Communication Skills
Define selective listening?
Hearing what we want to hear.
Define Stereotyping?
To judge or label a group of people based on appearance or rumor.
A _____ means an untrue belief or invented story that is used to justify drug use.
MYTH
What does TOLERANCE mean?
Needing more and more to get the same high.
______ means:mental or physical tension or pressure.
STRESS
Define Communication?
Sending and receiving messages.
Define Self-fulfilling Prophecy?
Becoming what others expect by believing their judgment".
_____ means: ignoring consequences that are obvious to others.
DENIAL
_________means drug addicted or alcoholic.
Chemical Dependency
What is the quality of life?
Living as close to your dreams and goals as possible, Ability to do the things you want to do, Feeling good and healthy and Feeling content and successful.
What happens when verbal and nonverbal messages don't match?
The message is confusing or unclear.
How does stereotyping harm people?
instill fear
hatred toward a certain group of people
violence
unfair treatment of a certain group in the case of racial stereotyping
What are the four kinds of Denial?
1.) Blame others
2.) Deny injury
3.) Deny their effects on others
4.) Drug users my reinterpret bad things that happen to them so that they appear to be positive, or at least not so bad.
______ means: Symptoms people feel when they can't get the drug they are addicted to.
WITHDRAWAL
PASSIVE means:
not standing up for what you want.
Describe a way of acknowledging someone who is speaking?
Nodding your head.
asking questions
maintaining eye contact
What is the harm in believing stereotypes that attack you?
Self - fulfilling prophecies tend to be self -defeating.
What are the four kinds of MYTHS?
1.)Drug use provides emotional protection from the outside world.
2.) Drugs help people to establish friendships.
3.) People get used to a drug.
4.)Drug use shows independence.
What does T.R.A.P mean?
T- Trail & Experimentation
R - Recreational
A - Abuse
P- Pinned Down / Addicted
AGGRESSIVE means:
pushy and offensive.
What does closed - minded or narrow-minded mean?
You don't get the most out of what people say.
Name two stereotypes people have on some students at your school?
BONUS!
What is an example of a person that is in denial?
BONUS!
____ means: not holding a person responsible for his / her action (helping the user to use )
ENABLE
ASSERTIVE means:
clear and confident.