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Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow

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Abraham Maslow Quick Facts
Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist. He is noted for his conceptualization of a "hierarchy of human needs", and is considered the father of humanistic psychology.
Maslow saw human beings' needs arranged like a ladder. The most basic needs, at the bottom, were physical -- air, water, food, sleep. Then came safety needs -- security, stability -- followed by psychological, or social needs -- for belonging, love, acceptance. At the top of it all were the self-actualizing needs -- the need to fulfill oneself, to become all that one is capable of becoming. Maslow felt that unfulfilled needs lower on the ladder would inhibit the person from climbing to the next step. Someone dying of thirst quickly forgets their thirst when they have no oxygen, as he pointed out. People who dealt in managing the higher needs were what he called self-actualizing people. Benedict and Wertheimer were Maslow's models of self-actualization, from which he generalized that, among other characteristics, self-actualizing people tend to focus on problems outside of themselves, have a clear sense of what is true and what is phony, are spontaneous and creative, and are not bound too strictly by social conventions.
Peak experiences are profound moments of love, understanding, happiness, or rapture, when a person feels more whole, alive, self-sufficient and yet a part of the world, more aware of truth, justice, harmony, goodness, and so on. Self-actualizing people have many such peak experiences.


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 Abraham Maslow Books






1.

The Farther Reaches of Human Nature by Abraham H. Maslow (Oct 1, 1993)

Excerpt - Front Matter: "... All articles are by Abraham Maslow, unless otherwise indicated. ..." See a random page in this book.

2.

Hierarchy of Needs: A Theory of Human Motivation by Abraham H. Maslow (Jan 16, 2011)Kindle eBook


3.

Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences (Compass) by Abraham H. Maslow (Apr 1, 1994)

Other Formats: Mass Market Paperback
Excerpt - Front Matter: "... AND PEAK-EXPERIENCES Abraham H. Maslow taught at Brooklyn College ..." See a random page in this book.


5.

Toward a Psychology of Being, 3rd Edition by Abraham H. Maslow (Nov 9, 1998)

Other Formats: Paperback
Excerpt – "... Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow's theories of self-actualization and ..." Read More

6.

Maslow on Management by Deborah C. Stephens and Abraham H. Maslow (Sep 14, 1998)

Excerpt - Front Face: "... self-actualization, Dr. Abraham Maslow wasand isone of the world ..." See a random page in this book.


8.

Motivation and Personality by Abraham Harold Maslow, Robert, PH.D. Frager and James Fadiman (Jan 1987)




11.

Dynamics of Personality Organization by Abraham Maslow and www.all-about-psychology.com (Apr 3, 2011)Kindle eBook



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