# Abraham Maslow Abraham Harold Maslow (1908-1970) was an American psychologist who founded humanistic psychology and created the famous hierarchy of needs theory. Beyond the well-known hierarchy, Maslow made significant contributions to psychology by shifting focus from mental illness to human potential and positive qualities. He pioneered concepts like "peak experiences" and "self-actualization," and founded transpersonal psychology to explore spiritual and mystical human experiences. His work laid the groundwork for positive psychology, emphasizing the study of mentally healthy individuals to understand human potential. As he famously stated, "It is as if Freud supplied us the sick half of psychology and we must now fill it out with the healthy half." Created [[Maslow's Hierarchy of needs]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Abraham Maslow]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Abraham Maslow]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Abraham Maslow]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->