Abraham H. Maslow

Toward a Psychology of Being (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In this compelling book, Professor Maslow uses studies of psychologically healthy people and of the healthiest experiences and moments in the lives of average people to demonstrate that human beings can be loving, noble and creative, that they are capable of pursuing the highest values and aspirations. A classic text in the field of humanistic psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781627932745
• Artikelnr.: 49160162

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.