Unit 6 Vocab

Health Science Theory

Impulse

Going with your first reaction

Escape

Avoiding a decision or making up an answer to deflect an injury

Procrastination

Delaying making a decision until someone else does it or until the option disappears; deciding by “default”

Compliance 

handing over control or lets someone else decide

Agony

considering every detail of every option over and over again

Play It Safe

choosing the alternative with the lowest level of risk

Decision-making Process

Seven Steps - Identifying the decision to be made, gathering information, listing all alternatives of each choice, weighing evidence, selecting best choice, making the decision, and evaluation the decision

Stagnation

To stop developing, growing. progressing, or advancing

Value

Principles of standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life

Priorities

More important than anything else

Environment

Combo of surroundings, conditions, or influences