Safe and Healthy Friendships
Friends of the opposite gender
What are platonic friends?
An indirect, dishonest way to control or influence other people
What is manipulation?
Infectious diseases spread from person to person through sexual contact
What are STDs?
The influence that people your age may have on you
What is peer pressure?
Communication strategies that help you say no
What are refusal skills?
People of a similar age with similar interests
What are peers?
Persistently annoying others
What is harassment?
A deliberate decision to avoid high risk behaviors
What is abstinence?
Exaggerated feelings of passion
What is infatuation?
Friends who share strong emotional ties
What are close friends?
A significant relationship between two people
What is a friendship?
Guilt trips, flattery, blackmail, and bribing, are all methods of
What is manipulation?
What is high pressure?
A small circle of friends, usually with similar backgrounds or tastes, who exclude people viewed as outsiders
What is a clique?
Using gestures, facial features, and other forms of non verbal communication
What is body language?
To prevent or restrict the entrance of
What is exclude?
A response that is overly pushy, forceful, or hostile
What is aggressive?
A closeness between 2 people that happens over time
What is intimacy?
A person's ability to use responsibility to override emotions
What is self-control?
Standing up for your own rights in a firm but positive way
What is assertive?
What are the 4 characteristics of a healthy relationship?
What are mutual respect, caring, honesty, and committment?
State the steps in the Assertive Refusal process.
1. State your position.
2. Suggest alternatives.
3. Stand your ground.
Name 3 negative consequences of teen sexual activity.
Answers may vary
Unplanned pregnancy, STDs, hurt, guilt, loss of self respect, regret and anxiety, negative social relationships, lost trust from parents, ect.
The goals, tasks, values, and activities that you judge to be more important than others
What are priorities?
People who tend to back down, give up, or give in have this communication style
What is passive?