Born April 1, 1908 Abraham Maslow was the son of uneducated Jewish immigrants. Being uneducated themselves, his parents pushed him hard to have success in academics (Boeree). This was hard on a young boy and he became very lonely. Choosing books as his refuge he became interested in higher education. He began this education at the City College of New York studying law (Boeree). After three semesters at CCNY he transferred to Cornell and then eventually back to the City College of New York (Boeree). All of his young life he had done things to please his parents. Soon he would defy them and marry his first cousin Bertha Goodman. Soon after being married he and Bertha moved to Wisconsin where he would start his studies in psychology.
After moving to Wisconsin, he became interested in psychology and would be affected by many great individuals in this field. The first of which was Harry Harlow; Harlow was known for his work with rhesus monkeys studying maternal deprivation (The......
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