"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.

Researchers at HSE University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have identified 15 key motives that drive human behaviour. By analysing people's views, preferences, and actions ...

One widely accepted definition of self-actualization comes from psychologist Abraham Maslow, who "described self-actualization as the complete realization of a person’s potential." According to ...

From Aristotle to Sigmund Freud and Abraham Maslow, countless theories and concepts for understanding personality have been proposed. Throughout history, these and other great minds sought to ...

Various approaches are used to assess these underlying motives. The most well-known theory is Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, introduced in the mid-20th century. However, most approaches ...

Kaplan’s formulation was reworded to the more familiar expression, “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail,” by psychologist Abraham Maslow. This concept, now known as ...

I went to see my financial guy about retiring and all we talked about was my mutual fund’s performance! I know that’s important, but don’t I also need to be talking to an attorney about revising my ...

A study identified 15 key evolutionary motives driving human behavior, grouped into five categories. Researchers from HSE ...

From Aristotle to Sigmund Freud and Abraham Maslow, countless theories and concepts for understanding personality have been proposed. Throughout history, these and other great minds sought to ...