How did Maslow's personal theory of psychology influence his choice of subjects for study?
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Maslow believed that studying ill, crippled, and weak patients would lead only to an understanding of abnormal psychology. Maslow wanted to understand normal psychology, and even the super-normal psychology that he believed exemplary persons display.
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For this reason Maslow studied people like Einstein and Eleanor Roosevelt.