Transcript Life Law #8: We Teach People How to Treat Us (Power Point)

Life Law #8
We Teach People How to Treat Us
Source: Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw
“Don’t make yourself a mouse,
or the cat will eat you.”
-A.B. Cheales
Quick - Write
• In your notes, take 5 minutes to write about
how you think others view you.
• Be prepared to share out to the class!
Video Clip – Pavlov’s Dog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpoLxEN54ho
Running Time: 3 minutes 10 seconds
Video Clip – Operant
Conditioning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt4N9GSBoMI
Running Time: 4 minutes 22 seconds
Quick – Write Video Response
• In your notes, take 3 minutes to write about
what can be learned from the two video clips.
• Be prepared to share out to the class!
Key Points of Life Law #8
• If you reward someone’s behavior by
reacting in a way they desire, you are likely
to see the behavior again.
Negative Example: Others tease you
because they enjoy your reaction.
Positive Example: When you thank
someone, they are likely to repeat the
same action in the future.
Table Talk:
With your table group, come up with a real
life positive and negative example of the
following:
“If you reward someone’s behavior by
reacting in a way they desire, you are likely to
see the behavior again”
Be prepared to share out to the class.
Key Points of Life Law #8
• Change the way you engage others and
they will change the way they react.
Negative Example: You treat others rudely
and they treat you rudely.
Positive Example: Treat others with
respect, and you will be treated with
respect.
Table Talk:
With your table group, come up with a real
life positive and negative example of the
following:
“Change the way you engage others and they
will change the way they react.”
Be prepared to share out to the class.
Quick - Write
• Go back to your notes where you wrote
about how you think others view you.
• List three things in the margin that you can
do to either change how others view you or
to encourage others to continue treating you
the same way.
Activity Cards
• With a small group, take a few minutes to
discuss the content on the 8 activity cards.
Putting Life Law #8 Into Action
• Treat yourself well so that others will be
motivate to do the same.
Silent Reading
• Read about teaching people how to treat us
on pages 175 – 193 in the book entitled Life
Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw.
• Add to your Cornell notes any tips that are
meaningful from the reading.
On Your Own