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Maslow鈥檚 unacknowledged contributions to developmental psychology.
Faculty Author(s): Bland, Andrew M.
Student Author(s): -
Department: PSYCH
Publication: Journal of Humanistic Psychology
Year: 2020
Abstract: Few readily identify Maslow as a developmental psychologist. On the other hand, Maslow鈥檚 call for holistic/systemic, phenomenological, and dynamic/relational developmental perspectives in psychology (all being alternatives to the limitations of the dominant natural science paradigm) anticipated what emerged both as and in the subdiscipline of developmental psychology. In this article, we propose that Maslow鈥檚 dynamic systems approach to healthy human development served as a forerunner for classic and contemporary theory and research on parallel constructs in developmental psychology that provide empirical support for his ideas鈥攑articularly those affiliated with characteristics of psychological health (i.e., self-actualization) and the conditions that promote or inhibit it. We also explore Maslow鈥檚 adaptation of Goldstein鈥檚 concept of self-actualization, in which he simultaneously: (a) explicated a theory of safety versus growth that accounts for the two-steps-forward-one-step-back contiguous dynamic that realistically characterizes the ongoing processes of being-in-becoming and psychological integration in human development/maturity and (b) emphasized being-in-the-world-with-others with the intent of facilitating the development of an ideal society by promoting protective factors that illustrate Maslow鈥檚 safety, belonging, and esteem needs. Finally, we dialogue with the extant literature to clarify common misgivings about Maslow鈥檚 ideas. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
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