Maslow

Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow was in born April 1, 1908. He was an American humanistic psychologist who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Maslow was the oldest of seven children. In the 20th century his parents fled Russia to avoid Czarist persecution. Maslow's parents decided to live in New York City because of its many multiethnic neighborhoods. . His parents were poor and uneducated, but they placed a high value in educating their children. Abraham Maslow’s transition was a difficult one. He experienced anti-Semitism from his teachers and from other children around the neighborhood. Maslow and other youngsters at the time with his similar background were struggling to overcome such acts of racism. The tension outside of his home was also felt within it, he rarely got along with his mother, and eventually developed a strong revulsion to her. He is quoted as saying, "What I had reacted to was not only her physical appearance, but also her values and world view, her stinginess, her total selfishness, her lack of love for anyone else in the world – even her own husband and children – her narcissism, her Negro prejudice, her exploitation of everyone, her assumption that anyone was wrong who disagreed with her, her lack of friends, her sloppiness and dirtiness..." (Daniels) Growing up, he did not have very many friends and as a result he often visited the library and fell in love with reading books. He attended Boys High School in Brooklyn where he served as the officer to many academic clubs, and became editor of the Latin Magazine. He also edited Principia, the school's Physics paper, for a year.
As a young boy, Maslow believed physical strength to be the single most defining characteristic of a true male; so he started exercising and took up weight lifting in hopes of being transformed into a more muscular, tough-looking guy, however, he was unable to achieve this due to his humble-looking and frail figure as well as his studiousness. Maslow hoped...