Psychology

» redback - happy birthday

Yep...I have some time for ol' Abe's theory of self actualisation. Freud and others came up with the alternative, more negative explanations for why we tarry or are trapped along the way.

From his bio:

"..It is a curiosity that Maslow, the "father" of American humanism, began his career as a behaviorist with a strong physiological bent. He did indeed believe in science, and often grounded his ideas in biology. He only meant to broaden psychology to include the best in us, as well as the pathological!"

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.h...

He was still alive when I started studying his theory and I note his birthday is on April Fools Day according to his bio.

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» pink101 - happy birthday

In response to happy birthday posted by redback:
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I think my life has been heavily influenced by Maslow's work.
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Too bad we don't give more credance to such thinking as we raise our families.
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» Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen - why don't we?

In response to happy birthday posted by pink101:

I wonder why we don't give more credance to self-actualization stuff when we parent our kids? I don't have kids yet, and I know my mom didn't teach me about reaching my potential. We were too busy surviving the day-to-day to strive for more!

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» pink101 - why don't we?

In response to why don't we? posted by LauriePK:
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Yup, and today we're too busy accumulating material wealth to pay much attention to self actualization.
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» redback - why don't we?

In response to why don't we? posted by pink101:

Way back in my youth, I did a comparative analysis or is that contrasting...between Maslow and Freud..as one fond assignment of countless. Abnormal Psych gave me the most interesting collection of text books for bus/train trips. I enjoyed the weird looks I got. Back then, they were vocationally-focused Colleges of Advanced Education which have now been subsumed by the traditional university. And tertiary education was FREE. And my membership of the Uni Co-Op Bookshop remains current!

And my assignments et al were in handwriting. I don't think computers had been invented then, Laurie. ABC

I think my uni/CAE days WERE an intro to my self actualisation process (BA Life Management) but you did note Maslow allows us to "regress" ie I still needed to ensure the rent was paid eg during a period of unemployment.

I made several deliberate decisions to knock back much higher paying jobs. I lived off accrued annual leave for 2 years following retirement. I have this profound hope (ie no empirical evidence) that others of 'us' exist ie a different group to the 'we' who are pre-occupied with material wealth.

What part of the heirachy of needs brings us here?

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» Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen - why don't we?

In response to why don't we? posted by redback:

We're here (in these discussions) for love/belonging.
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My first few university papers were hand-written, then typed (and retyped and retyped) on a typewriter....those poor professors, back in the day! Can you imagine reading hand-written essays? Well, actually, come to think of it, I DID read hand-written stuff because I taught grade 8 in Africa. One or 2 kids didn't have computers.....but even there the far majority had them.
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No matter if you call it self-actualizing or employing the Law of Attraction, the bottom line is the same: be who you were meant to be!
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Those it's so sad that not everybody seems to get the same chances.

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» redback - why don't we?

In response to why don't we? posted by LauriePK:

"We're here (in these discussions) for love/belonging."

There's that "we" again! ABC I went to the Ebenezer Scrooge School of Christmas Entertaining so maybe I AM looking for love in all the wrong places.

Reminiscing brings out all the "you think you had it tough" testimonies. I suspect Pink will easily outdo me. But in my day, we had typing pools to do our clerical work where one misspelt word or rethink meant the whole lot re-done. Punched cards were 'read' by machines to produce cheques. I finished uni in the 70s. From then, it's been countless intensive "short courses" primarily disability-based where missing a day puts one too far behind the 8-ball. My first pay was equiv to $AUD28 pf.

POOR?! Well...I was so poor I was a 3rd world country! ABC

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» pink101 - why don't we?

In response to why don't we? posted by redback:
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:)
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» redback - why don't we?

In response to why don't we? posted by pink101:

"...and blip! I pressed the "back" key and just like that it was GONE. Erased forever..."

Congrats on your 100th article as FW, Laurie. Your comment quoted above reminds of another feature I'm sure suite101 have 'tampered' with. Of course, it doesn't seem to affect your potential to realise your full potential. And I read somewhere you're hanging out for your approaching summer as summer disappears off our radar.

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