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"I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane," remarked Abraham Maslow, one of the founders of humanistic psychology. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, the eldest of seven children. He ...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the kind of “see it everywhere, can’t remember where you learned it” concept that pops up every so often in conversations about psychology, social issues and ...

In his Hierarchy of Human Needs, Abraham Maslow gives us a roadmap for moving people out of homelessness: Physiological needs ...

This year marks the centenary of the great American psychologist Abraham Maslow. From where I sit—occupying the same office he did as chair of the Brandeis University psychology department until ...

In this 50th anniversary year of Maslow’s death, the time seems right to highlight an important but little-known area of his concern: namely, romantic love. Though famous for his influential ideas on ...

When Abraham Maslow first shared his pioneering vision of a "comprehensive human psychology" in early 1968, he stood at the pinnacle of his international acclaim and influence. His election as ...