1. Abraham
Maslow
By Melissa Zamarin

2. Maslow’s Youth…
› Born on April 1 1908 in
Brooklyn, NY
› 1st of 7 children in his
family
› Parents were Russian-
Jewish Immigrants
Maslow LOVED
learning even at
a young age!

3. Education…
› Studied at University of Wisconsin
› Colombia University
› Brooklyn College
› Experience in behaviorism
› Taught for 14 years at Brooklyn College
› Became Brandeis Universities 1st Chairman
of the Psychology Department
› 1962 found the Association for Humanistic
Psychology

4. Maslow’s Initial Motivation
Maslow
Thorndike Benedict
Wertheimer Harlow

5. Historical Context
› World War II:
› Maslow shifted his studies from trying to
find the qualities of people he admired
to understand psychologically the
causes of hatred, prejudice, and war

6. Theories…

7. Hierarchy Of Needs…

8. Love/Belonging: Friendship
Safety Needs: Security, non-violence
Physiological Needs: food, oxygen

9. How do we…
› Apply these theories
into the classroom?
???

10. Refrences
› Maslow, A. ‘Motivation and Personality.’
1970.
› Maslow, A. ‘Toward a Psychology of
Being.’ 1968