Psychological Needs and Gains

1 Satisfaction of basic instincts

• A lack of gratification leads to frustration

• Fulfillment may not be possible through work or personal relationships

• Recreational activity may be selected for this type of satisfaction

• Aggression (link to cathartic device) can be satisfied with combative sports

• Need for ‘living on the edge’ –

• Activities then might need to be designed with this need in mind

2 Self-Expression

• Most of the work experience has the ‘bars of dignity’ built in

One has to dress to fit the job

One has to be on time

One has to perform in an expected (sometimes deferential) manner

As a student - wait for job interview time near graduation

• Recreation on the other hand

Self - expression

Timing of eating, breaks, drinking

Expression through dress, verbal expressions and body gestures

In planning - A consideration for ‘appropriate’ rules

3 Relaxation

• Individuals are different - recreation is a refuge from stress but it varies from individual to individual

Training

Thought

Concentration

• Problem of reverse effect

– Stress from recreational activities

• Link to design of facilities - access

Multiple use facilities?

4 Sense of Personal Worth

  At work your measure of worth - is it linked to the job?

  Can it be measured - paycheck?

  A sense of self worth may come from achievements in recreational activities  Memberships in service clubs, handicap in golf,

• The impact on planning

– The sense of competition

– The recording of statistics

– Presentation of awards, plaques

– preferred locations, rooms, sites

– a sense of status

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• Between 1997 and 2000 the number of adult Canadians volunteering fell from 31 per cent to 27 per cent of adult Canadians.

• Canadians who do volunteer are giving more of their time to the organizations: 13.5 hours a month in 2000, an increase of more than an hour from 1997.

• The number of Canadians volunteering dropped by almost one million from 1997 to 2000, a 13 per cent decrease

• In total, volunteering in Canada represents the equivalent of almost 550,000 full-time jobs

5 Recreation as Therapy

• If recreation releives boredom, alleviates stress, lessens anxiety - then side benefits to health

• Link between participation and health

• Example of sports medicine - helps insomnia, reduction of chances of heart attack

• Simple activities such as the value to seniors in keeping pets

• Athletic injuries, heart attacks, pet bites

Maslow

• The analysis of the nature of needs and wants is important

– It allows for an understanding of why things occur

– It then allows for planning and prediction of behaviour

• Goal is greater efficiency

MASLOW Hierarchy of Needs and Wants

• This is an attempt to provide a framework of analysis

• the scheme is:

1 Hierarchical 2 Sequential

1 There are a series of steps reflecting progressively more complex sets of needs and wants

2 Each successive stage is

  dependent on the preceeding

  one (satisfaction). The

  preceeding stage then declines

  in importance

Important Considerations

1 General to Specific

2 Simple to Complex

3 The stage under consideration is the most important one for the individual

Stage One

• Individuals have physiological needs

– link back to previous thoughts (base needs)

– the stimulus of recreation provides skills– the linkage to learned and transferred

behaviour

Buzz words

• Escape

• Relaxation

• Relief from Tension

• Mental relaxation

Stage Two

• Once the first stage is acknowledged then:

• The goal is to satisfy safety needs (security of the individual or group)

– the protection of life and home

– the sense of keeping fit for the future

– the consideration and selection of destinations could be linked to this

Buzz Words

• Health• Recreation

• Active and Healthy for the Future

Stage Three• Individuals strive for belonging and interpersonal

needs– link again to basic instincts/needs

• Say the need for belonging (companionship, personal ties)– varying levels for individuals– may have an impact on the activity one selects – (group - volleyball lone - shooting)

• In addition to the concern for operation as an individual, couple, or group -

• May be represented as a return to one’s roots

– tourism associated with travel to the ‘home country’

Buzz Words

• Family

• Social Interaction

• Companionship

• Personal Ties

• Roots

• Ethnic

Stage Four

• Individuals strive for self esteem

– within the stage at a base level the need is to convince others (or yourself) of your importance and worth (value)

– at a higher level within the stage might be a consideration for the status of the activity

Base or Lower Level

Images

Images

Buzz Words

• Achievement

• Importance

• Prestige

• Social Recognition

• Professional

• Personal Development

• Status

Stage Five

• Individuals strive for self-actualization

• At a base level - a process of self-discovery

– getting and staying fit

– running a marathon

• At a higher level - might be reflected as a ‘sojourn with nature’

– aesthetics and knowledge

Buzz Words

• Exploration

• Self-discovery

• Satisfaction

• Cultural

• Educational

• Environment

• Wanderlust

Conclusion

• Recreation may be an end unto itself - but the state of mind is dependent on the motivations

• Recreation is a vehicle for satisfaction at different levels

• The number of levels ‘hit’ is dependent on the individual

Geographic Links• Motivation will influence what activity you may

select (say downhill skiing)

• This is of interest but for the Geographer the interest is also on the decision as to where to ski

– Do you ski for companionship, for family, for esteem, to achieve - all these will change your choice of destination

Link back to age/gender