Difference between revisions of "Human need"
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| − | From Wikipedia: ''A '''need''' | + | From Wikipedia: ''A '''need''' 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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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<ref name=honolulu> Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs</ref>
From Wikipedia: A need 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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