Decision Making in High School
This worksheet explores the decision-making process, common biases, and ethical considerations relevant to high school students.
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Decision Making in High School
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Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful responses. This worksheet aims to help you understand and reflect on your decision-making processes.
1. Which of the following is typically the first step in a rational decision-making process?
Evaluating alternatives
Identifying the problem
Gathering information
Making a choice
2. When making a decision, considering the potential and of each option is crucial.
3. A cognitive is a systematic error in thinking that affects the decisions and judgments that people make.
4. Confirmation bias occurs when an individual seeks out and interprets information in a way that confirms their existing beliefs.
True
False
5. Groupthink always leads to better decisions than individual decision-making due to diverse perspectives.
True
False
6. Describe a situation where an ethical dilemma might arise during a decision-making process. How would you approach it using an ethical framework?
7. Think about a significant decision you have made recently. What steps did you take? What was the outcome, and what did you learn?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
8. A is a simple tool to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of different options.
9. Businesses often use a to evaluate internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats.