Emotions and Decision-Making
Understand how emotions influence thinking and decision-making — that strong feelings can cloud judgement, that we often make different choices when calm versus when upset, and that recognising this gives us more control
Lesson
Set out your lesson
“Emotions and Decision-Making means seeing that strong feelings can cloud judgement and calm vs upset choices can differ. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Cards: strong feelings, cloud judgement, calm vs upset choices, more control
- Pause-before-choose card
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Strong feelings can cloud judgement. Calm choices often differ from upset choices. Noticing this helps you pause.
Optional challenge. For Emotions and Decision-Making, add cloud judgement.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: calm vs upset; support used. This session samples emotion–choice links, not mastery of decision science.
Share and support
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Practice this concept
Start practiceEmotions and Decision-Making practice
Choose how feelings affect choices.
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Learning resources
Extra practice links — they do not replace Gakuva’s teaching approach.
SAMHSA · Practice link — not the full lesson
What is Mental Health?
Before you open · source notes
What is Mental Health? supports Emotions and Decision-Making. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Source, access and review notes
Public SAMHSA page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
SAMHSA. “What is Mental Health?.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Give an example of a time a strong emotion led them or someone else to a poor decision
- Explain the idea of 'cooling off' before making an important choice
- Describe how the same situation looks different when you're calm versus upset
“If your child sends an angry message to a friend during an argument and later regrets it, can they explain how their anger affected their decision and what they might do differently next time?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Emotional Literacy
- Age range
- Ages 9–12
Standards