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Abraham Maslow, The Oldest Son Of His Parents

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Abraham Maslow was the oldest son of his parents, who were Jewish immigrants from Russia escaping political and social issues. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 1st 1908. Due to the hardships of his parents, and him being the oldest child, Abraham had more pressure put on him that any of his other siblings. He was expected to take care of his six younger siblings, and wanted make his parents proud by becoming very successful. Maslow had a very unhappy childhood and faced quite a few difficulties growing up. His parents were cold and indifferent toward him, but he somehow grew up to be very kindhearted. During his childhood he had very few friends because all of his time was spent either studying, or working to help his family make ends meet. Therefore, he relied on books to provide an escape. Through his exploration of books, he became greatly interested in research done by greats such as Pavlov, Jung, and Freud.
Maslow thought he needed to impress his father by studying Law, and enrolled in City College of New York (CCNY). Soon he could fight against his own desires and went against his parents wishes on, not only one, but two aspects of his life. He first decided to go study Psychology instead of Law, and then he married his first cousin, Bertha Goodman. He left CCNY for Cornell, returned, and then departed again; this time to Wisconsin. In 1930, Maslow attained his Bachelor’s degree, 1931 his Master’s degree and in 1934 his Doctorate, all in Psychology from the

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