Gurunera raMaslow kuturikirwa kwegwaro rakanyorwa nemurume anonzi Abraham Maslow rinonzi Maslow's Hierachy of Needs. Gwaro iri rinotaura pamusoro pezvinhu zvakakosha zvinokwashiwa nevanhu pakurarama kwavo, ichidudzira hukoshi hwezvinhu izvi zvichienderana nedanho rasvikwa nemunhu pahupenyu hwake. Saka gwaro raMaslow rinotaura pamusoro pekutanhikidwa kwezvinhu zvakakomba zvinokwashiwa nevanhu - apa kureva kuti kune matanho akasiyana ezvikombe izvi. Shoko rokuti gurunera riri kushandiswa kuturikira chinonzi hierarchy kuEnglish chinova gwaro rinodudza kutevedzana kwakaita vanhu kana zvinhu nemwero wehukuru hwavo kana hukoshi - mawuto, nzanga, masangano, hurumende zvose zvine gurunera hunodudza kuti munhu nemunhu chinzvimbo chake ndechipi, ndiyani mukuru wake uye vadiki kwaari ndevapi. Shoko rokuti gurunera riri kushandiswa pano kuturikira hierachy. Saka pano matanho ehukuru kana hukoshi hwezvinhu ari kuonekwa segurunera. Pfungwa yatevedzwa ndiyo iri pamazwi anoti: gurudadi, gururunda; gurusvusvu; gurumwandira. . Gurunera raMaslow rinobata zvinhu zvinosanganisira: Ruambamuta (Physiological) zvinhu zvinodiwa nemuviri zvinosanganisira: mweya wekufema; zvokudya; zvokunwa; imba yokugara; bonde uye kurara hope. Ndaramo (Safety) inobata nhau dzinosanganisira: rugare; rudekaro; mutemo; rugadzikano; kuchengetedzeka kwenzvimbo nevanhu. Rudo neHukama (Love and Belonging) kuva nemhuri; kuva nevanokuda; kuva nevaunoshandidzana navo.