Maslow's work on self-actualization began as an attempt to understand the personalities of:
A) psychoanalytic pioneers Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.
B) statistician Raymond Cattell and author and mathematician Lewis Carrol.
C) anthropologist Ruth Benedict and the Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer.
D) psychotherapist Carl Jung and scientist B.F.Skinner.

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Maslow's early work on self-actualization was influenced by anthropologist Ruth Benedict, who he studied with at Columbia University, as well as by the Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer. Maslow was particularly interested in understanding the personalities of people he considered to be self-actualized, and used case studies of individuals like Benedict and Wertheimer to develop his theory.

Maslow's Work on Self-Actualization Began as an Attempt to Understand