[ Home | Get Access | Plagiarism | Terms ] User Name: Password: Title: Abraham Maslow Words: 807 Part I: Abraham Harold Maslow was born on April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. As a young boy Maslow became a very lonely boy and found his refuge in books because his parents enforced nothing but academic success. To satisfy his parents he first studied law at the City College of New York. After he finished college he married his first cousin Bertha Goodman. They had two daughters. They moved to Wisconsin so that he could attend the University of Wisconsin. Here, he became interested in psychology, and his schoolwork began to improve dramatically. In 1951, Maslow served as the chair of the psychology department at Brandeis for 10 years, where he met Kurt Goldstein, who introduced him to the idea of self-actualization, and began his own theoretical work. He spent his final year in ... Get the full essay and 29,000 more samples by joining PaperNerd.com You must be registered and logged in to access this essay. Click here to register, or if you are already a member you can login now.