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"I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane"

URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bhmasl.html

Excerpt:

Abraham Harold Maslow was born April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the first of seven children born to his parents, who themselves were uneducated Jewish immigrants from Russia. His parents, hoping for the best for their children in the new world, pushed him hard for academic success. Not surprisingly, he became very lonely as a boy, and found his refuge in books.


He gave a very interesting theory on the heirarchy of needs. Here it is:



He proposed that the triangle is traversed bottom up and humans can only move up the rung by fulfiling each of the steps. If the physiological needs aren't fulfilled, he won't move ahead the stage of say esteem needs.

For complete details, I suggest you go through the entire article.

posted by Whiz Kid @ 11:08 PM