Abraham Maslow
Humanistic Psychology and the Hierarchy of Needs
Biography
Born on April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, NY.
IQ measured 195.
1928 - went to the University of Wisconsin to study psychology.
Doctoral work supervised by Harry Harlow in the primate laboratory.
His dissertation was an observational study of sexual behavior in monkeys.
1930-1935 remained at the University of Wisconsin as assistant instructor and teaching fellow.
1935-1937 went to Columbia University as a Carnegie fellow
At Columbia, interviewed female students about their sex lives, extending his earlier observations of monkeys.
1937-1951 associate professor at Brooklyn College where he met Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Kurt Goldstein.
1951-1969 professor and chair of the psychology department at Brandeis University.
1970 died of a heart attack.
Hierarchy of Needs
Definition: ordered progression of motives, from the basic physical needs upwards to motives of the most developed human beings.......
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