Question

You are faced with a dilemma. You want very much to go to the park with your friends and hang out. However, your mother left you firm instructions to clean your bedroom. Her final words were "or else!" Create a decision-making grid similar to the one you learned about in this unit. Then decide which would be the best use of your time. Make a choice as to which you will do. Submit both your grid and an explanation (at least one paragraph in length) in which you explain how you have decided to use your time and why you made that particular choice. Question 25 options:

Answer 1

Alternative

Go to the Park Clean Bedroom

Benefits Your Having Fun and developing relationships through speaking skills You have a better self-esteem since your space is clean

Decision Hang out with friends Obey your Mother

Opportunity Cost You will miss out on having fun You will loose your mother’s trust

Benefits Forgone You miss out on one day of having fun You give up an opportunity to build trust and be obedient  

The Decision making alternatives cause me to decide on an operatunity cost that makes me trustworthy and compliant. By being obedient you are able to follow directions which is very important in the work force. Having a dirty room can have a dirty impact on our self esteems because it can cause us to look down on ourselves when we can’t be at peace in our own living space and also you have the chance of being embarrassed. You can Clean your room so your friends can come hang out with you in your room.