Motivation and Personality

Interesting Facts

• Abraham Maslow introduced the concept of the «hierarchy of needs», with self-actualization at the top.
• Maslow asserts that people are driven by needs that can be divided into five levels: physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization.
• Maslow believed that self-actualized individuals possess qualities such as creativity, independence, and the ability to form deep interpersonal relationships.
• One of the key ideas of the book is that unmet lower-level needs hinder the achievement of higher-level needs.
• Maslow emphasizes the importance of studying healthy, successful people to understand human potential, rather than only studying psychopathology.