Precious, a film based on the book Push written by Sapphire, is an interesting film directed by Lee Daniels. Precious can be easily analyzed using basic theories of motivation and emotion in psychology. The film is about Claireece "Precious" Jones and how she becomes a strong, independent woman after overcoming the curse of physical and sexual abuse she has suffered since she was three months old. At first, Precious is physically and verbally abused by her mother. Additionally, Precious was raped by her father multiple times and became pregnant twice. After being kicked out of her school for being pregnant, Precious willingly joins the alternative school Each One Teach One in order to improve her reading and writing skills while eventually caring for her two children. After some guidance from her teacher, Ms. Blu Rain, Precious begins to feel safe and begins to love herself and others around her. Many behaviors in the film can be easily explained by biological needs, psychosocial needs, and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. There are many biological needs that a person has. These are usually things that cause species to do things to survive. Especially since Precious is pregnant, she needs to have food, water, oxygen, sleep and avoid pain. At one point in the film, when Precious' mother wouldn't give her money to buy food, Precious walks into a restaurant, orders chicken wings, and runs away without paying. Precious was very hungry and her biological need for food and water was driving her to do this. Precious has always been mentally abused by her mother, Mary. However, after giving birth to her second child, she began to defend herself against her mother to avoid pain. They're just a... middle of paper ....... Precious was finally proud of herself and her good results in school. Additionally, his friends, teacher, and social worker recognized his efforts – this was part of his external esteem needs. Finally, at the very end of the film, it can be argued that it has come true, although this stage can never be satisfied because as one grows psychologically, there are always new opportunities to continue growing . However, for the moment, she was happy and free from her mother. Precious is truly an inspiring film. This makes the viewer empathize and empathize with Precious, the main character. Even though Precious's story is not common, she is still like any other human being, when it comes to her psychology. In my opinion, Precious was a great film to analyze and connect to psychology, especially emotional and motivational psychology..