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3.21.2.2 - Abraham Maslow - Motivational Theory Motivational theory has its roots in psychology as do most of the major instructional theories. The major thinker on motivation is the American Abraham Maslow, who devised a six-level hierarchy of motives that he claimed determined human behaviour. These motives or needs are ranked by Maslow as follows: 1) physiological, 2) security and safety, 3) love and feelings of belonging, 4) competence, prestige and esteem, 5) self-fulfilment, and 6) curiosity and the need to understand. Psychologists have also debated whether or not humans are motivated to reduce stimulation or to optimise it. Maslow believes that all motivation is achieved from unsatisfied needs, and that the ranking of these needs need to be ranked as I have stated above in order to achieve. Basically Maslow is trying to say that employees need to be paid adequately so they can provide for their basic physiological needs,...

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