Intro to Wellness: Lesson 7, Attitude is the Father of Behavior

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NAME Annie Zaher PERIOD: SS1

Part 1: Swindell Quote: Look at the Quote on Attitude in our Lesson 7 notes, on board as well and go in order 1: Dont Over think this! 2: Now Work w/ a 3: Provide a brief reaction to the quote. What do you feel he (Swindell) is trying to convey? When reading the quote Partner and agree Swindell is trying to convey that attitude is the most important aspect of someones life, and everything pick 3 simple words that upon 3 words. Fight else is secondary. Attitude is how you deal with the misfortunes of life and thus affects your outlook on stick out to you! it out. life in the present. Bad things will always happen to good people. 1. important 1.important 4: How do you feel about the portion of the quote life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react 2.choice 2.remarkable to it. Do you agree or disagree and explain why. 3.reactions 3. circumstances I agree with this quote because it doesnt matter who you are, bad things are always going to happen to you throughout your life, and its how you deal with failures that characterize you as a person. Part II: Locus of Control 1: Define Locus of Control. The extent to which individuals believe that they can control events that affect them. (dictate what happens to you). 2: Take this survey (must sign up) and put results here: 3: Define. Internal Locus of Control: You think you have the ability to control your life. Individuals with a high internal locus of control believe that events in their life derive primarily from their own actions; for example, if a person with an internal locus of control does not perform as well as they wanted to on a test, they would blame it on lack of preparedness on their part. External Locus of Control: You have the ability to control others. If a person with a high external locus of control does poorly on a test, they might attribute this to the difficulty of the test questions. If they performed well on a test, they might think the teacher was lenient or that they were lucky 4: Come up with a real life example and explain how someone with an internal vs. external locus of control would handle it differently. Internal: Person does poor on a test-they blame themselves. External: Person does poor on a test-blame the difficulty of the test. Part III: Attitude is the Father of Behavior

1: How does your attitude affect your decisions? Give an example. Attitude drives decisions you make based on how you choose to look at something.

2: Highlight or underline which items we have control over in the equation below.

Events+ Thoughts=Feelings

3: Explain how attitude could be viewed as a decision. Use the term control. Your attitude (mindset) determines your actions and the key here is you choose your attitude. Choice=control

Choice=control
4: Pick 3 of the 7 determinants and provide an explanation as to how a person with an internal AND external locus of control would view the determinant. External Locus of Control Internal Locus of Control Heredity Environment Media Culture Technology Attitude Behavior

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