If you’ve ever taken a general psychology course, you’ve seen Maslow’s pyramid of motives—it’s one of the field’s most vivid and memorable images. Maslow proposed a hierarchy of motives, with those at ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Abraham Maslow's iconic pyramid of needs is ...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a model for understanding the motivations for human behavior. These include physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. The ...