Toward a Psychology of Being

by Abraham H. Maslow

Overview

The work of Abraham Maslow occupies a central position in popular psychology, and is the foundation upon which humanistic management models were first developed. This third edition of the landmark book first published in 1962 describes Dr. Maslow's theories of self-actualization and the hierarchy of needs. Maslow holds that once basic needs such as food and shelter are met, people are capable of growing and reaching unprecedented levels of achievement and satisfaction. Featuring a new introduction and extensive new commentary throughout, this book enhances its subject's accessibility, and provides a much broader context in which to place Maslow's highly-influential thinking.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627932745
Publisher:	Start Publishing LLC
Publication date:	07/18/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	269 KB

About the Author

ABRAHAM H. MASLOW, PhD (1908–70), was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the City College of New York and the University of Wisconsin. Before assuming his post as Chairman of the Department of Psychology at Brandeis University in 1951, he taught for fourteen years at Brooklyn College. Dr. Maslow also served as President of the American Psychological Association from 1967–68.

An energetic and articulate scholar, Professor Maslow was the author of more than twenty books, including Eupsychian Management; Psychology of Science; Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences; Motivation and Personality; and Principles of Abnormal Psychology (with B. Mittelmann). He also edited New Knowledge in Human Values and wrote nearly one hundred articles. His teachings continue to be a staple for psychologists and psychology students.

Table of Contents

A LARGER JURISDICTION FOR PSYCHOLOGY
Introduction: Toward a Psychology of Health
What Psychology Can Learn from the Existentialists

GROWTH AND MOTIVATION
Deficiency Motivation and Growth Motivation
Defense and Growth
The Need to Know and the Fear of Knowing

GROWTH AND COGNITION
Cognition of Being in the Peak-Experiences
Peak-Experiences as Acute Identity-Experiences
Some Dangers of Being-Cognition
Resistance to Being Rubricized

CREATIVENESS
Creativity in Self-Actualizing People

VALUES
Psychological Data and Human Values
Values, Growth, and Health
Health as Transcendence of Environment

FUTURE TASKS
Some Basic Propositions of a Growth and Self-Actualization Psychology

Appendices
Bibliography
Additional Bibliography
Index