Risk-Taking
The act of operating a vehicle without regard to safety
Frequently checking the mirror
What is being concerned about your appearance?
Making fun of others because everyone else is
What is bullying?
Using your fingers while breathing
What is five finger breathing?
What is risky behavior?
Excessive consumption of adult beverages
What is alcohol abuse?
Worrying about what others will say when you pick out your outfit for the day
What is caring what your friends think?
Encouraging a peer to study with you for a test
What is positive peer pressure?
Telling yourself nice things about yourself
What is positive self talk?
Resisting parent rules and expectations
What is seeking independence?
Excessive consumption of illegal substances
What is drug abuse?
Restricting your food in an unhealthy way so as to affect your weight
What is an eating disorder?
Drinking alcohol at a party because someone said it was cool
Negative peer pressure
Writing down your hopes, fears, anxieties, events
What is journaling?
Talking to people outside of your normal friend group
What is exploring different social circles?
Examples would be stealing from a store, vandalizing a mail box
What is breaking the law?
Lifting heavy things repeatedly so as to gain muscle mass
What is weight lifting?
Birkenstocks with socks
What is wanting to dress like others?
Taking a moment to collect your emotions
What is taking a break?
Eating something you've never had before
What is trying new foods?
You get detention for this in school
What is rule breaking?
Changing your eating habits to healthier options to affect your weight
What is a diet?
Skibidi, Sigma, Rizz, Aura
What is teenage slang?
Visualizing the parts of your day that might be difficult
What is identifying your triggers?
Bonus: Why is it important that we can see adolescent behaviors across cultures? (paragraph 7)
If adolescents from many cultures behave similarly, we cannot blame those behaviors on culture or parenting styles.