The main problem I have with it is that it is upside down. — unenlightened
You're too hungry to understand. — some dude
How accurate is the idea of a hierarchy of needs to the human condition? Is it fluff, baseless, and too folksy to be a sound theory, or is there a correlation with a hierarchy of needs to human "happiness", "eudaimonia", or otherwise? — schopenhauer1
If you don't agree with Maslow's hierarchy, is it
a) trying to make a hierarchy that is the problem
b) trying to make a list of basic and more complex needs that is a problem
c) the attempt to do either is the problem
d) the human condition is too complex for anything this basic and unscientific — schopenhauer1
Does that answer your question? — Agent Smith
They are quite important — DA671
As you move higher it gets a bit new agey for me — T Clark
Maslow's pyramid represents what I call human engineering. It uses rational methods to label and characterize human feelings and behavior. — T Clark
Shirley, you don't deny that there are higher needs for love, esteem, and self-actualization? — Bitter Crank
Harry Harlow, UW-Madison, was Maslow's PhD advisor. Harlow experimented with rhesus monkeys to show that maternal warmth (or even a crude substitute) was critical for primate development. Without it, the infant monkeys failed to thrive. Human infants have similar (but more complex, extensive) requirements. — Bitter Crank
It's "engineering" because humans are more alike than we are different. — Bitter Crank
I left this out - It's a method for use managing personnel, employees, human resources, human capital. It's for HR managers. It's not psychology. — T Clark
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs does all that? Maslow's aim was to demonstrate that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others. — Bitter Crank
In opposition to the theories of motivation, there was the view of Behaviorism, of the Pavlovion sort, that focused upon producing experiences through control of conditions rather than finding the structure of an individual's desire. — Paine
I haven't read any Maslow since I was a psych major 50 years ago. — T Clark
The trouble is that "esteem" isn't something that can be taught as part of the curriculum. On this matter, the schools are well intentioned and the conservatives are hung up.
People do not (and should not) need to be bubbling over with high self esteem all the time. — Bitter Crank
The physiological needs (food, water, oxygen, clothing, shelter, sleep) are non-negotiable demands. Yes, they can be put off (in the case of oxygen, maybe a minute or two), but not for too long. Starvation, dehydration, exposure (to either high or low temps) will kill you. Physiological satisfaction is the sine qua non for the "higher" needs.
Anyway, I just don't get why they are "negative". Fulfilling the physiological needs tends to be highly satisfying. Eating, drinking, breathing... — Bitter Crank
I suppose one could say that "self-actualization" isn't a need in the same sense as oxygen or food is a need. One may be very unhappy without self-actualization, but one won't drop dead from its absence.
"You" can live without self-actualization; "for me" it's essential. — Bitter Crank
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