What Was Maslow's View of Peak-Experiences?
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Abraham Maslow's take on bliss in everyday life
During the tumultuous years of the 1960s, Abraham Maslow devoted considerable attention to the topic of peak-experiences. Relying mainly on phenomenological reports of college students and colleagues, he became convinced of two key findings: First, that ordinary people may undergo genuine peaks in the seemingly most commonplace events and surroundings--while waiting for a bus on a sunlit city street, listening nostalgically to a romantic song on the radio, or preparing dinner for one's family. Maslow found it incredible that some of his undergraduates at Brandeis University unknowingly…
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