Maslow was an american psychiatrist and psychologist who did a lot of contributions in the area of psychology. Maslow was one of the founder of the Humanistic Psychology, which was the third force in the american psychology. He said that humans have an innate tendency to develop all their potentialities and abilities, which he called self-actualization. He thought that a human is integrated, therefore if something affect one system of him all systems are going to be affected. Maslow based his theory in the needs of each individual. He made a hierarchy of needs that everyone have to satisfy to the personal development. The humanistic therapy have the objective that each person reach the self-actualization and be an integrated person.
I found out about him in the school when my teacher of philosophy teach us about psychology and I heard about him again in the second semester of my career.
I describe his theory and his contributions with a general focus and few words, I expect that you understand me.
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