What describes the order in Maslow's hierarchy where lower level needs are fulfilled before higher level needs?

• A. Future Orientation
• B. Hierarchy of Needs
• C. Power Distance
• D. Ascribed Group Membership

Answer: (B)

Maslow's idea is that people move through a ladder of needs, starting with the basics and only addressing higher-level desires after the lower ones are satisfied. The bottom rungs are physiological and safety needs, then come love/belonging, esteem, and finally self-actualization at the top. This ordering—lower needs being satisfied before higher ones—is what the term describes: a hierarchy that guides how motivation shifts as each level is fulfilled. The other terms don’t capture this progression: Future Orientation is about planning, Power Distance concerns cultural attitudes toward inequality, and Ascribed Group Membership relates to social identities, not the sequence of needs.