Exercise #2

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, family and friends support
A physically disable person	1,2,3,4,5	He need all the human needs
A lonely old poor lady in Sri lanka	5,4,3	She needs respect by all, social interaction, and she need safety
A shy rich widow who has a loving family and friends but has not achieved much in life	4,5	He needs to be creative and achieve much
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, safety
A father who lost his job and has a family to support	5,2,1	Needs problem solving, support, food, water, health

Human Needs Activity 2:

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

__5___Water ___1__Problem solving ___3__Affection ___3__Family ___3__Social interaction ___5__Sleep ___4__Employment ___4__Health ___4__Property ___1__Creativity ___2__Confidence ___5__Food ___1__Passions ___2__Respect ___2__Resources

1.                 Self-actualization

2.                 Esteem

3.                 Love/Belonging

4.                 Safety

5.                 Physiological

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?

-       -  Well no all because some of them have mental problems and are not capable to reach that level.

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

-need to work hard, doing what they enjoy, capable of achieving more.

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

-physiological needs, emotional needs, and safety needs, and love needs.

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

 -Advice, encouragement, motivation.