Activity: Emotions DECIDE Model
Refer to Section A, page 6 to review the DECIDE Model:
Explore the alternatives or options. What are your choices, given these circumstances?
Consider the consequences. What are the pros and cons for each option?
Identify your values. What is most important to you, and how do these options fit your beliefs?
Decide and take action.
Evaluate and revise. Experience may show you a better way to decide next time.
Now, complete the Emotions DECIDE Model based on the following scenario.
Think back over the last few days or last week and choose a moment in which you felt an emotion very strongly toward yourself or another person: fear, love, anger, happiness, etc. Consider how you reacted or managed your emotion: what were your immediate feelings and reactions, and how did you decide to communicate and resolve them? Now, re-think the scenario. Review the strategies for managing emotions on the previous page. Fill in the DECIDE Model to explore your options for how to react with appropriate expressions and how you might react differently if faced with a similar situation in the future.
When you have finished, submit your completed assignment to the Activity: Emotions DECIDE Model assignment link. Please refer to the DECIDE Model rubric within the Getting Started section of the Orientation module.
