CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Safety needs are personal security, financial security, and health and well-being, which are more fundamental than physiological needs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Safety needs-once an individual’s physiological needs are satisfied, the needs for security and safety become salient. People want to experience order, predictability and control in their lives. These needs can be fulfilled by the family and society (e.g. police, schools, business and medical care).

Detailed explanation-3: -The need for safety was acknowledged as a basic human need by Abraham Maslow in his ‘Hierarchy of Needs’. Safety needs represent the second tier in Maslow’s hierarchy and these needs include the security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality of family, and of health.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bottom two levels are physiological needs and safety needs which, together, make up basic needs. Next are social and esteem needs-also referred to as psychological needs. Self-actualization needs are at the top level of Maslow’s pyramid.