes, then our most diverse needs: spiritual, aesthetic, social, creative, will only physiological needs - that is characteristic of the entire animal world.
In human behavior, there are two sideswhich are very connected with each other: regulatory and incentive. It is the impulse associated with the needs and motives that causes a person to behave properly. The main source of human activity is his needs, they stimulate behavior, direct him to find the desired. Need is the state of the individual when he needs certain conditions that he lacks for normal development and existence. It can be said that a person is constantly in a state of need for something, which is filled with specific content each time (subject of need).
No matter how high spiritual aspirationsman, he needs to eat to maintain vitality; sleep to restore them; drink, so as not to die from dehydration; satisfy the instinct of reproduction so that the human race does not disappear.
Whatever the heights, no progress can be achieved without fullthe satisfaction of these basic natural needs, the quality of life of each individual will be low. At one time, the theory of psychologist Abraham Maslow from the USA became popular. He derived the theory of human needs, the so-called "pyramid of needs." The scientist argued that the physiological needs - the most important, basic. If they are not satisfied, then this can lead to the destruction of the whole organism, disease, death, finally. In order to survive, a person needs quite a bit, but in order to feel comfortable, be healthy and live long, you need a few more.
Anatomical and physiological human needs are a set of conditions under which you can survive:
- physical existence, if there are no disasters, hunger strikes and serious diseases;
- thermal comfort, safe level of radiation (constant normal body temperature);
- clean air (a compound that does not lead to anomalies of the genetic plan);
- drinking water with the necessary set of chemicals;
- good, restful sleep and lack of stress;
- healthy, high-calorie, tasty food.
Only when these needs are met,there is a need for security, recognition, etc. If a person has good sleep, nutrition, thirst for water and oxygen, then he will have higher level physiological needs. These include sexual needs. Without it, no one will die, but dissatisfaction with intimate desires leads to a violation in the human psyche and even to a deformation of the personality.
Satisfying basic needs is a very important part.life, but if you leave only this, then what distinguishes us from animals? We can feel the physiological needs of our body without the help of other people. We will definitely feel hunger, fatigue, lack of air or water. But how to satisfy the thirst for glory alone, with whom to share creative success, the triumph of sports victories?
Spiritual need for faith and love, a sense of conscientiousness, unselfish service to the idea and people, the pursuit of knowledge, creativity, excellence, self-realization - this is peculiar only to man.
Human needs are a broader concept,than physiological. It includes all spectra of spiritual and rational human activity. These needs are limitless, and people can satisfy them only in a society of their own kind.
