Gemma Speck
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 13 Jun
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But with that in mind, let's move on to the final myth of Maslow's so-called hierarchy.
And that is that it is universally applicable.
Or even further, that it has strong empirical evidence that makes it a reliable and valid framework.
The truth is, Maslow's hierarchy is not that scientifically supported.
Even if it is really, really popular.
And I wanted to include this at the very end after talking about where he got the theory from, because it shows that his methods of coming up with stealing, getting inspired by whatever you want to call it, were not scientific, even if they produce something that a lot of us relate to.
It was entirely derived from his own personal observations and personal anecdotes and the knowledge of a specific people.
And he never tested it, not once in a proper scientific setting.
All of his ideas that, you know, we have these five needs and five needs only, now six, that we need to complete them all in order to fulfill others, that self-actualization and self-transcendence is accessible to everybody.
and that people even get a sense or a feeling from it that it's even impactful, not examined, not really investigated.
Since his death, researchers have found little to no evidence for the validity of the five-need hierarchy.
One of the most frequently cited reviews came from Bridgewall and Waba in 1976, which
They reviewed studies based on his theory and stated the literature review shows that Maslow's need hierarchy theory of human motivation has received little clear or consistent support from the available research findings.
Some of Maslow's propositions are totally rejected, whilst others receive mixed and questionable support at best.
which is a crazy statement for a theory that has been taught in schools and psychology labs and classrooms and offices for decades at this point.
But there you go.
It may not even be true.
Now, in his defense, Maslow never promoted his theory to be a final truth on human flourishing.
He was honestly just writing, speculating.
He was interested in this and something stuck.
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