Peers Basics
Friendship Foundations
Socially Risky
Socially Helpful
Communication Skills
BFF's (famous friends)
100
How many lessons are included in the PEERS program?
15 lessons
100
This is the foundation of friendships according to PEERS.
Common interests
100
This risky behavior involves criticizing people and pointing out their minor mistakes or rule violations?
Policing
100
The goal of trading information is to find these, which form the foundation of friendships..
Common interests
100
Using this ________ means that your conversation partner can hear you comfortably.
Volume Control - Try to match the volume to the level of those around you
100
Who are these two monsters?
Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan AKA "Sulley"
200
According to the PEERS Neuroaffirming Pledge, learning and using the skills taught is always _______
A personal choice
200
Name three characteristics of good friendships.
Kindness, trust, honesty, loyalty, caring, mutual understanding, commitment, equality, ability to self-disclose, conflict resolution, and sharing common interests.
200
This risky behavior means sharing more than someone you just met wants to hear.
Getting too personal at first or TMI
200
This type of question cannot be answered with a one word answer like "yes" or "no"
Open-ended questions
200
According to body boundaries we discussed, what is the typical distance to stand when talking to someone?
About an arm's length away or about 2-3 feet.
200
In the Disney movie "Toy Story" this cowboy and space ranger start as rivals but become best friends.
Woody and Buzz Lightyear
300
PEERS has two main purposes, making and keeping friends and handling ________ and _________.
Conflict and rejection
300
What is the buzzword PEERS uses for having a reciprocal conversation?
Trading Information
300
This risky behavior involves being honest without considering the other person's feelings.
Brutally Honest
300
This helpful behavior involves really paying attention to what your friend is saying during conversation.
Listening to your friend
300
Rather than being _________ during disagreements, you should try to compromise with friends.
Argumentative
300
In the Marvel movies, this god of thunder and this scientist/green rage monster have an unlikely friendship that develops throughout the films.
Thor and Hulk (Bruce Banner)
400
What does the acronym PEERS stands for the Program for the Education and Enrichment of __________ Skills
Relational
400
This type of question keeps conversations going on a specific topic, like "What good movies have you seen lately?"
Follow-up questions
400
Name 4 topics that are considered to be risky to discuss when first meeting someone.
Politics, religion, money, and all things that are not school appropriate.
400
When someone doesn't ask you questions back, you should do this to keep the conversation going in a reciprocal manner.
Answer your own question
400
This shows the person you are listening and interested in talking to them, but not everyone is comfortable with it.
Eye contact
400
Four friends from "Big Hero 6" help Hiro and Baymax save the day with their scientific skills, name any one of the 4.
GoGo, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, and Fred
500
This approach recognizes that differences do not make us less or more than others and celebrates diverse ways of thinking.
Neurodiversity
500
In a healthy friendship, this should be shared equally between both people rather than dominated by one person.
The conversation (I might accept other answers)
500
Name 5 risky conversational behaviors that can damage potential friendships (we have discussed 13 so far!)
being a conversation hog, being an interviewer, policing, teasing/bantering, getting too personal at first, talking about risky topics, being repetitive, interrupting, bragging, being argumentative, not using volume control, not using body boundaries, or not managing eye contact
500
Name the 5 steps to exchanging contact information.
1. Trade information multiple times
2. Find common interests
3. Use common interests as a reason for contact
4. Assess their interest
5. Suggest exchanging contact information
500
We discussed 6 steps in beginning phone calls (with step 2 and 3 being skipped if the other person greets you by name). Name at least 4 out of the 6 for points.
1. Consider planning the call beforehand
2. Ask for the person *
3. Say who you are *
4. Ask how they are
5. Ask if they can talk if the call was unplanned
6. Give a reason for calling
500
These two best friends from "Gravity Falls" are twins who solve mysteries together all summer long.
Dipper and Mabel Pines