A review of the hierarchy of needs, its importance, weaknesses, and explanation of its levels.
Maslow (1943) initially stated that individuals must satisfy lower level deficit needs before progressing on to meet higher level growth needs. The American psychologist further crafted a five-tier Pyramid model of human needs starting with physiological needs at the bottom, followed by safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization at the top. He classified the first four into (deficiency needs), and the top level needs as ( growth needs). Individuals must satisfy the deficiency needs consecutively from the lower lever before attending to needs at the top. Let's read the article to learn more about Maslow's hierarchy and how the different classes of needs react to motivation.