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Huh, I just pulled my undergrad psychology notes and I don't think I've ever heard or used "Maslow's pyramid". It's always been Maslow's Hierarchy to me.

by rfrey 5y ago

blowski 5y ago
It's always drawn as a pyramid (at least a triangle) though, and often referred to as such an pop culture. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23902918 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23902918 That said, this tweet does have a huge dose of "acccchhhtually......" in it.
- klyrs 5y ago
  > It's always drawn as a pyramid (at least a triangle) A classic map vs territory confusion.
klyrs 5y ago
Wait 'til you learn that the "food pyramid" is not a literal pyramid made out of food...
- MiddleEndian 5y ago
  My day is ruined!
- goldenkey 5y ago
  You mean that Captain Crunch isn't an ancient Pharaoh?! That fucking imposter, I've been worshipping him and his corn syrup for years!!
  - labster 5y ago
    It gets worse: Count Chocula is actually a commoner.
    - goldenkey 5y ago
      I knew that ever since he partnered with Hersheys. We all know real aristocrats only use Dutch cocoa.
FastMonkey 5y ago
I also only ever heard of it as "Maslow's hierarchy of needs".
glenstein 5y ago
Am I missing something here? If we're just litigating the difference between "hierarchy" and "pyramid", I just don't think there's anything worth discussing here. I think the ordinary, uncritical reader who hears about "Maslow's hierarchy" and sees a pyramid (1) isn't necessarily committing themselves to any high-stakes claim about what Maslow originally did or didn't intend and (2) they aren't being mislead by seeing a pyramid (as opposed to anything else) to represent a hierarchical structure. I understand that mis-quotations and misattributes are a thing, and the cultural forces that lead to them, and the ripple effects they cause, merit attention. But there's a second, parallel tradition that centers on "correcting" supposed misperceptions over trivial distinctions.
- rfrey 5y ago
  The difference is that Maslow did propose a hierarchy, and the original article is about how he never proposed a pyramid. So maybe it's dumb semantics, but I didn't start the fire.
  - glenstein 5y ago
    You and I are saying the exact same thing. I guess for me, this is valuable as an example of how frivolous the exercise of modern mythbustimg can be.
teh_klev 5y ago
> It's always been Maslow's Hierarchy to me. Same here from when I was in college in the 80's.

Huh, I just pulled my undergrad psychology notes and I don't think I've ever heard or used "Maslow's pyramid". It's always been Maslow's Hierarchy to me.

by rfrey 5y ago

Huh, I just pulled my undergrad psychology notes and I don't think I've ever heard or used "Maslow's pyramid". It's always been Maslow's Hierarchy to me.

blowski 5y ago

It's always drawn as a pyramid (at least a triangle) though, and often referred to as such an pop culture. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23902918 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23902918 That said, this tweet does have a huge dose of "acccchhhtually......" in it.

klyrs 5y ago
> It's always drawn as a pyramid (at least a triangle) A classic map vs territory confusion.

klyrs 5y ago

Wait 'til you learn that the "food pyramid" is not a literal pyramid made out of food...

MiddleEndian 5y ago
My day is ruined!
goldenkey 5y ago
You mean that Captain Crunch isn't an ancient Pharaoh?! That fucking imposter, I've been worshipping him and his corn syrup for years!!
- labster 5y ago
  It gets worse: Count Chocula is actually a commoner.
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    I knew that ever since he partnered with Hersheys. We all know real aristocrats only use Dutch cocoa.

FastMonkey 5y ago

I also only ever heard of it as "Maslow's hierarchy of needs".

glenstein 5y ago

Am I missing something here? If we're just litigating the difference between "hierarchy" and "pyramid", I just don't think there's anything worth discussing here. I think the ordinary, uncritical reader who hears about "Maslow's hierarchy" and sees a pyramid (1) isn't necessarily committing themselves to any high-stakes claim about what Maslow originally did or didn't intend and (2) they aren't being mislead by seeing a pyramid (as opposed to anything else) to represent a hierarchical structure. I understand that mis-quotations and misattributes are a thing, and the cultural forces that lead to them, and the ripple effects they cause, merit attention. But there's a second, parallel tradition that centers on "correcting" supposed misperceptions over trivial distinctions.

rfrey 5y ago
The difference is that Maslow did propose a hierarchy, and the original article is about how he never proposed a pyramid. So maybe it's dumb semantics, but I didn't start the fire.
- glenstein 5y ago
  You and I are saying the exact same thing. I guess for me, this is valuable as an example of how frivolous the exercise of modern mythbustimg can be.

teh_klev 5y ago

> It's always been Maslow's Hierarchy to me. Same here from when I was in college in the 80's.