Mark Schaller

Mark Schaller

Mark Schaller is a psychologist and fourth author of the 2010 Perspectives on Psychological Science paper Renovating the Pyramid of Needs.

Who they are

The work of Mark Schaller reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

Key papers

Kenrick, D. T., Griskevicius, V., Neuberg, S. L., & Schaller, M. (2010). Renovating the pyramid of needs: Contemporary extensions built upon ancient foundations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(3), 292-314. What it reports: Revisits the 1943 pyramid of needs and argues that its basic structure is worth keeping, with extensions that link motives to the threats and opportunities of a situation and ground the hierarchy in modern evolutionary theory.

Key ideas

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: A five-level ordering of human motives, from physiological needs through safety, belonging and esteem to self-actualisation.

Sources

  1. Kenrick, D. T., Griskevicius, V., Neuberg, S. L., & Schaller, M. (2010). Renovating the pyramid of needs: Contemporary extensions built upon ancient foundations. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5(3), 292-314.