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Motivation and Personality

eng. Motivation and Personality · 1954
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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.
Motivation and Personality
Date of publication: 27 September 2024
———Original titleeng. Motivation and Personality · 1954
Genre: Psychology