hierarchy of needs
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The hierarchy of needs is a psychological theory that organizes human motivations into a tiered structure, ranging from basic physiological requirements to higher-level needs like esteem and self-actualization.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maslow's hierarchy of needs | 4 |
| hierarchy of needs canonical | 1 |
| hierarchy of needs theory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T849404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: hierarchy of needs Context triple: [Abraham Maslow, knownFor, hierarchy of needs]
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Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist best known for developing the hierarchy of needs theory, which emphasizes human motivation and self-actualization.
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humanistic psychology
Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that emphasizes individual free will, personal meaning, and self-actualization, focusing on human potential and subjective experience rather than pathology.
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The Direction of Human Development
"The Direction of Human Development" is a work by anthropologist Ashley Montagu that explores the biological, social, and cultural factors shaping human growth and evolution.
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Gross National Happiness
Gross National Happiness is Bhutan’s holistic development philosophy that prioritizes collective well-being, cultural values, and environmental sustainability over purely economic growth.
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Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: hierarchy of needs Target entity description: The hierarchy of needs is a psychological theory that organizes human motivations into a tiered structure, ranging from basic physiological requirements to higher-level needs like esteem and self-actualization.
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A.
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist best known for developing the hierarchy of needs theory, which emphasizes human motivation and self-actualization.
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B.
humanistic psychology
Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that emphasizes individual free will, personal meaning, and self-actualization, focusing on human potential and subjective experience rather than pathology.
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C.
The Direction of Human Development
"The Direction of Human Development" is a work by anthropologist Ashley Montagu that explores the biological, social, and cultural factors shaping human growth and evolution.
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D.
Gross National Happiness
Gross National Happiness is Bhutan’s holistic development philosophy that prioritizes collective well-being, cultural values, and environmental sustainability over purely economic growth.
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E.
Mind
Mind is a leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal, especially known for influential work in analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human needs model
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motivation theory ⓘ psychological theory ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
hierarchy of needs
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surface form:
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
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| appliesTo | individual humans ⓘ |
| assumption | lower-level needs must be relatively satisfied before higher-level needs become salient ⓘ |
| category |
theories of motivation
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theories of personality ⓘ |
| creator | Abraham Maslow ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
Western cultural bias
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lack of strong empirical support ⓘ overly rigid hierarchy ⓘ |
| describedInWork | A Theory of Human Motivation ⓘ |
| field |
humanistic psychology
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motivational psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
human development
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human motivation ⓘ |
| goal | explain progression of human needs ⓘ |
| hasLevel |
esteem needs
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love and belonging needs ⓘ physiological needs ⓘ safety needs ⓘ self-actualization needs ⓘ self-transcendence needs ⓘ |
| highestLevel | self-actualization needs ⓘ |
| influenced |
counseling practice
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education theory ⓘ management theory ⓘ organizational behavior ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
clinical observation
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humanistic philosophy ⓘ |
| lowestLevel | physiological needs ⓘ |
| methodologicalBasis | qualitative observation ⓘ |
| oftenExtendedHighestLevel | self-transcendence needs ⓘ |
| proposedIn | 1943 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
deficiency needs
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growth needs ⓘ human potential ⓘ self-actualization ⓘ |
| statusInField | influential but contested model ⓘ |
| structure | hierarchical ⓘ |
| typicalRepresentation | pyramid ⓘ |
| usedIn |
marketing
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product design ⓘ social policy discussions ⓘ workplace motivation models ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: hierarchy of needs Description of subject: The hierarchy of needs is a psychological theory that organizes human motivations into a tiered structure, ranging from basic physiological requirements to higher-level needs like esteem and self-actualization.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
this entity surface form:
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
this entity surface form:
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
this entity surface form:
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
this entity surface form:
hierarchy of needs theory