Talk:Maslow's hierarchy of needs

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Since more than one external link uses the same text ("Maslow's hierarchy of needs"), how is a reader to choose one over another? Adding a description phrase to the link would help a reader distinguish between the external sources.

Motivational Theory

There has been a lot of argument as to the credibility or lack thereof, for this theory. However although unintended for management theories for motivation by Maslow; in practical terms if there is a manager with a small team of deflated workers, it's a little start, a 'so basic it might just help' theory that when a manager, whose head is full of figures and responsibilities that are so far away from the likes of arguments of principals and credibilities or science versus pyscho-babble, that when that manager thinks yes that might help! I'll put a drinks vendor in the office, or i'll put a security light up just by the exit where some workers stand at night waiting to be picked up, or lets have one to ones to address peoples goals, then that is when something as incorrect or not may just make that bit of a difference to peoples spirits, maybe even just for one day, but it could just add a bit of warmth to a usually cold, mundane place. That in that sense may just turn out to be more important to those people than even whether the earth go round the sun. On that day at least!

Energy Hierarchy link in the See also section.

I apologize if I'm completely missing something here, but I wonder, how is the Energy Hierarchy article link relevant in the "See also" section of an article about Maslow's theory of hierarchy of needs?

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Under "Criticism", adding the full name of the researchers as mentioned in their research: Mahmoud A. Wahba, Lawrence G. Bridwell Brightskymoon (talk) 04:19, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why? It's usually sufficient to refer to researchers by their last name. Stickee (talk) 01:26, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pyramid is a later interpretation

This claim is made in the primary section, with a [citation needed] attached. Here is a source that could be attached there. -- 121.7.103.204 (talk) 11:00, 24 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

1970 Revision?

Maslow revised his earlier model to 7 levels in 1970. I didn't see even a reference to this anywhere on the page and the page instead claims that his 1954 edition is the most complete. This seems to be a strange and significant omission. --50.68.134.51 (talk) 23:17, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]