actions for the future establishing and maintaining good mental and emotional health is a lifelong,...
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Actions for the Future
• Establishing and maintaining good mental and emotional health is a lifelong, never-ending process.
Maslow Mr.Galle is awesome
• There are 3 major theorists regarding personality formation.– Sigmund Freud– Erik Erikson– Abraham Maslow
• Maslow is who we will be reading about today.
• Take out “Maslow and Emotional and Mental Health”
Explain
• When needs at the bottom of the Maslow pyramid are fulfilled, humans seek to and are able to fulfill higher-order needs.
• Most people have their physiological needs fulfilled most of the time.
• Teenagers, adults and senior citizens continue to attempt to satisfy their needs for safety, love, esteem and self-actualization.
Create
• You are going to be working in groups to create a list of actions people take throughout their lives to fulfill their hierarchy or needs and achieve good mental and emotional health.
• Each group is going to create a list in ONE specific area of Maslow’s hierarchy.
• You will begin by only doing the TEENAGER section of the worksheet.
Group Roles
• Task Master: Makes sure everyone stays on task.
• Writer: Writes down the group member responses.
• Leader: Makes sure everyone in the group participates.
• Reporter: Reports the group answers to the class.
Create
• Go back to your groups and work on the “Young-Adults” section of your worksheet.
Group Roles
• Task Master: Makes sure everyone stays on task.
• Writer: Writes down the group member responses.
• Leader: Makes sure everyone in the group participates.
• Reporter: Reports the group answers to the class.
Create
• Go back to your groups and work on the “Middle-Age Adults” section of your worksheet.
Group Roles
• Task Master: Makes sure everyone stays on task.
• Writer: Writes down the group member responses.
• Leader: Makes sure everyone in the group participates.
• Reporter: Reports the group answers to the class.
Create
• Go back to your groups and work on the “Older Adults” section of your worksheet.
Summarize
• As people move through different stages in their lives, the actions they take to achieve and maintain good mental health may change.
• Once the more basic needs are met, higher-order needs become the focus of their lives.
Complete and Share
• Take out “What About My Future?”• Complete this worksheet and we will share
with the class.
Summarize
• Higher-order needs can only be pursued when lower-order needs are met.
• Thinking and dreaming about your future and making plans are important first steps in achieving and maintaining good mental and emotional health.
HOMEWORK!!!!
• Interview a person whom you believe engages in activities that result in self-actualization.– Describe the concept of self-actualization; ask if
the person feels he or she engages in self-actualization activities
– Have the person identify specific activities he or she considers self-actualizing
– And describe his or her feelings about those actions.
HOMEWORK!!!! (Cont.)
– Take notes on the interview– Write about what you learned from the interview
in your journals.• DUE TOMORROW!!!