Difference between revisions of "Human need"
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
[[Image:Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.svg|thumb|right|450px|An interpretation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom<ref name=honolulu> | [[Image:Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.svg|thumb|right|450px|An interpretation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom<ref name=honolulu> | ||
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| + | From Wikipedia: ''A '''need<ref name=wikipedia_need>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need Wikipedia entry on Need]</ref>''' is something that is necessary for organisms to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants because a deficiency would cause a clear negative outcome, such as dysfunction or death. Needs can be objective and physical, such as food, or they can be subjective and psychological, such as the need for self-esteem. On a social level, needs are sometimes controversial. Understanding needs and wants is an issue in the fields of politics, social science, and philosophy. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:29, 20 October 2012
[edit] Overview
File:Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.svg
An interpretation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom[1]
From Wikipedia: A need[2] is something that is necessary for organisms to live a healthy life. Needs are distinguished from wants because a deficiency would cause a clear negative outcome, such as dysfunction or death. Needs can be objective and physical, such as food, or they can be subjective and psychological, such as the need for self-esteem. On a social level, needs are sometimes controversial. Understanding needs and wants is an issue in the fields of politics, social science, and philosophy.
