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    Abraham Maslow developed a hierarchy of needs theory proposing that people are motivated to fulfill basic physiological needs before moving on to more advanced needs like belonging, esteem, and ultimately self-actualization or reaching one's full potential. Maslow believed self-actualized people exhibited characteristics like efficient perceptions, self-acceptance, spontaneity, and profound relationships, and identified figures like Einstein, Emerson, and Gandhi as examples.

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    Abraham Maslow developed a hierarchy of needs theory proposing that people are motivated to fulfill basic physiological needs before moving on to more advanced needs like belonging, esteem, and ultimately self-actualization or reaching one's full potential. Maslow believed self-actualized people exhibited characteristics like efficient perceptions, self-acceptance, spontaneity, and profound relationships, and identified figures like Einstein, Emerson, and Gandhi as examples.

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    Maslow’s Theory

    • Abraham Maslow is considered father of the humanistic movement. He observed the lives of
    (purportedly) healthy and creative people to develop is theory.
    • Hierarchy of needs: the motivational component of Maslow’s theory, in which our innate
    needs, which motivate our actions, are hierarchically arranged.
    • Self-actualization: the fullest realization of a person’s potential
    Graphic: Hierarchy of Needs

    Characteristics of Self-Actualized People

    • Efficient perceptions of reality


    • Comfortable acceptance of self, others, and nature
    • Spontaneity
    • Task Centering
    • Autonomy
    • Continued freshness of appreciation
    • Fellowship with humanity
    • Profound interpersonal relationships
    • Comfort with solitude
    • Non-hostile sense of humor
    • Peak experiences

    Some Self-Actualized People


    • Albert Einstein
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson
    • William James
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Albert Schweitzer
    • Mahatma Gandhi

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