ecome “self-actualized” without going in that exact order orthose exact needs.Another theory brought to us by Maslow is that of “The third force”. Anidea stating that in the beginning(birth, conception, creation) we as individualsare intrinsically good. Meaning are sin, wrongdoings, bad choices and decisionswe make are truly not of our human nature. Instead the reason for our actions isthat of the society and environment we grew up in.Maslow did a study were he placed people in rooms by themselves for agiven amount of time. Here they were given food choices some good and healthyothers tasty sweet and fattening. And after a certain amount of time alone thepeople slowly started to eat more and more healthy until they had a completelynutritious diet. Maslow would say that the reason for this would be, without theinfluence of others the individuals true nature (good) would surface andovercome that which society had taught them.It is often believed just the opposite which Maslows theory supports. Intoday’s society many feel we are evil almost animal like in nature. There evenhave been movies made about such behavior. Lord of The Flies is the first I canthink of. Here you Have ten or more young boys stranded on an island all alonewith technology or adult supervision. The results of there isolation is a tribe ofwild men who kill and fight one another for pleasure.In response to this I would think Maslow would say it was the group thatwas bad not the individual still maintaining his idea that we are good at heart.As you pointed out though in class if each member of the group is goodthen wouldn’t the group as a whole be good also? There is a very good point anda flaw to this theory I feel. Maslow could not have left such a huge gap in histheory, there must be an explanation. I thought, Maslow did not say each personwas perfect but good. So this means the individual still good has faults. And evenif individua...
