The 8 Basic Human Needs

Relatedness- Transcendence- Rootedness- Sense of Identity-
Frame of Orientation- Excitation & Stimulation- Unity- Effectiveness

1) Relatedness- our relationships with others, care, respect, knowledge, productive love

Relatedness- a particular manner of connectedness

2) Transcendence- our ability to rise above, remain creative, and care about our creations

Transcendence- the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits; the state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience

3) Rootedness- our need to be affiliated, established, and feel at home again in the world

Rootedness- the quality or state of having roots, especially of being firmly established, settled, or entrenched

4) Sense of Identity- our drive to conform to a group and be individually productive and unique

5) Frame of Orientation- our understanding of the world and our place in it and is it stable and consistent

6) Excitation and Stimulation- our actively striving for a goal rather than simply responding

7) Unity- our sense of oneness between ourselves and the human world outside us

8) Effectiveness- our need to feel accomplished

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