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Fun fact: the Maslow pyramid is surrounded by a bunch of myths, such as the fact that it most likely wasn’t even created by Maslow. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/who-cre...

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Maslow came up with the idea for a pyramid. The visualization for the pyramid was created by someone working in advertising, iirc.

Maslow came up with the general idea, which was different than the pyramid we know today. He never came up with the idea for a pyramid.

Funnily enough I’ve really only heard it referred to as “Maslow’s hierarchy” and not a pyramid specifically until this thread. Which appears to be proper accreditation.

In Norway I have often heard it referred to as “Maslows behovspyramide”, which translates to “Maslow's Pyramid of Needs.”

Indeed, even one of the greatest encyclopaedias in Norway mentions “Maslows behovspyramide” in their article about Maslow. https://snl.no/Abraham_Maslow (article is in Norwegian.)

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