"I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane," remarked Abraham Maslow, one of the founders of humanistic psychology. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, the eldest of seven children.

"I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane," remarked Abraham Maslow, one of the founders of humanistic psychology. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, the eldest of seven children.

What Self-Actualization Looks Like and How to Achieve It Self-actualization is the realization of a person's full potential.

It's helpful to invoke Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs here, the familiar pyramid with basic survival needs at the bottom and self-actualization at the top (with safety and security ...

The idea of a hierarchy of needs—first published by the psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1943 and subsequently modified in various ways by Maslow and others—has long been pervasive in the world ...