Maslow Abraham Harold
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Maslow
(măz′lō), Abraham Harold 1908-1970. American psychologist who developed the theory of a hierarchy of needs. He contended that after satisfying basic physiological needs, people are motivated to attain affection, then esteem, and finally self-actualization.
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