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Abraham Maslow

Personality Psychology

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was an American humanistic psychologist who shifted the field's focus from pathology toward positive human potential. His hierarchy of needs framework became one of the most widely recognized in psychology, though the now-iconic pyramid diagram was not created by Maslow himself. With Rogers, he is considered a co-founder of humanistic psychology's third force, reacting against psychoanalysis and behaviorism.

Facts
Birth Date
1908-04-01 1
Birth Year
1908 1
Death Date
1970-06-08 1
Death Year
1970 1
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York, U.S. 1
Death Place
Menlo Park, California, U.S. 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
Created Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health built on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. 1
Notable Work
Motivation and Personality (1954) 1
Connections

Associated With

Humanistic Psychology, Schools and Movements
Source Humanistic psychology
Peak Experience, Psychological Phenomena

Developed the concept beginning in the mid-1940s and coined the term itself in 1956.

In Branch

Personality Psychology, Branches of Psychology

Schools Founded

Transpersonal Psychology, Schools and Movements
Source Wikipedia: Transpersonal Psychology

Theories and Concepts Developed

Hierarchy of Needs, Theories and Concepts
Source Abraham Maslow
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1. Abraham Maslow
Wikimedia Foundation
  • intro paragraph
    created Maslow's hierarchy of needs
  • infobox
    birthplace
  • Death section
    died on June 8, 1970...in Menlo Park, California
  • article header
    American psychologist (1908-1970)
  • Writings section
    Motivation and Personality (1st edition: 1954, 2nd edition: 1970, 3rd edition 1987)
Humanistic psychology
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Humanistic Psychology, opening paragraph
Quote, Associated With: Humanistic Psychology, opening paragraph
built on their work establishing a third force in psychology in the 1950s
Wikipedia: Transpersonal Psychology
Wikimedia FoundationSchools Founded: Transpersonal Psychology, Formative period section
Quote, Schools Founded: Transpersonal Psychology, Formative period section
In 1969, Maslow, Grof and Sutich were among the initiators behind the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
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