PDP Activity 3 Personal Values – Does it all add up?

PDP Activity 3 Personal Values – Does it all add up?
Activity 1:
What I value most is... Important to me (√)
1. A good car
2. Challenge
3. Contributing to society
4. Feeling I am in control of my life
5. Creativity
6. Fairness
7. Fame and celebrity
8. Family and home life
9. Friendship
10. Having a good time
11. Health
12. Help received from others
13. Helping others
14. Honesty
15. Big house
16. Independence
17. Influence
18. Integrity
19. Intellectual abilities
20. A good job or career
21. Justice
22. Leadership and authority
23. Leaving something for posterity
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24. Making a difference to the world
25. Money
26. New experiences
27. Personal qualities such as kindness
28. Physical appearance
29. Popularity
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30. Good-quality possessions
31. Power
32. Being needed
33. Security
34. A feeling of self-worth
35. Social life
36. Solitude
37. Spiritual life
38. Sporting ability
39. Being wanted
40. Other things: (state what)
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Activity: Personal values 2
Select the ten items you value most and list these in order of importance, where 1 is the most important,
2 for the next in importance and so on.
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2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
Reflection activity for this exercise:(for each of the sections below we expect you to reflect on your
responses above and to write a few sentences or paragraphs – do not answer with single words or
phrases. Remember this is about reflective thinking which should always represent a thought process of
‘mulling things over’.
Consider the top ten items that you valued. What themes can you identify? For example, do
your choices suggest you place a high value on anything in particular? What do you not place
high value on?
My choices suggest that is should place high value on the most essential things in life, leaving behind the
less important.
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