Here is a general theory of human motivation based upon a synthesis primarily of holistic and dynamic principles. It is a highly readable, systematic presentation of the author's own views, rather than those of other writers or of various schools. Emphasizing the psychology of health, the book offers the standard statement of self-actualization theory and data. -- Amazon.com (text from back cover).

1. A psychological approach to science -- 2. Problem centering vs. means centering in science -- 3. Preface to motivation theory -- 4. A theory of human motivation -- 5. The role of basic need gratification in psychological theory -- 6. The instinctoid nature of basic needs -- 7. Higher and lower needs -- 8. Psychopathogenesis and the theory of threat -- 9. Is destructiveness instinctoid -- 10. The expressive component of behavior -- 11. Self-actualizing people: a study of psychological health -- 12. Love in self-actualizing people -- 13. Cognition of the individual and of the generic -- 14. Unmotivated and purposeless reactions -- 15. Psychotherapy, health, and motivation -- 16. Normality, health, and values.