The hierarchy of needs theory of motivation stems from the perspective in psychology.

From the Humanistic perspective

Explanation:

When we consider the Humanistic perspective we are targeting some aspects such as personal desires, how the social differences influence the achievement of the attempts, the need to be safe, have a home, food, among other points. And the Theory of Needs tries to understand the personal motivation to achieve these desires, looking through a Humanistic perspective.

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).