Outcome 1.1 & 1.4

What makes a family “healthy”?Are the family relationships in The

Family Stone healthy?

first introduced in 1943.Lowest levels = most basic needs.Once these lower-level needs have

been met, people can move on to the next level of needs.

Top levels = more complex needs.Needs become increasingly

psychological and social.

Physiological Needs

Basic needs vital to survival: water, air, food, and sleep. Maslow believed all needs become secondary until these physiological needs are met.

Security Needs

Needs for safety and security: steady employment, health insurance, safe neighbourhoods, and shelter from the environment.

Important for survivalNot as demanding as the physiological needs.

Social Needs

Belonging, love, and affection.

Relationships: friendships, romantic attachments, and families

Fulfills the need for companionship and acceptance.

Includes social, community, or religious involvement.

Esteem Needs

These include the need for things that reflect on self-esteem, personal worth, social recognition, and accomplishment.

Self-actualizing Needs

Highest level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Self-actualizing people are: self-aware concerned with personal growth less concerned with the opinions

of others interested fulfilling their

potential.

How are families reflected in the hierarchy?

How does Maslow’s hierarchy define the roles and responsibilities of the family?

Identify where you are on the hierarchy…note that you may have some or all of one stage, but not the next. Provide a rationale (how you know examples).

If you were to make a hierarchy for families instead of an individual what would you place at each level? Would there be 5? Less / More?