1. Values and Refusal Skills

2. What are Values???
Qualities, characteristics, or ideas which we feel very strongly about.
Affects our:
Decisions
Goals
Behavior

3. Where do you get your values?
Home
School
Friends TV
Church
Year Raised In
Music
Society
Work
Books

4. Characteristics of Values
Personal
Our actions point out our real values
Give direction/consistency
Experiences – Changes
Gives us an identity
Freely Chosen
Respecting someone else’s values

5. Value Vs Fact Value: Fact: A statement of one’s personal beliefs.
Established by observation and measurement.

6. Types of Values 1. Moral 2. Aesthetic 3. Material 4. Intrinsic
5. Extrinsic
6. Universal
7. Group Specific

7. Values Family Religion Money Marriage Travel Education Recreation
Sports
Honesty
Winning
Independence
Close Friends
Popularity
Health
Career
Peace
Adventure
Prestige
Children
Power
Trust
Loyalty
Security
Influence
Charity
Comfort
Patriotism

8. Values Ranking
Listed on your worksheet are 21 common values. Place a check mark in the column that best represents how you values the value.
Of the 21 listed, list your top 5- IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE (1 being the most important).
Why? Do your actions really demonstrate that?

9. Values Auction
$2, each
Study sheet and make proposals. 3 minutes to do this.
Bids must be in $100 increments.
The item will go to the highest bidder.
Students can bid on more than one value, but cannot exceed $2, TOTAL
Students with $500 or more at the end of the bidding can spend their entire remaining amount on one of the mystery envelopes.

10. Refusal Skills Reasons we give in to Peer Pressure: To save face
It’s Easier
To Fit In

11. Save Face Broken record technique Give reasons or excuses
Find a friend who feels the same way you do, or recruit an ally.
Avoid the situation
Change the subject
Take a stand
Take the pledge
It’s the Law