1. Values & Decision- Making
Mrs. Winiarski-Kuzdak

2. Student Objective #1: Define the following terminology:
Alternatives – choices
Benefits – the pros or advantages of a consequence.
Consequence – a result
Cost – the cons or disadvantages of a consequence. What you give up to have a consequence.

3. Student Objective #1: Define the following terminology (continued)
Goals – mean to an end or a specific aim that reflects a set of values
Intermediate goals – goals you wish to accomplish in the next few month to a year.
Lifecycle – the stage of life.
Lifestyle – how we live.

4. Student Objective #1: Define the following terminology (continued)
Long term goals – activities or plans that will materialize in one or more years.
Needs – necessities
Quality of life – the level of satisfaction that people feel in what they do and how they live.
Ranking Values – putting the most important value first to the least important value last.

5. Student Objective #1: Define the following terminology (continued)
Resources – something that lies read for use or can be drawn upon in an emergency.
Short term goals – a goal that is to be achieved with a short period of time up to one month.
Trade off – giving up something in order to get something you want more.
Wants - Luxuries

6. Student Objective #2: Identify the seven steps in the decision-making process (you will need to memorize these step in order)
Define the problem
Identify and rank goals
Identify the alternatives (An)
Analyze the consequences of each alternative
Choose the best alternative
Put your decision into action
Evaluate your decision

7. Student Objective #3: Identify reasons why one will use the decision-making process
Will increase a persons chances of being satisfied with their decision.
Provides more freedom and control over one’s life.

8. Student Objective #4: Identify various types of resources
Financial
Human
Person’s time
Person’s skills
Person’s knowledge
Person’s family
Community

9. Student Objective #5: Identify the types of decisions one might make
Personal
Social
Health
Safety
Educational
Moral or Ethical
Common, everyday

10. Student Objective #6: Identify how people make decision
We make decisions based on:
Experience
Habit
Following another’s example
Impulse

11. Student Objective #7: Identify limitations when making decisions
People are limited, when making decisions, based on:
What a person is capable of doing
One’s environment
What a person is willing to do