SkillsUSA Basic Health Care Practice Test

Self-actualization is about realizing your full potential and growing toward who you could become. In Maslow’s framework, it sits at the top of a hierarchy that starts with basic physical needs and climbs through safety, belonging, and esteem. While safety needs are about security, belongingness covers relationships, and physiological needs cover basic survival, self-actualization focuses on personal growth, using talents, creativity, and pursuing meaningful goals. So the idea of achieving full potential best captures what self-actualization means.