现代化始于工业化。工业化带来的最大改变是:人们有了相对剩的物质财富,摆脱了对物质财富短缺的恐惧。马斯洛的需求层次理论是指向个体成长经历中的需求变化的,但在一定程度上反映了人类行为和心理活动的共同规律。其要点在于:处于不同阶段的人的需求是不一样的;人的需求是随着低一层级需求的满足,向上一层级需求提升的。如此,工业化解决物质财富短缺问题的社会心理学意义便充分表现出来: Modernization begins with industrialization. The biggest change brought about by industrialization is that people have the relative surplus of material wealth and get rid of the fear of the shortage of material wealth. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs refers to changes in the needs of individual growth experience, but to some extent reflects the common law of human behavior and psychological activity. The point is: people in different stages of demand is not the same; human demand is with a lower level of demand to meet the needs of a higher level. In this way, the social-psychological significance of industrialization in solving the shortage of material wealth is fully demonstrated: