Abraham Maslow
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ABRAHAM MASLOW
KNOWN FOR HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
LIFE
- Grew up in Brooklyn, NY
- Parents pushed academic success
- Spent most of the time immersed in books
- Married his first cousin, Bertha.
- They have two daughters.
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SCHOOL
- First studied law at City College of New York
- Transferred to Cornell, then back to CCNY
- Attended University of Wisconsin
- Where he became interested in psychology
- Earned all 3 of his degrees in psychology from UW
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CAREER
- Began teaching at Brooklyn College in 1937 until 1951
- Heavily influenced by Max Wertheimer and Ruth Benedict
- Basis for his theories and research on human potential
- One of the founders of Humanistic Psychology
- Maslow was original in his thinking.
HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
WHAT IS IT?
Humanistic psychology emerged as a reaction to Psychoanalysis and Behaviorism:
Psychoanalysis was focused on understanding the unconscious motivations that drive behavior
Behaviorism studied the conditioning processes that produce behavior.
Humanist thinkers felt that they were too pessimist
Humanist thinkers felt that both psychoanalysis and behaviorism were too pessimistic, either focusing on the most tragic of emotions or failing to take into account the role of personal choice.
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Humanist thinkers felt that both psychoanalysis and behaviorism were too pessimistic, either focusing on the most tragic of emotions or failing to take into account the role of personal choice.
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He chose to study outstanding individuals and found that people have certain needs that are unchanging and genetic in origin.
These needs are the same in all cultures and are both physiological and psychological.
Maslow described these needs as being hierarchical in nature; some needs are more basic and as these needs are satisfied, other higher needs emerge
Maslow chose to collect data for his theories by studying outstanding individuals. His studies led him to believe that people have certain needs which are unchanging and genetic in origin. These needs are the same in all cultures and are both physiological and psychological. Maslow described these needs as being hierarchal in nature, meaning that some needs are more basic or more powerful than others and as these needs are satisfied, other higher needs emerge
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MASLOW BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN INBORN DESIRE
TO BE SELF ACTUALIZED, TO BE ALL THAT THEY CAN BE
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