Human life is a changing sequence of events, a set of different actions. Any organism feels the need for food, water and air in order to maintain normal life activity, and for a person a whole hierarchy of such needs is characteristic, which we will consider.
The biological nature of man. Examples of needs, their classification
All the requirements that a person has throughout life can be conditionally divided into three large groups: primary basic, social and emotional needs.
Man belongs to the animal kingdom in the same way as primates, insects, fish, etc. It is not surprising that the primary needs of all these organisms for food and water coincide. You can also draw an analogy of the social needs of humans and some colonial animals, but here you need to be careful: in the end, the human brain is very different from the brain of ants or bees.
So, the biological essence of a person determines his need for food and water, social status and acceptance in society, the inconstancy of the emotional background. These three whales are the basis of the needs of homo sapiens, and some of them you can feel on yourself daily, unaware of the existence of other equally important necessities of a higher level.
Primary basic human needs
The biological nature of a person determines his need for basic needs, which we got from the closest relatives of the animal world, primates, with only some changes and additions. Here is a list of the primary necessities of any person:
- Food, environmentally friendly, palatable.
- Ordinary drinking water that tastes good.
- No life threatening.
- Sleep and good rest.
- Favorable composition of the air.
- Sexual needs, procreation.
- Elimination of diseases and other health related discomforts.
- Spatial comfort (personal space in the literal sense).
- Natural comfort (ecological state of the environment).
- Labor activity and mobility.
The need of a person to change the emotional background
The biological essence of man is due to his need for the manifestation of emotions. Each individual wants not only to exist, but also to live in his own society. Any manifestations of emotions that arise in humans are one common need, and this is inherent in nature. This includes moments of joy, and disappointment, and love, and envy, and hatred, and empathy.
In general, any change in the emotional background (both positive and negative) is part of our life, without which it is impossible for a normal average person to exist. Of course, more or less sensitive people are singled out, but sooner or later they begin to feel the need for emotions.
Social needs
Man is a social being. Our society is built using a complex hierarchical system in which the individual wants to be accepted and understood.
The biological nature of man is due to his need for general recognition. And you do not have to be the navel of the earth, the center of attention and the standard. It is important to be accepted in the society in which you are: work, school, university, company of friends, relatives, etc.
Also, the satisfaction of biological needs is closely related to human activities in society. He must occupy a certain niche in society, be capable and useful. Of course, the work of the 21st century is often associated with a sedentary lifestyle, but a person still aspires to work, and this is not because of conscience, but because of banal social needs.