Transcript Marriage and Family Life Unit 2: Making Personal Decisions Objective 1: Identify common areas requiring a personal decision. • • • • • Career Education Goals Lifestyle Marriage • • • • Parenthood Religious beliefs Sexual activity Values.

Marriage and Family Life
Unit 2: Making Personal Decisions
Objective 1: Identify common areas
requiring a personal decision.
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Career
Education
Goals
Lifestyle
Marriage
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Parenthood
Religious beliefs
Sexual activity
Values
Objective 2: Identify the relationship
among decision-making, consequences,
and personal well-being.
• Decisions can affect your physical health.
• Decisions can affect your mental health.
• Some decisions involve other people, even if
you don’t realize it.
• Decisions should reflect careful thought and
consideration.
Objective 3: Identify factors that
influence decision making.
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Ambition
Beliefs
Confidence
Culture
Environment
Family
Friends
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Goals
Media
Needs and wants
Resources
Self-image
Values
Objective 4: Analyze consequences
and decisions when given a scenario.
Objective 5: Identify the relationship
between personal goals and decision
making.
• Goals affect decision making and decision making
affects goals.
• Goals can help guide you in making decisions.
• When you make decisions with a plan in mind,
you can focus on what you need to do and
narrow your choices.
• Throughout your life you will make decisions.
• Long-term goals can change over time.
Objective 6: Explore personal goals
and values.
Objective 7: Arrange in order the steps
in the decision-making process.
• Identify the decision to
be made.
• Prioritize your goals.
• Evaluate your
resources.
• Collect and explore
information that relates
to the decision.
• Identify possible
options.
• Evaluate the
consequences of each
option.
• Choose the best option.
• Implement your
decision.
• Evaluate the results of
your decision.
Objective 8: Identify skills useful in
decision making.
• Analysis/critical
thinking
• Common sense
• Communication
• Creativity
• Intuition
• Organization
• Objectivity
• Planning
• Recognizing
alternatives
• Resource
management
• Seeking appropriate
advice
Objective 9: Apply the decision-making
process.
Objective 10: Select strategies for
managing time.
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Group similar tasks
Make a to-do list
Make use of pockets of time
Automate repetitive tasks
Delegate tasks
Use a monthly calendar and daily planner
Use a clock or timer to set time limits for yourself
to complete a task
• Plan calls and e-mails
Objective 11: Select strategies for
handling stress.
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Exercise
Find a hobby
Eat right
Get plenty of rest
Participate in recreation that is unlike work
Accept what cannot be changed
Avoid self-medication
Deal with only one thing at a time
Be realistic
Share your feelings
Objective 12: Complete a time
management exercise.