Explore your values and priorities

Personal & Social Development · Self-Awareness · ages 14-15

Name ______________________ Date ____________

When loyalty and honesty conflict in a particular situation, what should you explain?
- Why both values must be removed without considering either one
- Which you prioritise here, with reasons and likely effects
- Why one fixed order must decide every future choice on its own
Which note links a stated value with a concrete past action?
- I value fairness: I shared turns during a game last month.
- I value fairness: a famous person uses that word in speeches.
- I value fairness: it sounds better than other words on my list.
Ranking values can help you examine one conflict without fixing their order forever.
Circle one: True False
Why might you start a values exercise with a manageable list of about five values?
- To make ties between values impossible in every situation
- To include every value you will ever care about in one list
- To leave time to explain each value and compare priorities
Your list puts health first, but you stayed up gaming and missed sleep. Before deciding to change the ranking, what should you examine?
- Which game to play next, without examining the missed sleep
- What influenced your choice and whether health still matters to you
- Which friends also stayed up, without considering your own circumstances
Mara values kindness but cannot recall an example from the past year. Which next step helps her explore the value without inventing evidence?
- Remove kindness because a missing memory proves it is false
- Plan a kind action and reflect on it afterward
- Invent a past example so the list looks consistent to others
Jon values reliability above entertainment. He misses an agreed meeting after losing track of time watching videos. He still wants reliability first. Which change fits this reflection?
- Put reliability last because one action reveals every true priority
- Set a reminder and stop videos before the next meeting
- Ignore the agreement because priorities cannot guide future actions
Pat keeps a harmless birthday surprise private. Lee tells a trusted adult about an injured friend who needs help, despite a request for secrecy. Which comparison is supported?
- Pat's choice proves loyalty must outrank honesty in every situation
- Lee's choice proves honesty must outrank every other value forever
- A harmless surprise differs from hiding an injury that needs help

Answer key

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Which you prioritise here, with reasons and likely effects · Explain a priority using the current situation, reasons and likely effects. The choice does not establish a permanent order for all future conflicts.
I value fairness: I shared turns during a game last month. · Sharing turns is a concrete action linked to fairness. It provides an example without proving the person's motive or whole character.
True · Ranking is a tool for considering a particular situation. Priorities can depend on context.
To leave time to explain each value and compare priorities · A manageable list leaves time for explanation and comparison. The suggested number does not prevent ties or capture every possible value.
What influenced your choice and whether health still matters to you · Examine the circumstances and your current priority. Missing sleep alone does not prove that health is unimportant or the ranking is dishonest.
Plan a kind action and reflect on it afterward · Mara can explore kindness through a planned action and later reflection. Missing a remembered example does not prove the value is false.
Set a reminder and stop videos before the next meeting · Jon wants to keep the priority and identifies distraction as the difficulty. A reminder and a plan to stop videos support following through without changing the ranking.
A harmless surprise differs from hiding an injury that needs help · The situations have different consequences. A harmless surprise does not justify withholding information needed to get help for an injured person.