Abraham Maslow
Needs pyramid theorist
Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist (1908–1970) best known for his hierarchy of needs—a model depicting human motivation as a pyramid rising from basic survival needs through safety, belonging, and esteem to self-actualization at the peak.
His work shaped humanistic psychology and influenced fields from business management to education: Maslow's hierarchy suggests we can't focus on growth until basic needs are met.
Essential requirements
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
- self-actualizationAchieving one's complete potential
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- belongingState of fitting in
safety · physiological · prepotency · levels · stages · ascending · progression · fulfillment
Study of mind, behavior
- positive psychologyStudy of human flourishing
- self-actualizationAchieving one's complete potential
- peak experiencesMoments of supreme well-being
- personal growthIntentional self-improvement over time
whole person · subjective experience · phenomenology · existential · free will · creativity · authenticity · meaning
Moments of supreme well-being
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- growthIncrease in size
becoming · authenticity · creativity · autonomy · purpose · self-transcendence · individuation · wholeness
needs
Essential requirements
- pyramidPointed polyhedral solid
- self-actualizationAchieving one's complete potential
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
belonging · safety · physiological · prepotency · levels · stages · ascending · progression · fulfillment · basic needs
psychology
Study of mind, behavior
- positive psychologyStudy of human flourishing
- self-actualizationAchieving one's complete potential
- peak experiencesMoments of supreme well-being
personal growth · whole person · subjective experience · phenomenology · existential · free will · creativity · authenticity · meaning · client-centered
peak experiences
Moments of supreme well-being
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
- potentialLatent capacity for development
growth · becoming · authenticity · creativity · autonomy · purpose · self-transcendence · individuation · wholeness · realization
- PsychologistsFreud, Jung, Piaget, Skinner, Pavlov
- humanistic psychologyself-actualization, hierarchy of needs, congruence, genuineness, human potential
- transpersonal psychologyCarl Jung, Jungian psychology, depth psychology, self-transcendence, peak experiences
- educatorseducator, teacher, teachers, professor, instructor
- self-helpself-help, self-help books, advice, self-improvement, personal development
- Thought LeadersTony Robbins, Dale Carnegie, Brene Brown, Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Branson
Abraham MaslowSigmund Freud
Thomas Hobbes · Friedrich Nietzsche · social Darwinism · Konrad Lorenz