Abraham Maslow

April 1, 1908 (Brooklyn NY) - June 8, 1970 (Menlo Park CA)

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is 'a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.

Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist who played an important role in the Humanistic Psychology movement. He is perhaps best known for his concept of sel f -actualization and research on human motivation, which have influenced a variety of Positive Psychology researchers. In fact, he is often attributed for coining the term "Positive Psychology" in his 1959 book Toward a Psychology of Being .

Background & Education


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Theoretical Contributions
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Important Terms & Concepts

 * Self-Actualization
 * Peak Experiences
 * Magic Moments

 Important Works


 * Maslow, A. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50(4), 370-396.
 * Maslow, A. (1964). Religions, values and peak experiences. Colombus: Ohio State University Press.
 * Maslow, A. (1965). Eupsychian management; a journal. New York: Harper & Row.
 * Maslow, A. (1966). The psychology of science; A reconnaissance. New York: Harper & Row.
 * Maslow, A. (1968). Toward a psychology of being. New York: Van Nostrand.
 * Maslow, A. (1970). Motivation and personality (2d ed.). New York: Harper & Row.
 * Maslow, A. (1971). The farther reaches of human nature. New York: Viking Press.