Conceptual Foundations of Self-Actualization
A Contribution to Motivation Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9020547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Willard B Frick (American Pharmacists Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 33-52 |
| Publication date | 1982-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002216788202200404 |
| OpenAlex | W1852805216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 15 |
Humanistic biologists, psychologists, and organismic theorists have made a persuasive case for the presence of an innate growth force within the personality for achieving self-actualization (S-A). Among the S-A theorists, however, little attention has been given to the way in which this organic force is mobilized to achieve direction and expression. A notable exception to this omission is found in the motivation theory of Abraham Maslow. He theorized that progressive gratification through his need hierarchy would lead individuals automatically to explore their higher needs for S-A. Later Maslow came to realize that this was not true; many did not move toward S-A even after all other needs in the hierarchy had been gratified. This discovery necessitates a rethinking of his theory. A crucial element in this theory is that S-A, the highest need in the hierarchy, is the weakest biologically. This characteristic, in addition to the many examples of experience, is essential in achieving our highest possibilities. Such concepts are liberating for they help free us from ego-centered developments and thereby add a significant dimension to our conceptual model for personal growth
Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Gratification · Hierarchy · Humanism · Id, ego and super-ego · Maslow's hierarchy of needs · Need theory · Personality · Political science · Self-Actualization · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Maslow’s Unacknowledged Contributions to Developmental Psychology
A Developmental Framework for Self-Actualization
The Symbolic Growth Experience
Who's Minding the Store
Myth, Metaphor, Memory
Adler and Maslow in Collaboration
Remembering Maslow
Maslow's Theory of Motivation
The Myth of Self-Actualization
The "Real Self" Controversy
Maslow's Study of Self-Actualization
The Symbolic Growth Experience
Money, Marriage, and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Re-visioning psychology
Foundations for a science of personality
Theories of personality.
Ego psychology and the problem of adaptation.
Self-Consistency, a Theory of Personality
Forgotten Truth
Toward a Developmental View of Adult Crisis
The Failure of Self-Actualization Theory
Rogers' "Formative Tendency," Smuts, and Adler
On Self-Actualization
The Growth-Experience and the Growth-Centered Attitude
Toward a psychology of being
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2017 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |