Interpreting Events and Experiences

1. Interpreting Events and Experiences

2. Chapter Overview • Interpreting Events and Experiences • Building a Positive Attitude • Overcoming Challenging Experiences Chapter 3, Lesson 1

3. Lesson Overview • What does it mean to interpret events and experiences? • What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? • Why is a positive outlook on life important? • How does perspective mold your understanding of life? Chapter 3, Lesson 1

4. Lesson Overview • How does perspective mold your purposes, passions, and practices? • What are ways of cultivating a healthy perspective? • How does personality shape your perspective and motivation? • How do your actions reveal your attitudes? Chapter 3, Lesson 1

5. Quick Write As a young person, you face tough decisions every day. School, grades, friends, family, money, rules, work, having fun—all these things present you with a range of choices. Think about a hard decision you had to make recently—one that you couldn’t make quickly. What was your thought process before you made that decision? Chapter 3, Lesson 1

6. Quick Write Write down five words that describe what you thought about. Now think about how you made that tough decision. Write down five words to describe what helped you decide. In a small group of classmates, share your lists and discuss how they are different. Does decision making get easier with practice and experience? Why? Chapter 3, Lesson 1

7. Interpreting Events and Experiences • It’s a big part of growing up • Potentialis your promise—what you are capable of doing or becoming • Attaining maturity means becoming more aware of • your abilities • your goals • your place in the world Chapter 3, Lesson 1

8. Interpreting Events and Experiences • Maturity also means understanding how your attitudes and behaviors influence others • This lesson will help you become more aware of how your attitudes and behaviors make you who you are and who you are becoming as a result of your experience Chapter 3, Lesson 1

9. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Chapter 3, Lesson 1

10. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Chapter 3, Lesson 1

11. Why is a Positive Outlook on Life Important? • Your attitude determines your outlook on and approach to life • Made up of your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs • Your attitude is a compass • Attitude follows your behavior • If you do positive things, you’ll develop a more positive attitude Chapter 3, Lesson 1

12. I’m OK, You’re OK • In 1969 psychologist Thomas Anthony Harris wrote a book called I'm OK, You're OK • Harris summarized personality as one of four life positions or attitudes: • I’m not OK, you’re OK • I’m not OK, you’re not OK • I’m OK, you’re not OK • I’m OK, you’re OK Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Graphic courtesy of Clipart.com

13. Value of a Positive Attitude • A positive attitude increases the chances that others will like you • People tend to avoid individuals with ongoing negative attitudes • The term toxic personalities refers to people who never have a nice thing to say • A toxic attitude can rub off on others without their even being aware of it Chapter 3, Lesson 1

14. Value of a Positive Attitude • A good attitude is essential for leaders • It’s essential to gaining respect and encouraging others to follow them Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Photo courtesy of Creatas Images

15. Perspective • Perspective is your way of seeing the world • It’s your “take” on the world—your worldview • Your perspective drives the way you interpret your life experiences. It: • Helps form your attitudes and personality • Guides your behaviors Chapter 3, Lesson 1

16. Perspective • A healthy, well-rounded, fair-minded perspective can guide you in your: • studies • job • friendships • family relationships • future Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Photo courtesy of Banana stock images

17. Affiliation Need • People want to belong to a group or an organization; they want to have friends • This is called an affiliation need—a desire to be and feel a part of a group • Sometimes an affiliation need leads to peer pressure to do the wrong, unwise, or inappropriate thing Chapter 3, Lesson 1

18. Cultivating a Healthy Perspective • Developing a healthy perspective requires: • Keeping an open mind • Seeing things for what they really are • It also involves recognizing effects of mistakes or poor choices • Everyone makes mistakes—the trick is to learn from them Chapter 3, Lesson 1

19. Your Personality • Your personality has a big influence on your perspective and motivation • Personality influences what you think is important and unimportant • It is not surprising that people are driven by different things • These things are their purposes or goals Chapter 3, Lesson 1

20. Cycle of Goal-Directed Activity • Your motive helps you form a goal ↓ • You then choose a behavior that is directed toward that goal ↓ • If it all works, you meet your goal Chapter 3, Lesson 1

21. Motivation • Intrinsic motivation is a drive people feel that is based on internal factors, such as need for affiliation, achievement, power, wisdom, and security • Extrinsic motivationis a force that drives people to act that is based on factors outside the individual Chapter 3, Lesson 1

22. Actions Reveal Attitudes • If you’re like most people, you want your actions to be in harmony with your attitudes • You’d seem hypocritical or two-faced if you expressed one attitude or belief and then did something completely contrary • Actions speak louder those words. In the end, it’s what you do, not what you say, that counts Chapter 3, Lesson 1

23. Actions Reveal Attitudes See if you can tell what each of the following actions might say about the person’s attitude: • Chewing and snapping gum during a lecture • Conversing above a whisper during a movie • Failing to use “Mr.,” “Mrs.,” “Ms.,” “Sir,” or “Ma’am” in talking with adults • Avoiding eye contact with others • Putting your feet up on furniture • Losing something that you’ve borrowed from a friend Chapter 3, Lesson 1

24. Actions Reveal Attitudes • Fostering an achievement-focused attitude leads to better results • The more you achieve, the more you’re likely to achieve Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Photo courtesy of Clipart.com

25. Review • Your experience and how you interpret that experience have an enormous influence on your daily life and your future • Potential is your promise—what you are capable of doing or becoming • Motivation is the inner force that drives people to act • Psychologist Abraham Maslow came up with a hierarchy of needs to describe people’s motivations Chapter 3, Lesson 1

26. Review • Your attitude is a compass • If you do positive things, you’ll develop a more positive attitude • Bad habits, poor behaviors, and negative attitudes are contagious—so pick your friends wisely • Perspective is your way of seeing the world. It’s your “take” on the world or worldview • Perspective helps form your attitudes and your personality; it guides your behaviors Chapter 3, Lesson 1

27. Review • Perspective molds your purposes, passions, and practices • Affiliation need is a desire to be and feel part of a group • Developing a healthy perspective requires keeping an open mind and seeing things for what they really are • Everyone makes mistakes—the trick is to learn from them Chapter 3, Lesson 1

28. Review • Your personality shapes your perspective and motivation • Your motive helps you form a goal. You then choose a behavior directed toward that goal and hope that you’ll meet it • There are two kinds of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic • Your actions—for better or worse—reveal your attitudes Chapter 3, Lesson 1

29. Summary • What does it mean to interpret events and experiences? • What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? • Why is a positive outlook on life important? • How does perspective mold your understanding of life? Chapter 3, Lesson 1

30. Summary • How does perspective mold your purposes, passions, and practices? • What are ways of cultivating a healthy perspective? • How does personality shape your perspective and motivation? • How do your actions reveal your attitudes? Chapter 3, Lesson 1

31. Next • Done—interpreting events and experiences • Next—building a positive attitude Chapter 3, Lesson 1 Photo courtesy of Clipart.com