According to Abraham Maslow's 'Hierarchy of Needs' theory, if an individual seeks feelings of belongingness, love, and acceptance from friends and family after fulfilling physiological and safety needs, which specific level of the hierarchy does this represent, and under which type of motivation does it fall?

In Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, after physiological and safety needs are satisfied, the third level comprises Love and Belongingness Needs. In Maslow's classification, the lower four levels of the hierarchy (physiological, safety, belongingness, and esteem) are known as Deficiency Needs (D-needs), the deprivation of which causes an individual to experience tension or deficiency.