I learned about Maslow in business school, and have come across the Hierarchy many many times since then, and I e never heard the term ‘Maslow’s Pyramid’.
Is this a regional thing, or common in a specific discipline?
Is this a regional thing, or common in a specific discipline?
I conclude that the pyramid terminology isn't a strawman completely out of left field, but also isn't representative of the way most people understand Maslow's theory.
In practice always accompanying a thing with a metaphor isn't too different from naming the thing after the metaphor.