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Mihalyi C. is mainly recognized and well known for his notion of flow in creativity. People enter a "flow" state when they are absorbed in a particular activity. The person looses his or her sense of time and having great feelings of satisfaction. Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi is one of the world's leading men in positive psychology, which is a huge part in the Humanistic Perspective. This idea also corresponds to Maslow's Theory on peak and plateau expereinces to reach self-actualization. Instead, Csikszentmihalyi bieleved that there was a flow that, through spontaneious creativity or inspiration, the person reaches a state in which Maslow may consider to be called "self actualization. Csikszentmihalyi also believes that by looking at things through different perspectives one can make a more complete picture of reality. This is his key to happiness, a healthy mind, and the path to finding truth. |
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