Culture As A Guide To Life In Psychological Needs
Psychological needs are integrated needs of various kinds of needs. cultural elements that serve as guidelines for life are religion or beliefs, science, outlook on life, and customs.
Psychological needs include the need for:
The principle of right and wrong
Expression of togetherness (collective)
Feelings of self-confidence and existence
Ethical and aesthetic disclosure
Recreation and entertainment
Culture As A Guide To Life In Basic Needs
In the Indonesian-Van Hoeve Bandung Encyclopedia, we can get an explanation that in Germany Cicilization means that civilization was born (techniques, community organizations, etc.)
From the various opinions above it can be concluded that the relationship between culture and civilization is very close. Civilization is one of the embodiments of high-value, beautiful and harmonious culture that reflects the level of culture of the people in society, (Siti Walidah, et al, 2001:) for example manners or manners, character, language, art and so on.
Culture as a guide
In general, the function of culture is as a guide and guide to human life, so that he understands how to act, behave, behave, both individually and in groups. The purpose of life is the way humans meet their basic needs, both basic needs, social needs, and psychological needs which are guided by existing cultures. If in community life is not guided by culture, it will cause social shocks.
Manifestation of social unrest is contradictions, unfair competition, selfishness, disrupting the peace of others, and so on. To avoid things that have bad consequences, humans are guided by norms, values, institutions, and other guidelines, namely customary rules that apply in society.
Humans as individuals and as citizens have many needs and must be met to carry out his life and to live well. The needs are as follows:
basic necessities of life are distinguished on:
primary needs, namely food, clothing, housing, health;
secondary needs, namely household furniture, motorbikes, tv, newspapers, reading books, and hours.
social needs, namely the needs that arise due to human interaction in society that includes joint activities, communicating together, social order and control, and education;
psychologist's needs, namely the combination of various types of needs above, including the principles of right and wrong, ethical and aesthetic disclosure, recreation and entertainment.
Culture As A Guide To Life In Basic Needs
Various kinds of basic human needs in social life include primary and secondary needs.
As for the human problem, in fulfilling his basic needs, he cannot simply search until he gets those needs without remembering that the action is detrimental to others or not. In other words, a person or group of people in their business to meet their basic needs must use certain guidelines, which are meant in the culture in which humans live. Everyone needs food and drink, clothing and housing. To get it all, people must work.
Various kinds of human social needs have been described, including among others:
The need for joint activities
The need to communicate with others
The need for social order and social control
The need for education
The social needs mentioned above arise because of the association between people in society. Some of the social needs become a means to meet primary or secondary needs. In meeting social needs, humans must have guidelines, that is, the relevant cultural elements that apply in the society in which they carry out their activities.