Question

Jacob recently returned from a tour of duty in iraq, where he served with the u.s. army's 1st infantry division. sitting at the kitchen table in his parents' home, he listens to his mom spend several hours making plans for a caribbean cruise with her new group of friends. he hears about his sister's recent promotion at work, and about his dad winning the "innovator of the year" award at his company. he reflects back on the lives of the people he has just left, their nightly fears of mortar attacks, their need to boil the drinking water on a daily basis, and the children that flocked around him begging for something to eat. as he concentrates on his business management text, he finds himself analyzing his present and past environment in terms of maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. he concludes that:

Answer 1

Jacob concludes that each individual has a different need and that this reflective of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In that, need is a stratum for instance it starts with the most basic physiologic needs. Moreover, assessing his current environment, this would suggest that his family has reached another level of need which are social/belongingness, self-esteem, and self-actualization needs. In contrast to that of his previous experience with his past environment which craved not highly on social needs, esteem nor actualization but mostly on acquiring shelter, food and water.

Answer 2

I would say that he concludes that the people of Iraq are preoccupied with the basic necessities of life like food, shelter and clothing while  his relatives at home don't have to worry about these and can pursue the higher levels of Maslow's categories which are the fulfilment of the needs for higher learning, pursuit of leisure activities etc.