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ABSTRACT. This article analyzes Abraham Maslow’s original writing of Self-Actualizing People: A Study of Psychological Health. The review of literature in this article reveals that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs have had profound effects in the area of psychology.
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Oct 21, 2020 · His theory of human motivation led to a therapeutic technique known as self-actualization. His influential works include Motivation and Personality ( 1954) and Toward a Psychology of Being ( 1962 ). A theory of human behavior proposed by Abraham H. Maslow which contends that that people are motivated by five innate needs, and that, as humans ...
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Maslow, Abraham "Self-esteem (Dominance-feeling) and Sexuality in Women" Journal of Social Psychology #16(1932) p.259-294 Maslow, Abraham "Food Preferences of Primates" Journal of Comparative Psychology #16 (1933) p.187-197 Maslow, Abraham & Elizabeth Groshong "Influence of Differential Motivation on Delayed
- Abraham Maslow’s Life
- Maslow’s Contributions to Humanistic Psychology
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Abraham Maslow and Positive Psychology
- A Take-Home Message
Abraham Maslow was born in New York in 1908. He was the son of poor Russian-Jewish parents, who, like many others at the time, immigrated from Eastern Europe to flee persecution and secure a better future for their family (Hoffman, 2008). Throughout various interviews, Maslow described himself as neurotic, shy, lonely, and self-reflective throughou...
Soon after Maslow began his career, he grew frustrated with the two dominant forces of psychology at the time, Freudian psychoanalysis and behavioral psychology (Koznjak, 2017). Maslow believed that psychoanalysis focused too much on “the sick half of psychology” (Koznjak, 2017, p. 261). Likewise, he believed that behaviorism did not focus enough o...
In 1943, Maslow published the epoch-making article of his career, A Theory of Human Motivation, which appeared in the journal, Motivation and Personality(DeCarvalho, 1991). In the paper, Maslow argued that “the fundamental desires of human beings are similar despite the multitude of conscious desires” (Zalenski & Raspa, 2006, p. 1121). According to...
So what does Abraham Maslow have to do with positive psychology? According to humanistic psychologist Nelson Goud, “the recent Positive Psychology movement focuses on themes addressed by Maslow over 50 years ago.” Goud also believed “that Maslow would encourage the scholarly approach [positive psychology] uses for studying topics such as happiness,...
If we are to sum up Maslow’s impact on the field of psychology, we might credit him for encouraging a generation of psychologists to think more holistically about their approach to studying the human condition. For the psychologists of the time, pathologizing and theories from behaviorist research with animalswere some of the only tools available t...
Abstract. Abraham Maslow popularized the concept of self-actualization as a process an individual undergoes through life. He believed that most mentally healthy individuals follow a path called growth motivation that allowed them to self-actualize and realize their true potential as they grow older and mature.
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May 23, 2024 · Maslow believed that truly healthy people were self-actualizers because they satisfied the highest psychological needs, fully integrating the components of their personality, or self. His papers, published posthumously, were issued in 1971 as The Farther Reaches of Human Nature .
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4 Citations. Download reference work entry PDF. Synonyms. Hierarchy of needs; Humanism; Humanistic psychology. Definition. Two definitions are central to this entry: humanism and learning. Humanism focuses on human beings being free to act and control their own destinies. It centers on human values, interests, capacities, needs, worth, and dignity.
