1. Grade 12 Family Studies

2. Before we start … Statistics about herpes: 1 in every 5 people in the adolescent and adult population is infected 90% are unaware they have been infected When getting tested you have to be your own advocate. Couple nearly divorces over herpes scare.

3. Human Behavior Human Behavior - Bjork

4. “If you ever get close to a human and human behavior be ready, be ready to get confused” “There’s definitely, definitely, definitely no logic to human behavior but yet so, yet so irresistible” “And there’s no map and a compass wouldn’t help at all”

5. Human Behavior Why do people behave the way they do? One explanation for our behavior is that we are born with certain basic human needs. By becoming aware of these basic needs, we can begin to understand ourselves, our families, and others better.

6. Understanding Basic Human Needs Basic needs are divided into physical / physiological needs and psychological needs. Physical / Physiological Needs Satisfying need for Food Water Air Shelter from elements Sleep Sex Exercise Activity

7. Physical / Physiological Needs Physiological needs are not hard to understand. Eat when hungry, drink when thirsty, etc. But why do we eat when were are not hungry? It must be to satisfy some other need. Example: You already ate lunch but a friend asks you out for lunch so you eat again. The need to be with someone becomes the reason for eating instead of hunger. The need to be with other is considered to be a psychological need.

8. Psychological Needs Satisfying need for Love Esteem Sense of worth Recognition Status New Experiences Approval from others

9. Understanding Basic Human Needs Physical and psychological needs vary from person to person and may vary day to day. It is not always so easy to know what needs is lacking and what need is being met which is why human behavior is so interesting.

10. Understanding Basic Needs Your growing awareness of your own psychological needs will help you to understand how other people are motivated by their needs and why they behave the way they do.

11. Examples of Basic Needs Security Needs Babies are totally helpless Get love and care from primary caregiver  Learn to trust and feel secure Importance of routines  Comfort Adults sense of security can be destroyed by unexpected changes Death of a loved one Loss of a job Break-up Uncertainty = Loss of security

12. Harlow’s Study on Attachment Food or Security?

13. Examples of Basic Needs Structural Needs Routines of daily living Get up Breakfast Go to school Period A, B Lunch Period C, D Home Dinner Sleep Structure brings security More secure, more able to adapt to changes

14. Examples of Basic Needs Love, Affection and Belonging To be loved, to love others, to belong to a family or a group of people whom you love and who love you Infants  Parents / Primary Caregivers Children  Classmates / Teachers / Neighbors Adolescents  Romantic relationships / Friends Some who aren’t in romantic relationships may feel left out or like they are missing something. We cannot be secure without love, Cannot have love without security.

15. Examples of Basic Needs Interaction Humans are social animals We need interaction. We also need others to help us make sense of the world we live in.

16. Examples of Basic Needs Self-Esteem The need to value yourself highly and to think of yourself as a worthwhile person Low self-esteem may lead to fear of change and depression

17. Examples of Basic Needs Mastery and Achievement Achievement of goals Mastering a skill helps to become independent from others Example: A child mastering the use of a spoon and fork allows that child to eat independently

18. Examples of Basic Needs Stimulating, Challenging and New Experiences We do not like to be bored. We need variety. Expanding your horizons. Pushing toward new and interesting accomplishments. Example: Children who are physically cared for but aren’t played with or given toys (basically put in cribs or beds left to stare at their sheets) are unlikely to survive or will have developmental impairments.

19. Examples of Basic Needs Respect and Admiration Feeling valued Increases self-respect Flattery or false admiration can be damaging. Only give honest / valuable feedback.

20. Understanding Basic Human Needs Needs motivate our behavior. Which needs are most important? Which needs motivate behavior most strongly?

21. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs Abraham Maslow proposed that all people are motivated by their basic needs which he categorized into 5 levels. Physical Safety and SecurityDeficiency Needs Love Esteem Growth Needs Self-Actualization

22. Maslow’s Hierarchy Physical Needs Safety and Security Safety includes law and order (police, government) as well as security and structure that we get from gaining trust of our primary caregivers as infants. Love Esteem Self-Actualization Growing to your fullest potential. Becoming everything you can be. Curiosity, Exploration, Mastery, Achievement According to Maslow, can only be achieved as an adult.

23. Maslow’s Hierarchy Although the needs are organized into a hierarchy and you may not be able to move on to a higher level if the lower more basic needs are not met, there are no real boundaries between the levels. Example: A man and his wife break up. He feels the need to master the guitar to be able to express his lost feelings of love. How do we know how to satisfy our basic needs?

24. Learned Behavior Most behavior is learned through interactions with the environment, especially the people we come into contact with most frequently during the early years of life. Some responses are not learned and are based on our genetic make-up or our heredity. Reflexes are one example. i.e. Rooting and sucking behavior of infants allows them to drink breast milk; Blinking protects your eyes from flying objects; Pulling hand away from a hot pot prevents you from being burned

25. Learned Behavior Learning theorists believe that learning takes place through a process of associations or connections in which the learner connects good feelings with behavior that brings a reward or reinforcements. The person repeats the behavior in the future.

26. Learned Behavior We won’t go much further into learned behavior theories, however, this is an example of the concept of “delayed gratification”. Marshmallow Test

27. Questions Answer the questions I have provided you on loose- leaf. Print neatly please. Full sentences. Thoughtful responses. Hand in to white bucket when finished. I will be calling up individuals I still need to see regarding practicum placements.