What is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | image = Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.jpg | alt = Csikszentmihalyi | caption = Csikszentmihalyi in 2010 | other_names = | known_for = [[Flow (psychology)]]<br>[[autotelic]] activities | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|9|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Fiume, [[Kingdom of Italy]] (now [[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]]) | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|20|1934|9|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[Claremont, California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | doctoral_students = [[Keith Sawyer]] }} [[File:Mihály Csíkszentmihályi.ogg|thumb|right|200px|Csikszentmihalyi's name pronunciation]] '''Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|h|aɪ|_|ˈ|tʃ|iː|k|s|ɛ|n|t|ˈ|m|iː|h|aɪ}}, {{lang-hu|Csíkszentmihályi Mihály}}, {{IPA-hu|ˈt͡ʃiːksɛntmihaːji ˈmihaːj|pron|Mihály Csíkszentmihályi.ogg}}; 29 September 1934 &ndash; 20 October 2021) was a Hungarian-American psychologist. He was known because of his work in the psychological concept of [[flow (psychology)|flow]], a highly focused mental state.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Keefe|first1=Paul A.|title=Liking Work Really Matters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/opinion/sunday/go-with-the-flow.html?_r=0|access-date=30 October 2015|publisher=The New York Times|date=September 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Csikszentmihalyi|first1=Mihaly|title=Flow : the psychology of optimal experience|url=https://archive.org/details/flowpsychologyof00csik|date=1990|publisher=Harper & Row|location=New York|isbn=9780060162535|edition=1st}}</ref> He was the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at [[Claremont Graduate University]]. He was the head of the department of psychology at the [[University of Chicago]] and of the department of sociology and anthropology at [[Lake Forest College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cgu.edu/people/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/|title=Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Claremont Graduate University|website=www.cgu.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> Csikszentmihalyi died on 20 October