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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Maslow was a child of Jewish Russian immigrants to the United States. He studied at the University of Wisconsin, where he received his B.A. (1930), his M.A. (1931), and his Ph.D. (1934) in psychology.

1 Terminology

Maslow invented a number of neologisms and a familiarity with these terms is needed in order to read related works.

1.1 Aggridant

One example of Maslow's neologisms is Aggridant, a term he coined to refer to the biologically superior and dominant person.

1.2 Eupsychia

Eupsychia (and Eupsychian) is another example, and means the Good Society. This term was originally used in: Eupsychia--The Good Society, Journ. Humanistic Psychol. 1961,1,1-11.

Eupsychia is "the culture that would be generated by 1,000 self-actualizing (for the meaning of self-actualizing see Maslow's hierarchy of needs) people on some sheltered island where they would not be interfered with."

The word itself derives from the greek roots eu meaning good and psyche meaning soul. The result is the society of good people or society of good souls.

Other words to describe the concept are psychogogic or growth-promoting.

This coined word also demonstrates the B-value of uniqueness (try it on Google). That is to say, Maslowian words such as eupsychian or aggridant stand out because of their uniqueness, and thereby have more value.

2 Biography

The Right to be Human by Edward Hoffman

3 Bibliography

• Comprehensive bibliography
• A Theory of Human Motivation ( 1943, originally published in Psychological Review, 50, 370-396. Available online.)
• Motivation and Personality (first edition: 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati, second edition: 1970)
• Eupsychian Management ( 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N)
• Toward a Psychology of Being ( 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the)
• The Further Reaches of Human Nature ( 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua)