PSHE Grade 8

1. Lesson 1 Your Mental and Emotional Health
Do you think you have a positive outlook?
Do you look forward to facing life’s challenges?

2. Lesson 1 Your Mental and Emotional Health
Someone who is mentally and emotionally healthy can:
Usually handle a wide variety of
feelings and situations.
Make wise choices that
demonstrate both strong
values and responsible behavior.

3. Lesson 1
Identify the characteristics of good mental and emotional
health.
Explain the importance of meeting needs in healthful ways.
Analyze the importance and benefits of abstinence as it
relates to emotional health.
Analyze the relationship between mental health promotion
and disease prevention.
In this lesson, you’ll learn to:
Lesson Objectives

4. Lesson 1 The Characteristics of Good Mental/Emotional Health
Good Mental/Emotional Health Attributes
People with good mental/emotional health demonstrate the
following characteristics:
Positive self-esteem
Sense of belonging
Sense of purpose
Positive outlook
Autonomy

5. Lesson 1 A Pyramid of Needs
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow organized human needs in the form of a pyramid
called the hierarchy of needs.

6. Lesson 1
There are many people for
whom food, clean water, and
shelter are not easily
obtained.
Social issues like
homelessness can be related
to health and physical needs.
Physical Needs
A Pyramid of Needs
Survival needs such as food, water, sleep, and shelter rest at the
bottom of the pyramid.

7. Lesson 1
Need for Safety
Psychological needs for safety
include:
Safety of familiar places
Safety of familiar people
A Pyramid of Needs
Safety needs are not just about safeguarding yourself against
physical harm, they can also be psychological in nature.

8. Lesson 1
Need to Be Loved and to Belong
Feeling a sense of belonging can:
Increase your confidence.
Strengthen your mental/
emotional health.
A Pyramid of Needs
We need to interact with other people and to know that we are
valued members of a group that enhances our physical, mental,
and social health.

9. Lesson 1
One way you might meet
this need is by participating
in productive activities.
By being able to do
something well, you gain
respect and a feeling of
self-worth.
Need to Be Valued and Recognized
A Pyramid of Needs
People need to be appreciated and to be personally valued by
family, friends, and peers.

10. Lesson 1
It involves:
Having goals that motivate
and inspire you.
Having the courage to make
changes in your life in order
to meet your goals and grow
as a person.
Need to Reach Your Potential
A Pyramid of Needs
Self-actualization is a lifelong process, and part of the process is
learning the self-discipline you need to reach your goals.

11. Lesson 1 Meeting Your Needs
The ways you choose to meet your needs affect your
mental/emotional health.
Sometimes people choose risky ways to fulfill their needs—for
example, by engaging in sexual activity or by joining a gang.
Practicing abstinence and finding healthful ways to meet
emotional needs are strategies to avoid these risk behaviors.
How Should You Meet Your Needs?

12. Lesson 1 Understanding Your Personality
Influences on Your Personality
Your personality:
Is an important factor in how you
choose to meet your needs.
Includes your emotional makeup,
attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors.
Is influenced by heredity and
environment.

13. Lesson 1
Personality and Heredity
Understanding Your Personality
Heredity plays a role in determining
your:
Basic intellectual abilities and
temperament, or emotional
tendencies.
Behaviors such as risk-taking.
Talents such as athletic or artistic
abilities.

14. Lesson 1
Personality and Environment
Understanding Your Personality
Among the people in your environment are some who serve as
role models for your behavior.
Most people naturally engage in
modeling.
The values you learn from the person you
model yourself after help shape the
person you become and the way you live
your life.

15. Lesson 1
Personality and Behavior
Different factors affect your levels of physical and mental/emotional
health.
Understanding Your Personality
How you
make
decisions
What actions
you take
What decisions
you make
Whether you
recognize the
consequences of
those decisions

16. Lesson 1 Promoting Mental/Emotional Health
Being mentally and emotionally healthy
can:
Promote your physical health.
Help prevent some diseases.
Strengthen all three sides of your
health triangle.
Why Should You Promote Good Mental/Emotional Health?

17. Lesson 1 Quick Review
Q. The act of observing and learning
from the behavior of others is
known as _____.
1. modeling
2. self-actualization
3. suppression
4. health literacy
Choose the appropriate option.

18. Lesson 1
Click Next to attempt another question.
A. The act of observing and learning from the behavior of
others is known as modeling.
Quick Review - Answer

19. Lesson 1
Provide a short answer to the question given below.
Click Next to view the answer.
Q. List the needs in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
Quick Review

20. Lesson 1
Click Next to attempt another question.
A. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs lists human needs as:
Physical needs
Need for safety
Need to be loved and to belong
Need to be valued and recognized
Need to reach your potential
Quick Review - Answer

21. Lesson 1
Provide a short answer to the question given below.
Q. Identify the characteristics of a mentally and emotionally
healthy person.
Click Next to view the answer.
Quick Review

22. Lesson 1
Click Next to attempt another question.
A. The characteristics of a mentally and emotionally healthy
person are:
Positive self-esteem
Sense of belonging
Sense of purpose
Positive outlook
Autonomy
Quick Review - Answer

23. Lesson 1
Provide a suitable explanation.
Explain how homelessness is a health-related social issue.
Quick Review

24. Lesson 1
People with good mental/emotional health demonstrate the
following characteristics:
Good Mental/Emotional Health Attributes
Positive self-esteem
Sense of belonging
Sense of purpose
Positive outlook
Autonomy
The Characteristics of Good Mental/Emotional Health
Good mental/
emotional health is
defined as the ability to
accept yourself and
others, adapt to and
manage emotions, and
deal with the demands
and challenges you meet
in life.

25. Lesson 1
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow organized human needs in the form of a pyramid
called the hierarchy of needs.
A Pyramid of Needs
Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs is a ranked list of
those needs essential to
human growth and
development, presented in
ascending order, starting with
basic needs and building
toward the need for reaching
your highest potential.

26. Lesson 1
It involves:
Having goals that motivate
and inspire you.
Having the courage to make
changes in your life in order
to meet your goals and grow
as a person.
Self-actualization is a lifelong process, and part of the process is
learning the self-discipline you need to reach your goals.
Need to Reach Your Potential
Self-
actualization
involves striving to
become the best
you can be.
A Pyramid of Needs

27. Lesson 1
Your personality:
Is an important factor in how you
choose to meet your needs.
Includes your emotional makeup,
attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors.
Is influenced by heredity and
environment.
Influences on Your Personality
Understanding Your Personality
Your
personality is a
complex set of
characteristics
that makes you
unique.

28. Lesson 1
Most people naturally engage in
modeling.
The values you learn from the person you
model yourself after help shape the
person you become and the way you live
your life.
Personality and Environment
Among the people in your environment are some who serve as
role models for your behavior.
Modeling
involves
observing and
learning from the
behaviors of
those around
you.
Understanding Your Personality

29. Lesson 1
A.Correct! The act of observing and learning from the
behavior of others is known as modeling.
Click Next to attempt another question.
Quick Review - Answer

30. Lesson 1
You have answered the question incorrectly. Go back to try
again or click Next to see the correct answer.
Quick Review - Answer