Abraham H. Maslow


Born
in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
April 01, 1908

Died
June 08, 1970

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American psychologistAbraham Harold Maslowdeveloped the theory of a hierarchy of needs and contended that satisfying basic physiological needs afterward motivates people to attain affection, then esteem, and finally self-actualization.

The first of seven children to Russian immigrant Jewish parents, he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1930, his Magister Artium in 1931 and his Philosophiae Doctor in 1934 in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Maslow taught full time at Brooklyn college, then at Brandeis, where he was named chair of psychology in 1951. People know humanist-based Maslow, for proposing for an individual to meet to achieve ably. Maslow analyzed and found reality-centered achievers.

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Toward a Psychology of Being

4.17 avg rating — 5,860 ratings — published 1961 — 12 editions
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Motivation and Personality

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4.19 avg rating — 1,639 ratings — published 1954 — 42 editions
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Hierarchy of Needs: A Theor...

4.14 avg rating — 1,441 ratings — published 1943 — 49 editions
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The Farther Reaches of Huma...

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4.16 avg rating — 890 ratings — published 1971 — 46 editions
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Religions, Values, and Peak...

4.05 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 1964 — 39 editions
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Maslow on Management

4.08 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1965 — 25 editions
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Self-Actualization

4.16 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions
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The Psychology of Science: ...

4.19 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1966 — 12 editions
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The Maslow Business Reader

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4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
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Motivatie si Personalitate

4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings2 editions
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“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”
Abraham Maslow

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
Abraham Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being

“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”
Abraham Harold Maslow

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