Life Law #8 We Teach People How to Treat Us Source: Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw

“Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.” -A.B. Cheales

Quick - Write In your notes, take 5 minutes to write about how you think others view you. Be prepared to share out to the class!

Video Clip – Pavlov’s Dog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpoLxEN54ho Running Time: 3 minutes 10 seconds

Video Clip – Operant Conditioning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4N9GSBoMI Running Time: 4 minutes 22 seconds

Quick – Write Video Response In your notes, take 3 minutes to write about what can be learned from the two video clips. Be prepared to share out to the class!

Key Points of Life Law #8 If you reward someone’s behavior by reacting in a way they desire, you are likely to see the behavior again. Negative Example: Others tease you because they enjoy your reaction. Positive Example: When you thank someone, they are likely to repeat the same action in the future.

Be prepared to share out to the class. Table Talk: With your table group, come up with a real life positive and negative example of the following: “If you reward someone’s behavior by reacting in a way they desire, you are likely to see the behavior again” Be prepared to share out to the class.

Key Points of Life Law #8 Change the way you engage others and they will change the way they react. Negative Example: You treat others rudely and they treat you rudely. Positive Example: Treat others with respect, and you will be treated with respect.

Be prepared to share out to the class. Table Talk: With your table group, come up with a real life positive and negative example of the following: “Change the way you engage others and they will change the way they react.” Be prepared to share out to the class.

Quick - Write Go back to your notes where you wrote about how you think others view you. List three things in the margin that you can do to either change how others view you or to encourage others to continue treating you the same way.

Activity Cards With a small group, take a few minutes to discuss the content on the 8 activity cards.

Putting Life Law #8 Into Action Treat yourself well so that others will be motivate to do the same.

Silent Reading Read about teaching people how to treat us on pages 175 – 193 in the book entitled Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw. Add to your Cornell notes any tips that are meaningful from the reading.

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