Friendships
If a close friendship is people with strong emotional ties to each other, what is a casual friendship?
A casual friend is someone with whom you share interests but not deep emotional bonds.
What is peer pressure?
The influence that people your age may have on you.
True or False:
Seeking high-pressure dating situations is a good tip for practicing abstinence
FALSE
What is one of the most common risk with sexual activity?
Hint: It's not unplanned pregnancies.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
These are people of similar age who share similar interests.
Peers
What is the difference between a passive and an aggressive communicator?
A passive communicator is someone who is unwilling or unable to express their thoughts and feelings in a direct or firm manner. Being passive may cause others to view them as pushovers who are not worthy of respect.
An aggressive communicator is someone who is overly forceful, pushy, or hostile. Aggressive responses can result in emotional or physical harm to both parties.
_____ is a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
Abstinence
True or False:
Someone can have an STD without showing any symptoms.
True
List 2 common attributes of friendships
Possible answers:
Similar values, interests, beliefs, and attitudes
Open and honest communication
Sharing of joys, disappointments, dreams, and worries
Mutual respect, caring, and support
Concern about each other's safety and well-being
List one method of manipulation.
Possible answers:
Making Threats
Blackmail
Mocking or Teasing
Teens who make the decision to practice abstinence are choosing the only method that is ___% effective in eliminating the health risks associated with sexual activity.
a. 100
b. 0
c. 50
d. 99
a. 100
Every year in the United States, about _____ teenage girls become pregnant.
a. 500,000
b. 600,000
c. 900,000
d. 1,000,000
d. 1,000,000
A friendship with a person in which there is affection, but the two people are not considered a couple is called ___.
1. State your position; state your position simply and firmly, combine your words with nonverbal messages give an honest reason for your response
2. Suggest Alternatives; by offering an alternative, you create an opportunity to spend time with your friend in a way that makes you comfortable, your suggestion is the most effective if it takes you away from the dangerous or unpleasant situation
3. Stand your ground; make it clear that you mean what you said, use strong body language and maintain eye contact, but do not touch the other person or become physical in any way, if this doesn’t work, remove yourself from the situation
These are the effective steps involved in a three-step process known as _____.
Refusal skills
True or False:
Abstinence means doing without intimacy or expressing affection in a close, special friendship.
False
Two of the most common negative consequences of teen sexual activity are:
1. Unplanned pregnancy
2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
What is the third most common consequence?
Hint: It is related to the emotional consequences more than physical.
Emotional or relationship difficulties, such as stress, regret, or pressure.
A small circle of friends, usually with similar backgrounds or tastes, who exclude people viewed as outsiders are called ____.
Cliques
Picture this:
You are hanging out with your friends at lunch when somebody pulls out some harmful drugs. They ask if everyone at your table wants some and everybody except you takes some. All of your friends are pressuring you to take some, but you make sure to calmly refuse to prioritize your health.
What is the action in the bolded phrase called?
Assertive Refusal
These are four of five tips for practicing abstinence. Which one could be missing?
1. Set limits for expressing affection
2. Talk with a trusted adult.
3. Seek low- pressure dating situations.
4. Date a person who respect and shares your values
5. __??__
Communicate with your partner!!
Each year, about half of the diagnosed causes of STDs occur among teens and young adults between the ages of __ and __.
a. 17 and 22
b. 15 and 24
c. 16 and 25
d. 18 and 25
b. 15 and 24
What does the term infatuation mean?
Exaggerated feelings of passion