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  2. Self-actualization - Wikipedia

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    Self-actualization, in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, is the highest personal aspirational human need in the hierarchy.It represents where one's potential is fully realized after more basic needs, such as for the body and the ego, have been fulfilled.

  3. Self-realization - Wikipedia

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    Self-realization is a term used in Western philosophy, psychology, and spirituality; and in Indian religions.In the Western understanding, it is the "fulfillment by oneself of the possibilities of one's character or personality" (see also self-actualization). [1]

  4. Metamotivation - Wikipedia

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    Maslow had an optimistic and humanistic view of humanity. [7] He regarded people's innate drive towards self-actualization beneficial to society as a whole. [8] In Maslow's view, once people's basic needs were met, they were free to explore their abilities and strive to further develop those innate abilities. [8]

  5. Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia

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    Self-actualization is understood as the goal or explicit motive, and the previous stages in Maslow's hierarchy fall in line to become the step-by-step process by which self-actualization is achievable; an explicit motive is the objective of a reward-based system that is used to intrinsically drive the completion of certain values or goals. [3]

  6. Actualizing tendency - Wikipedia

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    Self-actualization in person-centred personality theory is the ongoing, adaptive process of "maintaining and enhancing that portion of the phenomenal field [i.e. experiencing] which is the 'self'". [7]: 86–87 This self is continually adapting and modifying itself in response to experience in response to external and internal stimuli.

  7. Human Potential Movement - Wikipedia

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    Esalen Institute. The HPM has much in common with humanistic psychology in that Abraham Maslow's theory of self-actualization strongly influenced its development. The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, founded in 1955 by Glenn Doman and Carl Delacato, was an early precursor to and influence on the Human Potential Movement, as is exemplified in Doman's assertion that "Every ...

  8. Peak experience - Wikipedia

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    A peak experience is an altered state of consciousness characterized by euphoria, often achieved by self-actualizing individuals. [citation needed] The concept was originally developed by Abraham Maslow in 1964, [citation needed] who described peak experiences as "rare, exciting, oceanic, deeply moving, exhilarating, elevating experiences that generate an advanced form of perceiving reality ...

  9. Motivation and Personality - Wikipedia

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    Motivation and Personality [1] is a book on psychology by Abraham Maslow, first published in 1954.Maslow's work deals with the subject of the nature of human fulfillment and the significance of personal relationships, implementing a conceptualization of self-actualization. [2]