PSYCHOLOGY
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs;
Fig 2 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
Maslow’s theory suggests until a human can satisfy the lower level needs they are unable to progress to higher level needs.
During 1970 Maslow redefined the physiological needs to those of; the need to breathe, the need to maintain body temperature, the need to sleep, the need to drink, the need to maintain homeostasis, the need to eat, the need to dispose of bodily waste and the need for sexual activity.
| To satisfy these needs: | |
|---|---|
| To breathe | AIR |
| To maintain body temperature | HEAT |
| To aid sleep | (Negative) LIGHT |
| To drink | WATER |
| To maintain homeostasis | BALANCE |
If we now consider without any one of air, heat, light or water, plants and animals could not exist, humans would have no food to eat. Without eating no need to dispose of bodily waste. Sexual activity becomes irrelevant as humans would not exist.
We can now redefine the physiological needs to those of; air, heat, light, water and homeostasis. These basic human attributes are the same for all living organisms.
In the PHYSIOLOGY section we suggest the brain as areas of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) whose function is thought, learning, emotion and memory. The body’s functions are for survival, protection and procreation. The body’s functions are automatic in response to the external stimuli of air, heat, light, and water within the limits of homeostasis and controlled by the nuclei of the hypothalamus and associated areas. The hypothalamus receives information from neurotransmitters synthesised by SOL at the core of mitochondria in receptor cells. Basic body actions are unconscious.
We suggest there are 3 States of Mind:
Conscious; we are fully aware of our actions, thoughts, learning, emotions and memory. This is caused by superior bi-directional neural flow across the blood-brain (CSF)-barrier.
Subconscious; we are not fully aware of our actions, thoughts, learning, or emotions, however triggers of our memory can provide awareness. This is cause by inferior neural flow across the blood-brain (CSF)-barrier.
Unconscious; we have no functions of thought, learning, emotion or memory our actions are in direct response to the external stimuli of air, heat, light and water.
NATURAL INSTINCT:
If we consider natural instinct can be explained by unconscious actions we can see why, we unconsciously desire different foods and drinks at different times. In winter we receive less energy from photons we need to increase our energy levels by eating high carbohydrate foods and hot drinks and soups. Inversely during summer when photon levels are high, we naturally desire low carbohydrate products and cold refreshing drinks.
The ever changing combinations of air, heat, light and water changes the chemical structure of SOL which then changes the hormones released. Our unconscious desire for food, drink and comfort, over-rides every other thought created action until we have maintained or made provision to maintain homeostasis.
Perception:
Imagine a temperature of 24C (75F), dry, sunny and calm; would you like an ice cream?
Now imagine a temperature of 29C (84F), cloudy, raining and windy; would you like and ice cream?
We have asked these questions to 354 people, with the exception of those who don’t like ice cream, every person answered yes to the first and no to the second question. Does this mean we eat more ice cream when it’s colder? Of course it doesn’t, what it does show is, given certain conditions we eat more ice cream when it’s colder. Our perception that we are more likely to eat more ice cream when the temperature is higher is false. The combination of air, heat, light and water is the driving force, not just temperature.
The dual bonding of the core structure based on the combinations of air, heat, light and water produces positive hormones when it bonds one way and negative hormones when it bonds the other way. I suggest this explains our innate happiness (positive hormones) or sadness (negative hormones).
Psychological researchers, Market researchers, and Opinion pollsters all, either ask or observe actions of their targets. If any of these researchers ask questions about past actions, and the base actions have been taken unconsciously, based on the homeostatic effect caused by the weather, then the answers they receive will not be rational. When observing actions and every base action is taken unconsciously, based on the weather, they will not be observing true cause and effect unless they have accounted for the specific combination of air, heat, light and water.
The combination of weather in the ice cream scenario would make us feel happier in scenario one and less happy in scenario two. If researchers were to ask the same question on scenario one day and scenario two day they would most likely receive different answers. Happiness/sadness can be explained by the release of serotonin or melatonin by the core structure depending on the stimuli of air, heat, light and water. The paradox is, when we feel happiest is the time mutation of our genes takes place from greater stimuli from UV radiation.
We have developed a measure of inherent happiness/sadness based on the stimuli of air, heat, light and water, the NAXIS® Index.
THOUGHT, LEARNING, EMOTION and MEMORY:
If we consider every basic action we make for our survival and protection is taken unconsciously based on the stimuli of our immediate natural environment of the weather.
When the stimuli of ever changing weather elements are received by receptor cells it changes the core chemical structure within the mitochondria of these cells. Mitochondrial cells release different neurotransmitters depending on the information received. The information received by the hypothalamus from the neurotransmitters then changes synthesis and release of neurohormones, genes, and open or close neural pathways.
Think about the amount of oxygen or carbon dioxide you are breathing, the exact temperature, the wind speed affecting evaporation, the atmospheric pressure, the number of photons, and the humidity where you are right now. Move a few millimetres in any directions and every one of those elements has changed, slightly. Receptor cells in your body have recorded these changes, sent the information to the hypothalamus which in turn has sent the information to your vital organs. Through positive/negative feedback your vital organs have signalled back to the hypothalamus their need for essential nutrients, water and comfort. The hypothalamus then creates an unconscious desire for these requirements.
This huge amount of neural reception, transmission and action (release of neurohormones and more neurotransmitters) information is coded by other areas of the limbic system, and then sent to the circumventricular organs for transmission to specific areas of the brain.
Move another millimetre in any direction and we go through the same process, so you get the idea of the complexity. The same is true if you stay in the same place because the weather around you is in a state of chaos, changing all the time.
Only after maintaining, or making provision to maintain homeostasis is there neural flow to the brain for thought, learning, emotion and memory. This can be considered as consciousness.
We store all the information from these neural actions in our memory, it helps us to remember the soft drink we prefer to satisfy our need for a drink or what item or brand of clothing best satisfies our comfort. It also prevents us from putting our hands into a fire and many other factors. We learn from these neural experiences.
The hormones released by the hypothalamus change in response to the ever changing weather around us. If we think about the two different weather conditions in the ice cream scenario we can imagine in the first scenario we will feel happy and in the second we will feel less than happy, sad. The weather changes our innate emotions.
Our thought is gained from the learning and emotions stored in our memory from the unconscious actions of our survival and protection mechanisms. We can recall the actions we took to satisfy our basic needs and have vision (future thought) of how we can best satisfy our own needs for the future. We are inherently a selfish lot.
Why we are all different:
If we can imagine, from the time of our conception, every one of us has experienced completely different weather conditions throughout our lives, this provides a reasonable explanation of why we all have different personalities.
Cultures have similar traits of personality because they experience similar weather conditions throughout their lives. Culture comes from the Latin meaning cultivate. Different cultures occur because of the different foods which can grow because of different weather conditions around the world.
Our every action, thought, learning, emotion and our memory works form the actions of a simple core chemical structure and the stimuli of air, heat, light and water – the weather.
