Activity Handout 10



Activity Handout 10.1

The World’s Heaviest People

Go to the following website, and read through the long list of people who have made it into The 900 Club, which is a club for people who have reached 900 pounds in weight. After reading through all the different situations, write a short paper on the situations of obesity and how these people became obese. Do any of them have similar situations or causes for their obesity? What are some possible underlying causes for obesity?

Activity Handout 10.2

The Needs for Personal Growth

Describe each of the needs for personal growth: competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Next, give an example from your own life of each of these needs for personal growth. Discuss how each one has helped you in your own personal growth.

Activity Handout 10.3

Designing My Own Hierarchy

Using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, identify at each stage how you see this particular “need” being fulfilled or accomplished in your own personal life. There are no right or wrong answers, but use self-reflection to help you understand the value of this theory applied to your own life.

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Activity Handout 10.4

How They Felt After 9/11

Ask fifteen people around you (roommates, coworkers, classmates, etc.) how they felt in the days and weeks following 9/11. After asking everyone, write a short essay on resilience based on what the people you interviewed said. How many people were more likely to feel happy that they were alive? Did any of the people’s reports of the negative and positive emotions they felt reflect what you read in your text about resilient individuals?

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