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Published in: Society 6/2017

27-10-2017 | Symposium: Revisiting Maslow: Human Needs in the 21st Century

Self-Actualization, Human Nature, and Global Social Problems

I. Foundations

Author: Douglas T. Kenrick

Published in: Society | Issue 6/2017

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Abstract

Abraham Maslow’s classic theory of motivation was in some ways a precursor to modern evolutionary approaches to human behavior, in that he posited multiple independent and universal motivational systems. Maslow’s hierarchical model, often conceptualized as a pyramid of motives, has recently been renovated to fit with the last half century of research and theory at the interface of evolutionary biology and the social sciences. Adopting a modern evolutionary life history approach to human motivation could be useful to understand important social problems.
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Metadata
Title
Self-Actualization, Human Nature, and Global Social Problems
I. Foundations
Author
Douglas T. Kenrick
Publication date
27-10-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-017-0181-2

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