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Choices and Decisions

Choices and Decisions. Making Decisions. The decision-making process. Identify the problem or goal. Where to live when you graduate from high school/college/university. 2. Obtain information and think about possible courses of action or possible alternatives. Live at home

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Choices and Decisions

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  1. Choices and Decisions Making Decisions

  2. The decision-making process • Identify the problem or goal. • Where to live when you graduate from high school/college/university

  3. 2. Obtain information and think about possible courses of action or possible alternatives. • Live at home • Live at home and pay rent to parents • Rent an apartment • Live alone • Share an apartment • Live in college/university residence • Live in fraternity or sorority • Live in trailer park or mobile home

  4. 3. Consider the consequences of each choice (action) and evaluate the alternatives.

  5. 4. Select the best course of action.

  6. Evaluate the results. Overhead 1-A Survey/interview

  7. What are you trying to decide? • Make a list Teenagers • Going to college or university • Saving money • Getting a part-time job

  8. Young Adults • Buying a car • Saving money • Moving away from home • Purchasing a home

  9. Older adults • Saving money • Changing Careers • Selecting a retirement location

  10. Use the decision-making process sheet to arrive at a possible solution for one of the decisions on the list. Student activity 1-1

  11. Why is this(sometimes) so hard? • 1. Levels of the cognitive domain: • Knowledge (easiest) • Comprehension (less easy) • Analysis (starting to get difficult) • Synthesis (difficult) • Evaluation (most difficult)

  12. Factors that can influence a decision • Age • Budget • Culture • Family opinions • Feelings • Habits • Peers • Risks and Consequences • Time • Values Overhead 1-B

  13. Common decision-making strategies • Agonizing • Avoidance • Compliance • Desire • Destiny • Inspiration • Procrastination • Security • Spontaneity • Synthesis Overhead 1-C Student activity 1-2

  14. Economic Factors and Decision making • Higher prices result in more expensive goods and services and lower buying power of the dollar. • Increases in consumer spending for certain goods and services can result in additional jobs in those industries. • Lower interest rates encourage consumer spending; higher rates are likely to encourage saving and less borrowing.

  15. A higher money supply will usually result in lower interest rates. A lower money will likely result in higher interest rates and reduced consumer spending. • High unemployment reduces consumer spending and results in fewer job opportunities. • Increased home building usually leads to more job opportunities and expanded consumer spending.

  16. A growing GDP usually indicates expanded economic growth in a country. • Higher stock prices usually indicate confidence in the economy and strong business conditions for jobs and consumer spending. Overhead 1-D Student activity 1-3

  17. Risks and decision making • Overhead 1-E

  18. Opportunity costs and time value of money • Overhead 1-F

  19. Analyze a decision • Student Activity 1-4

  20. Lesson one Quiz • Quiz 1-5

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