What are the fundamental forces that drive human behavior? A group of evolutionary thinkers offer an answer by revising one of psychology’s most familiar images.<\/p>\n
\n\tAbraham Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs<\/a> is one of the iconic images of
\n\tpsychology. The simple diagram, first introduced in the 1940s, spells
\n\tout the underlying motivations that drive our day-to-day behavior and
\n\tpoints the way to a more meaningful life. It is elegant, approachable
\n\tand uplifting.<\/p>\n\n\tBut is it also out of date?\n\t<\/p>\n
\n\tThat\u2019s the argument of a team of evolutionary psychologists led by Douglas Kenrick<\/a> of Arizona State University. In the
\n\tlatest issue of the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science<\/em>,
\n\tthey propose a revised pyramid, one informed by recent research
\n\tdefining our deep biological drives<\/a>.\n\t<\/p>\n\n\tTheir new formulation is intellectually stimulating, but emotionally
\n\tdeflating. “Self-actualization,” the noble-sounding top layer of
\n\tMaslow’s hierarchy, in their model has not only been dethroned, it has
\n\tbeen relegated to footnote status. It has been replaced at the top with a
\n\tmore mundane motivation Maslow didn’t even mention: “Parenting.”\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nLink<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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