For instance, if I want to explain/understand the concept of ‘jealousy’ in a particular case, I might recognize that it is the resultant of combination of needs such as: 44) The need to covet 36) The need to be angry + 24) The need to be the recipient of an expression of love admiration or affection + xx) whatever other relevant predominant needs apply to the individual situation depending on it’s unique circumstances.

Perhaps in this case, 34) The need to laugh, is not as important in contributing to this expression of jealously. Therefore, I find it more flexible and descriptive to break down the emotional needs into their most primary general terms.

For me to start to combine emotional needs in a more general category would be like deciding to just list less gases on the periodic table of elements or just getting rid of a few like ‘argon’, ‘nitrogen’ or ‘helium’ and let them just be described as ‘air’.

Peace,
SB

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34) The need to feel and express (or hide) my emotions, according to the situation.

When you say, “fundamental mechanisms underlying human behavior” that says to me, “human core needs”; human as opposed to some other organism(s) and core as opposed to additional, enhanced or luxury (IOW: that which is necessary for survival as opposed to survival plus extra-survival stimulation). From an ecological perspective, core human needs relate immediately to any given human’s ecological niche, ecological circumstances.

In light of this, many on this preliminary list seem extraneous or redundant. Before humans of diverse cultures and ecological realities/niches can agree on aany “universal” needs perhaps it’s vitally important to define the core-needs common to all humans regardless of ecological or cultural differences. If that’s the case, the list becomes necessarily smaller. From that base, one can expand outward and find flexible and negotiable “needs” that can be discussed and negotiated across cultural and ecological realities along the continuum, in order to meet the stated goal of the project.

Best of luck! A noble and needed project indeed.

http://deliberate-creation.johreiki.net/desire.vs.want.php

If given the power of the word desire versus the word need/want one can manifest creation by empowering themselves.
Instead of needing clean fresh air, one desiring to breath clean fresh air then is enable to manifest clean fresh air with increased awareness of it. The word need implies allowing some else to determine what and if your need are met by their own definition and not yours. The word desire empowers the individual, verses the word need/want causes disenfranchisement.

the real point here is that there is a need for people to gain insight into the fundamental mechanisms underlying human behavior with the hopes that such a shift in consciousness can empower people to more benevolent and self determinate ends without infringing on the needs of others. if people can gain enough perspective to see that there are some mutual goals we all share then we stand a better chance of acting out of mutual compassion for each other.

i’m not really trying to re-invent any fields of study that exist, but perhaps create a more intuitively understandable and usable framework which can widely disseminate knowledge from many fields of study along with new perspectives.

After all – ALL verbs and adjectives exist BECAUSE they describe some connection to human behavior

This seems to me an amateur attempt at reinventing the field of Sociology and Physiology – better read a book by Steven Pinker, PhD “The Blank Slate” – you will get much needed insight into human nature.