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

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

Yes they just require all the basic needs like physiological, safety, love and self-esteem.

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

Achieving self-enlightenment, when your only goals are gaining aesthetics happiness and putting others ahead of yourself.

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

Love needs, self-esteem needs, physiological needs and safety needs

5.    What could you do to help others to reach the higher levels?

Help them reach self-enlightenment, with motivation, encouragement and wanting to be the best they can be.

Human Needs Activity 2:

Match the specific needs with the five levels by writing the level number in front of each need.

1.    Self-actualization                 

2.    Esteem

3.    Love/Belonging

4.    Safety

5.    Physiological

Answers:

_5_ Water

_1_ Problem solving

_3_ Affection

_3_ Family

_3_ Social interaction

_5_ Sleep

_4_ Employment

_5_ Health

_4_ Property

_2_ Creativity

_2_ Confidence

_5_ Food

_1_ Passions

_2_ Respect

_4_ Resources

Human Needs Activity 1:

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, friends and family
A physically disable person	1,2,3,4,5	He needs all Human needs
A lonely old poor lady in Sri lanka	5,4,3	She requires safety, social interaction and respect.
A shy rich widow who has a loving family and friends but has not achieved much in life	4,5	Requires creativity to achieve goals.
A family trapped underground because of a bomb shell	2	They need help and security.
An orphan child who was forced to work to make a living	5,4	They need problem solving
Physically and mentally abused person	1,2	Needs food, water, health, sleep and safety
A father who lost his job and has a family to support	5,2,1	Needs support, food, water, health and problem solving