Decision

Making
 Today’s Agenda

Bell-ringer
Rate your day
Decision making and the
IBEAR model
What’s your choice activity
Journal Refelction
Objectives

Define decision making

Identify one point as to why decision

making is important

List the 6 subskills of the decision making

process

To learn about effective decision making

and the consequences of choices

To practice making good decisions

BELLRINGER!

 How do the
decisions you
make now
differ from
those as a
child?
How do decisions
impact your health?

PHYSICAL? SOCIAL? MENTAL/EMOTIONAL?

  The cognitive process of
making a choice
 A position, opinion or
So What judgment reached after
much consideration
is  The process of mapping
the likely consequences
Decision of decisions, working out
the importance of
Making? individual factors, and
choosing the best course
of action to take.
Why is it such an
important skill?
 To avoid risky & dangerous situations
 Dealing with peer pressure
 The choices teens make may drastically affect
not only their own lives, but the lives of others as
well
Common Decisions Teens
Make:

 What to wear to school

 What to eat for lunch
 Which homework to do
first
 What to do on the
weekends
 What to do during study
hall
 What movie to see
More Serious
Decisions

- What classes you

want to take in
high school
- If you will
experiment with
drugs/alcohol
- What type of job
do you want
- Who you hang
out with
 Values

WHAT THINGS INFLUENCE OUR DECISIONS?

 Friends – Peer Pressure
 Values
 Parents wishes
 Luck
 Media
 Religion
 Culture

 Values are something that is of worth to you. It is significant, carries

meaning, something you respect and can’t imagine being without.
HOW DO YOU
MAKE A GOOD
DECISION?

I.B.E.A.R.
DECISION
MAKING
MODEL
 IBEAR Decision Making
Model
 I: Identify the situation
 B: Brainstorm alternative solutions-choices
 E: Evaluate choices - consequences for
each- weigh PRO’S AND CON’S
 A: Act on your decision
 R: Re-evaluate – Did you make a good
choice? We’re you happy with it?
Dr. Ran D. Anbar

http://blog.syracuse.com/cny/2011/04/in_my_experience_right-
sizing_works_better_than_losing_weight.html
 Step 1: IDENTIFY – what is the problem? what type of situation
are you in?
IBEAR
 B - Brainstorm
 Step 2: Brainstorm - possible choices. What are the different ways
you can deal with the situation or problem?
 E = Evaluation
Step 3: Evaluation - Determine the value of
something

After Brainstorming comes Evaluating – what are

the possible outcomes. This is where you list
the positive and negative results of the choice.

However, some are more risky than others – that’s why it is

important to STOP, LIST, EVALUATE before you ACT.
A is for ACT
 Step 4: ACT – Decide what you are going to do and take
ACTION> but first ask yourself the following
just before you act on it
Consider this before Acting: H E L P
 H (Healthful)-Is this decision good for my health?
 E (Ethical)-Is this a safe decision? Can someone else get hurt?
 L (Legal)-Is it allowed for someone your age?
 P (Parents)-Would your parents/family approve?

 If you can answer yes to these…… THEN GO FOR IT!

You’ve made the right decision!!!!
 If not, go back and evaluate
5. Re-Evaluate
 Step 5: Re-Evaluate - re-evaluate your choice.

 Reflect on the experience you had as a result of your choice.

 Were you happy?

 Would you do the same the next time?

ONLY YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER!!

Let’s Practice…….

Remember
IB E A R
HELP!
Scenario #3
 Your best friend asks you to help him cheat on a test. He's
never done it before and he promises he'll never do it again.
What do you do?
 IBEAR Decision Making
Model
 I: Identify the situation
 B: Brainstorm alternative solutions-choices
 E: Evaluate choices - consequences for
each- weigh PRO’S AND CON’S
 A: Act on your decision
 R: Re-evaluate – Did you make a good
choice? We’re you happy with it?
What would you do?

 Yesterday, Sean and Marcus went downtown. On

the way there, Sean asked Marcus to stop at a
nearby apartment building while he ran inside to
buy some marijuana. While they were walking
downtown, Sean told Marcus he would meet him in
five minutes at the coffee shop. At the coffee shop
Sean shows Marcus a wad of bills and says, “I just
unloaded some of that pot on some middle school
kids.” On the way home, Sean decides to smoke in
Marcus’s car and asks him to drive around the block
a few times before letting him out. For the third time
that month Marcus found himself driving Sean
around town either to help him buy marijuana, sell it,
and then get high without being caught. By the time
Marcus got home he was fuming.
 Marcus starts thinking about his relationship with
Sean. They have been friends since junior high,
have played on the high school baseball team
together, are going to be roommates this fall at
college. Marcus has never liked it since Sean
started smoking marijuana last year, but at least
he does not pressure him to join. Since Sean is
now dealing as well as using, and constantly using
Marcus for rides he finds himself getting
increasingly annoyed with the entire situation.
What can Marcus do?
Peer Pressure Quiz
Peer Pressure Scoring
Peer Pressure Scenarios