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Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able to see this on the surface. Infants will react in a fashion as if they were endangered, if they are disturbed or dropped suddenly, startled by loud noises, flashing light

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Abraham Maslow
Age: 62 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 8
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Brooklyn
New York
Abraham Harold Maslow
Maslow
Light
Threatened
Flashing
May
Loud
Infants
Able
Noise
Endangered
Feel
Suddenly
Noises
Feels
Safety
Disturbed
Even
Surface
Infant
Adults
Dropped
Fashion
React
Startled

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