Jennifer Ahart Hierarchies (or circles) of human needs – according to Maslow there are 2 hierarchies: being, and deficits. Dr. Robinson contends that three other categories should be added: “transpersonal” at the top, and two below deficits being “earlier animal” and “ecosystem/gaia”. Maslow diagramed it as a pyramid with being above deficits, while Robinson has created a circle of the 5 points.