Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

By Andrea Cordell, I. Thompson. Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences, 2019

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a motivational theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow . It organizes human needs into five levels: physiological , safety , love and belonging , esteem , and self-actualization . Often visualized as a pyramid , this hierarchy suggests that human motivation progresses from basic survival needs to complex psychological and self-fulfillment goals

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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