PROPER BEHAVIOUR AND RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING
What is behaviour?
Behaviour: is the way a person does things in particular situation. A person behaviour can change due to his or her mood, place or the person he or she is dealing with.
Mood: When aperson is happy, he or she behaves differently from the way he or she behave when angry or sad.
Place: A student in the classrooms behaves differently from the way he or she behave in the playgrounds Persons one is dealing with A student be haves different way when dealing with fellow student or friends, teachers, parents, relatives or strangers.
TYPES OF BEHAVIOUR
There are two major types ofbehaviour these are:-
i. Proper behaviour: also known as good behaviour.
ii. Improper behaviour also known as bad behaviour 1. PROPER BEHAVIOUR
Proper behaviour: This is behaviour which is acceptable to the societies. Example of such behaviours includes honesty, love, kindness, obedience, sympathy and cooperation.
SOURCES/CAUSES OF GOOD/PROPER BEHAVIOUR
Proper behaviour may originate from various places in the society these include:-
i. Good parental care: Good parents guide their children towards proper we.
ii. Mass media: Radio, television, newspaper and other types of media have programmers or articles which teach people good behaviour.
ii. Proper education: People who get proper formal as well as informal education usually good behaviour
iv. Good friends: Religious teaching.
v. Neighbors.
vi. Good religious teaching.
ELEMENT OF PROPER BEHAVIOUR
i. Respect for parents: relatives and other people.
ii. Use of proper language: this means not using abusive language
ili. Taking part in community activities: such as minerals, weddings and environmental conservation.
iv. Proper dressing: dressing which is socially acceptable.
v. Working hard.
vi. Helping others.
IMPOTANCE OF PROPER BEHAVIOUR
The following are some of the benefits of proper behaviour in society.
1. It promotes unity in the society: There is unity, peace and harmony in the society.
2. It promotes cooperation: The members of the society are helpful and cooperative with each other.
3. It encourage personal responsibilities: Every one in the society is free to exercise their right and fulfill their responsibilities.
4. It encourage development: due to hard working on different There is
development and prosperity in the society as people work hard.
5. It promote respect in the societies: proper behaviour usually is real acceptable by the members of the society.
6. It encourage hard working: due to cooperation.
7. It enable students to persue well their studies: due to study hard and having good disciplines towards their teachers and their fallow students as well as obeying the school rules and regulations.
2. IMPROPER/BAD BEHAVIOUR
Improper behaviour: This is behaviour which is not acceptable in the society.
ELEMENTS OF IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR
i. The use of abusive language.
ii. Prostitution.
iii. Taking illicit drugs.
iv. Laziness.
v. Fighting.
vi. Theft and robbery.
vii. Causing trouble and disturbing.
viii. Disrespect for school rules.
ix. Disrespect for parents, elders and relatives.
x. Arrogance is being rude because one feat that he or she is more important.
SOURCES/CAUSES OF IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR
Improper behaviour can be result of many factors some of these factors are:-
1. Lack of proper parental care: Parents do not spend enough time with their children to know their problems.
2. Mass media: These are such as television, radio the internet and newspapers play a great role in changing peoples behaviour. Some of the programmers and articles expose young people to violence, prostitution and other social evils.
3. Poverty: Some people may be forced to engage in bad habits because of their poor economic status. For example: they may steal or engage in prostitution to earn money.
4. Drunkenness: Drinking alcohol excessively can make someone lose control of his or her actions hence resulting in to improper behaviour.
5. Lack of proper education: Education is an important tool in changing and promoting good behaviour but when some lack the proper education it can be easily to be influenced with bad peer pressures and change the behaviour.
6. The influence of peer pressure and friends: Some friends and groups are not good they can lead one into truancy use of abuse language, drug abuse, prostitution and running away from school. from school.
CONSEQUENCES OF IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR
1. It can led to spread of HIV and AIDS: due to prostitution and sharing of needle for injecting drugs.
2. It can led to the increse in crimes: such as robbery an reaping, Social problems such as drug abuse, homosexuality and corruption.
3. Increase in family problems: such as lack of food, unwanted pregnancies and early marriage.
4. It can led to increase in poverty: Due to laziness when people do not work and therefore do not produce wealth.
5. Decline in respect in the society: people does not respect each other.
6. It can led to increase in family conflicts: improper behaviour such drug abuse, the use of abusive languages, prostitution can contribute to frequently occurrence of conflicts in the societies.
7. Increase in street children: Due to early marriages and prostitutions.
8. Decline in production: due to laziness since people do not produce they spend a lot of time for nothing.
DRUG ABUSE
Drug abuse: Is the illegal use of drugs like heroine, Marijuana, cocaine, and other orther drugs.
CAUSES DRUG ABUSE
1. Low level of education.
2. Bad peers.
3. Poor parental care.
4. Poverty.
5. Stress.
EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE
1. Increase in poverty.
2. Increase in family conflicts.
3. Separation of families and divorces.
4. It can lead to mental problem.
5. Spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS due to sharing of contaminated tools.
6. Increase in poverty.
7. Loss of man power.
8. Increase in government expenditure.
9. Occurance of Unexpected deaths.
10. Increase in moral decay.
11. Increase in crimes like robbery and theft.
12. Increase in street children.
WAYS OF CONTROLING DRUG ABUSE
1. Provision of education.
2. Eradicating poverty.
3. Enacting strictly laws against drug users and suppliers.
4. Eradication of corruption.
5. Providing strong punishment to the drug users.
HOW TO CONTROL IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR
Several measures can be take in to control improper behaviour some of these measures are:-
1. Provision of proper education: Mass of education about good behaviour among members of the society the should be provided.
2. To ensure proper parental care: Parent need to be closer to their children and spend a lot of time with them on counseling and guiding them.
3. To maintain proper religious teaching: People who belong to different faiths should adhere to their religious teaching on good behaviour.
4. Enacting the strictly laws: The strong laws should be enforced to curb antisocial behaviour by eradicating drugs users.
5. The importation phonographic material should be banned.
6. To regulate the educational curriculum: School and colleges should educate young people on how to behave properly in the society.
7. Good government support: The government should ensure all children get formal education. Parent should be encouraged to send their children to school.
RATIONAL DECISION MAKING
Rational decision: is the choice which an individual make after thinking critically about the available options in a given problem.
Rationale decision making: is the process of choosing the best choices in the life.
STAGES/STEPS NEEDED ON RATIONAL DECISION MAKING
1. Identifying the problem: Before making decision about something you must first identify the existing problem properly.
2. Gathering relevant information: On this stage a decision maker must collect informations on the possible solution on solving the problem. The problem information may be obtained through different spurces like reading books, news papers, listening andbwaching different mass media and doing research.
3. Developing altenatives: After collecting data about the given situation about the causes of something, then a decision maker choose the best solution to solve the given problem.
4. Evaluate the altenatives: In this stage a person has to make evaluate the strength and weakness of the suggested methods to solve the problem.
5. Take action/Decision making: This is the stage of implementation where a person has to make decision from the chosen alternative.
6. Checking for result: In this stage a person has to assess the choice to determine whether the decision made has abled to solve the problem or not. However if the solution has not abled to solve the problem a person has to find another solution.
SKILLS OF RATIONAL DECISION MAKING
1. Ative listening skills: It is better to listen carefully what someone say about something so as to get the best massage.
2. Time management skills: The successfully rational decision making need enough time hence failure to allocate enough time can led to irrational decision making.
3. Sharing skills: The successfully rational decision making need some to share information with other people
4. Critical thinking skills: Before decision making a person should think critically so as to make something which correct.
5. Creative thinking skills: A person should be creative so as to make something which is right.
6. Problem solving skills: A person who want to make decision should have problem solving skills.
IMPORTANCE OF RATIONAL DECISION MAKING
Decision making is important for the following:-
1. It promotes sense of commitment to people: when members of the society are involved in making decision which affects them.
2. It facilitates proper utilization of available resources.
3. It promotes sense of equality: this is due to the equal participation of members in decision-making.
4. It increase efficiency on doing things: because members of the society make decision on that concern them.
5. It improves personal responsibilities: creates a sense of collective responsibility in carrying out tasks and making policies.
6. It enables people to achieve goals.
7. It encourage critical thinking to the people.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Problem: is something which is difficult to deal with or to understand.
Social problem: are difficult that affecting the community.
Problems solving: Life skills constitute of knowledge and attitude that are necessary independently with maximum efficiency and accuracy.
One of the categories of life skills is critical thinking such as reasoning inquires analysis, precessing, flexibility and evaluation. Social problem solving: is the way of trying to find solution for ending the problem in the society.
Problem solving techniques: These are the ways that a person or community deals with a difficult solution. They involve analyzing a problem to determine the best way of reading or ending it. They are related to decision making because they require to make a choice and act on it.
Life skills education: Refers to the know legalization improve the quality of better living standard. Example: Agriculture proper use fertilizers, irrigation methods, pets control, conditions necessary for the growth of crops and weeding, educational offers life skills relate to employment and income opportunity.
SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES
Social problem solving: is the way of trying to find solution for ending the problem in the society. These are the way that a person or community deals with a difficult solution. They involve analyzing a problem to determine the best way of reading or ending it. They are related to decision making because they require to make a choice and act on it.
STEPS OF SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING
1. Initiating mediation: Mediation is the process of trying to end a disagreement between people or groups by talking to them and helping them find a suitable for all those involved. The one who initiating mediation is known as the Mediator.
2. Gathering information: The mediator trying to find the root causes of the problem by asking questions.
3. Define the problem: At this stage the disagreement is explained in order to know the problem. Knowing a problem is an important stage in solving the problem,Therefore it is advised that the mediator has to clearly understand and define the root cause of the problem.
4. Generating alternatives: This is a stage of coming up with many solutions to the problem.
5. Agreeing to a solution: It is the stage of choosing the best alternative to solve the problem.
6. Follow up: This is the stage of implementing and testing the solution to see if it works.
IMPORTANCE OF APPLYING PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES
1. It help to bring a peace in the societies, by resolving conflicts in the community.
2. It help to raise the living standard to the society. E.g. improving housing health services.
3. It enhence fairly treatment of all members of the community’
4. It helps in stoping social evils such as drug abuse, child labour and prostitution
5. It help to protect the environment against degradation. Example by recycling plastic containers instead of throwing them a away or burning them.
6. It encourages development to both individual person and nation.
7. It improves international relations among the countries.
8. It strengthen the democracy in the given country.
CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATE SOCIETY FAILURE TO APPLY PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUES IN THE SOCIETY
1. It may led to the occurance of many conflicts in the societies.
2. It may led to the decline of development.
3. It may led to separation of families due to many divorces.
4. It contributes to the decline in international relationship.
5. It can led to unexpected death due to wrong decision making.
6. It can led to human rights abuse.
7. It may led to increase in poverty, due to decline of productive sectors caused by poor relations.
8. It may led to the spread of dangerous diseases like HIV/AIDS.
GUIDING QUESTIONS
1. What are the motives behind most youth in Tanzania are engaging on high use of drugs.
2. Why most youth are engaging on smoking and other elements of bad habit.
3. Explain six (6) consequences which resulted from failure to apply problem solving skills in the society.
4. Outline five consequences of drug abuse to Tanzanian youth.
5. Drug abuse is serious problem, propose five ways to address this catastrophe.
6. Analyse six important steps involving in peace keeping in the societies.
7. Explain six (6) importance associated with applying problem soving techniques in the society.
