This article was published more than 8 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. Psychologist Abraham Maslow's famed hierarchy of needs has tantalized marketing executives over the years.

What is the hierarchy of needs? Essentially, it’s a psychological model designed by 20th-century psychologist Abraham Maslow meant to depict the basis of human motivation and behavior.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the kind of “see it everywhere, can’t remember where you learned it” concept that pops up every so often in conversations about psychology, social issues and ...

Key points Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs may best explain the will of the electorate. Higher food prices and a spike in crime threatened the "basic needs" in Maslow's hierarchy.

These included aspects that Abraham Maslow, a psychologist in the 1950s, defined as “Hierarchy of Needs”. Maslow’s theory postulates that human needs operate at five levels in the form of a ...