Abraham Maslow proposed a hierarchy of needs. He believed that these five needs play a major role in motivating personality, behavioral, safety, socialization, physiological, and esteem needs. deprivation. Satisfying the desires of the lower levels of the pyramid is important in order to avoid unpleasant consequences and emotions. Maslow created the highest level of the pyramid based on the needs for growth, that the individual is not lacking something, but rather the desire to develop as a person. Maslow identified some key characteristics of thriving individuals, acceptance and realism, individuals who have realistic perceptions of themselves and the world around them, thriving individuals are deeply concerned about solving problems that do not concern themselves, but that concern others and finding solutions to problems. Worldwide, most of these individuals are motivated by a sense of personal ethics and responsibility. Abraham Maslow devoted his attention, not to his own theory, but to the humanist movement and human potentials (Schultz & Schultz, 2013, p. 246-248). Article Introduction There are countless different theories about personality, but personality is likely to focus more on individuals through various traits, characteristics, behaviors, emotion patterns that make an individual unique. The psychologist generally uses conceptions of personality that can be applied to everyone. Personality research has guided the development of several theories to help explain certain personality traits and development throughout an individual's life. Personality is a psychological and physiological puzzle that can be influenced by biological progression. Personality impacts actions and behavior... middle of paper ...... solutions to the world's problems, most of these individuals are motivated by a sense of personal ethics and responsibility. Solitude and autonomy are another characteristic of self-actualizing individuals: the need for privacy and independence, while enjoying developing their own potential. Self-actualized individuals tend to view the world with appreciation and their experiences become a source of pleasure and inspiration of wonder. Finally, self-actualizing individuals often have peak experiences, which are moments of wonder, joy, and happiness; after these experiences, people feel empowered, inspired, and transformed. Maslow hoped that his efforts to describe the thriving individual would eventually result in a "periodic table" of the types of qualities, problems, pathologies, and characteristics of higher levels of human potential (Rowan, 1998).