Mental Emotional Needs

Create your own Basic Needs Pyramid

You will create a pyramid by answering the following questions:

* What are the most important things in life for an individual to succeed?

* What order do they go in, most basic on bottom?

* Why did you put them in that order?When you have completed come up to the board and write down your 5 basic needs in order.

What are basic needs?

• Maslow’s Hierarchy

• He wanted to find what motivated people.

• Through his research he found that people strive to reach self-actualization; or being the best that they can be.

Maslow’s Hierarchy • A pyramid to show what needs, need to be met to achieve the best you.

• Physiological Needs

• Food, Water, Air, Etc.

• Safety Needs

• Protection from Elements, Order, and Law

• Love and Belonging Needs

• Friendship, Affection, and Love

• Esteem Needs

• Achievement, Mastery, Self-esteem, and Respect

• Self Actualization

• Realizing your personal potential, Self fulfillment

Reflect

• How does your Basic Needs Pyramid, that you created at the beginning of class, compare to Maslow’s?

• Take 5-7 minutes to write down a few things that you noticed. Compare yours to those around you.

Self-esteem

Measure of how much you value, respect and feel confident about yourself. Benefits

○Increased respect○Ability to reach goals○Willingness to try○Increased feelings of value

Improving one’s Self-esteem

Positive self-talk Just as you receive messages from others you

can also receive messages you send yourself Coaching about your own self worth When you have you used self talk?

Has it always been positive?

Self-Concept

Measure of how you view yourself Do you see yourself as valuable and likeable? Do you have a positive self concept?

Interpreting How you interpret messages about yourself plays a huge role in how

you see yourself.

Group Activity• Socio- Economic Status

• Top 1%

• Upper Middle Class

• Working Class

• Poverty

• Answer These Questions in your Status:

• What are your needs?

• How do they change?

• Why do they change?

Group Activity

• How does your lack of experience, or fast experience, affect your perception of your Status’ needs?