Definitions
This is when someone your age tries to influence your decisions or behavior.
Peer Pressure
Peer pressure that encourages risky or harmful behavior.
Negative
Walking away or leaving a situation is never an acceptable refusal strategy
False
Giving in to peer pressure can make you feel this, often after a bad choice.
Regret
: The fastest-growing plant in the world.
Bamboo
This is the type of pressure that encourages you to do something positive.
Positive Peer Pressure
Pressure from seeing what everyone else is doing without being asked.
Indirect
Which of these is an example of an I-message?
A) “You always tell me what to do!”
B) “I’m not comfortable with that.”
C) “Everyone else is doing it!”
B
Peer pressure can influence your decisions because you want to do this with your friends.
Fit in/belong
The country with the largest population in the world.
China
This happens when you feel pressured without anyone saying anything.
Indirect Peer Pressure
Pressure that happens when you want to be accepted in a group.
Social pressure
You should always argue with friends until they change their mind if you don’t want to do something.
False
Peer pressure can affect your emotional well-being, like making you anxious or stressed.
True
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Nile
A way of clearly stating your feelings or boundaries using BLANK statements.
"I" statements
Friends asking you to cheat on a test is this kind of pressure.
Direct
Finding a reason to step away or leave a situation is called this.
Exit plan
You chose to say no to a dangerous dare from friends. The likely effect is…
A) Increased respect for your boundaries
B) Peer exclusion
C) Regret
A
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Liver
Peer pressure can influence your decisions and lead to these, which might be positive or negative depending on your choice.
Consequences
Peer pressure can be subtle, like gestures or facial expressions; this is called…
Nonverbal
This strategy helps you think ahead about how you will respond to pressure.
Planning or coping strategy
Repeatedly giving in to negative peer pressure may hurt…
A) Your safety or well-being
B) Your ability to make independent choices
C) Both A and B
C
The smallest planet in our solar system.
Mercury