人的行为是由一定的思想动机支配的,而思想动机又是由一定的需要引起的。需要理论研究人们的需要心理,这对于思想政治教育工作的开展有着重要的意义。本文就需要理论的主要观点、需要的多样性和层次特点对思想政治教育工作的启示和需要理论的重要指导意义三方面探讨了需要理论在思想政治教育工作中的作用。 Human behavior is governed by certain ideological motives, which are caused by certain needs. Need to study people’s psychological needs, which for the development of ideological and political education has an important significance. This paper discusses the role of need theory in ideological and political education in the following three aspects: the main point of view of the theory, the diversity and hierarchy needed, the enlightenment of the ideological and political education work and the important guiding significance of the need theory.