Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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1. Biography

2. Theory

3. Theory Application to Teaching

4. Works Cited

Biography

Abraham Maslow was born on April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the first born of seven. His parents were uneducated Jewish immigrants from Russia to the United States before he was born. They came to America to get away from the harsh conditions and socio-political turmoil. His parents, hoping for their children to do better than they did, pushed for educational excellence. He grew up with almost no friends to play with because his father would make him study for long hours. When Maslow wasn’t busy studying, he was assisting his father to make end meet. He was a very lonely boy who spent a lot of his time with his nose in a book. He read works of Freud, Jung, Pavlov. He took a huge interest in psychology. To please his parents he first studied Law at the City College in New York City. After three semesters he couldn’t bare to take another Law class therefore he switched his major to psychology and transferred to Cornell, and then back to the City College. Maslow went against his parent’s wishes and got married to his own cousin, Bertha Goodman. Shortly after being married, the newly weds decided to move to Wisconsin.

In 1930, Maslow finished up his bachelors in psychology from the University of Wisconsin. Maslow had a thirst for knowledge and received his masters in 1931 and then his doctorate in 1934 both in psychology. During this time period Maslow and his wife started a family. They had two daughters, Dr. Ellen Maslow and Ann Kalpen.

In 1937 Maslow moved back to his hometown and began teaching at Brooklyn College and continued to work as a member of the school faculty until 1951. During this time, Gestalt psychol...

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Works Cited

Boeree, George C. (2006). Abraham Maslow. Personality Theroies. Retrieved on July 29, 2011 from http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.html

Chapman, Alan. (1954). Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Businessballs.com. Retrieved on July 29, 2011 from http://www.businessballs.com/maslow.htm

Cherry, Kendra. (2011). Biography of Abraham Maslow (1908-1970). About.com Psychology. Retrieved on July 28, 2011 from http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesmz/p/abraham-maslow.htm

Unknown. (2005-2009). Abraham Maslow, Psychologist. Abraham Maslow – Father of Modern Management. Retrieved on July 28, 2011 from http://www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Biography.asp

Encyclopedia Britannica. (1994-2010). Abraham (Harold) Maslow Biography (1908-1970). Retrieved on July 28, 2011 from http://www.biography.com/articles/Abraham-Harold-Maslow-9401669

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