Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Maslow’s Human Needs Pyramid activity 1 & 3


Human Needs Activity 1:

List the levels and specific Maslow’s human needs required by the following cases

Case
Level
Specific needs at each level
A child in hospital

2,3

Health and friends also family for supporting him

A physically disable person
1,2,3,4,5

All human needs

A lonely old poor lady in Sri lanka

2,3,4,5




Creativity, family and also self-esteem


A shy rich widow who has a loving family and friends but has not achieved much in life

5
 He need to be creative and try to get a higher goal to success

A family trapped underground because of a bomb shell

2


They need security
An orphan child who was forced to work to make a living

5,4

The need to solve there problem


Physically and mentally abused person
1,2

He need health and family to take care of him
A father who lost his job and has a family to support
5,2,1

He need problem solving and also he need job to get money from it

Human Needs Activity 3:

Working in groups, discuss and answer the following questions:

1.    Does every human being have the rights to reach the top of the Maslow pyramid?

Yes, because each one can do what ever he want.


2.    Does every human being have the capability of reaching that level?

No, because some people they don’t have all the pyramid sections. 


3.    What are the opportunities are needed to get to the higher level?

A good environment, which has the first, four sections from the pyramid. Like all human needs.


4.    What are the obstacles could stand in the way of reaching these levels?

Inside like he has a home and friends also family and food. so he think that there is no need to work to get something because he have it.

Outside he’s thinking that he’s not doing anything and he has security.

5.    What could you do to help others to reach the higher levels?
  
Try to keep each person to think about depending on him self and don’t for others to make something for him. Also to try hard to success his dreams and get it. So to change their view from a lower one to a higher one.