Peer Pressure
What is a peer?
Some around the same age as you
Is there such a thing as positive peer pressure? Give an example.
Yes. Ex: Peers who are committed to doing well in school can influence others to be more goal oriented.
It is important to consider the feelings of others when you become angry
True or false
Yes it is important to recognize how your anger will make the other person feel. It may stop a person from acting out.
Using technology to influence or make fun of another person.
cyberbullying
This is another name for the season of fall.
What is autumn?
What is "pressure"?
When someone tries to influence you to do something.
What can you do if you are feeling peer pressured?
Distance yourself from the people pressuring you.
-Surround yourself with people who share the same values.
-Learn to feel comfortable with saying no.
-Ask yourself if your Mom would approve of what you're doing.
Positively influence someone to do something good through words
encouragement or positive peer pressure
Name calling, put downs, and offensive jokes are examples
verbal bullying
What is the shortest month of the year?
What is February?
Name one example of negative peer pressure.
Bribes, threats, teasing or name-calling.
Does making a mistake make you a bad person?
No. Everyone has experienced peer pressure at some point in their life, and it's important to learn from those mistakes.
What does empathy mean?
Understanding other people's feelings and putting yourself in their shoes.
Hitting, kicking, biting are all examples of
physical bullying
What is the capital of New York ?
What is Albany?
True or false: You should do whatever the rest of your group is doing even if you are against it.
False - If you don't feel comfortable doing it, don't.
In “peer pressure,” the word pressure means:
A) hurt
B) push
C) influence
D) ignore
C) Influence
What is compassion?
Taking action to help someone when you feel empathy towards them.
Excluding someone from a group and humiliating
social bullying
How many days are in October?
31
What is Peer Pressure?
Being influenced by peers to act or behave a certain way.
Having self-confidence can help you resist peer pressure.
True or False.
True.
Give an example of empathy
Is physical bullying worse than verbal bullying? Why?
Not necessarily, the effects of verbal bullying may last longer than the effects of physical bullying.
What is the color of our class?
Color....