Background InformationRenowned psychological theorist Abraham Harold Maslow was born on April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. Maslow comes from a Jewish family of seven children, all born to Samuel and Rose Maslow. His family emigrated from Russia without education to America. Being the only one to excel and have hope in education, Maslow's parents were extremely cruel and punitive to him. (Boeree, 2006) Information gathered by Emrich shows that Maslow was depressed as he had terrible relationships with both of his parents, to the point he had deliberately avoided his mother. As he grew up, Maslow's father publicly degraded him and called him ugly and unintelligent while his mother locked the refrigerator and acted as if she wanted nothing to do with Maslow, causing him major self-esteem issues. To please and win much-needed love from his parents, Maslow enrolled in New York City College and began studying law. It lasted about two weeks before he decided law wasn't the right choice for him, and then he transferred to Cornell University. It lasted one semester before he returned to City College. After all, he had finally earned a bachelor's degree in 1930, a master's degree in 1931, and a PhD in 1934 from the University of Wisconsin in psychology (Emrich, 2013). For a list of Maslow's published works see Appendix A. Humanistic Psychology/Self-Actualization Theory. Maslow was the founder and ancestor of an important school of thought in psychology which is Humanistic Psychology. Maslow's research and understanding of humans and how we work and function was primarily based on personality and his theory. Maslow firmly believed that every person is capable of achieving self-realization which is the highest form one can achieve. Maslow might emerge... halfway down the paper... or? 5) Did Maslow's race affect what people of his time thought of his knowledge and theories? Works Cited Boeree, C. G. (2006). Abraham Maslow. Personality Theories. Retrieved November 13, 2013, from http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/maslow.html.Ellison, P. Maslow. Abraham H. Maslow Publications A current list of books and articles. Retrieved November 13, 2013, from http://www.maslow.com/.Emrich, M. (n.d.). Psychology home page. Psychology home page. Retrieved November 16, 2013, from http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/index.htmMcLeod, S. (n.d.). Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Simply Psychology. Retrieved November 17, 2013, from http://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.htmlTranspersonal Pioneers: Abraham Maslow. (n.d.). The Spirit in Silicon Valley. Retrieved November 17, 2013, from http://www.sofia.edu/content/transpersonal-pioneers-abraham-maslow