Impact of Risk Taking 1
Impact of Risk Taking 2
How Risk Taking Affects Others
Why do teens take risks?
Riddles
100

True or False: Risk taking will always have harms to it.

False

100

Name an example of harmful teen risk taking?

drug/substance use 

risky driving

having bad friends/ peer pressure

taking risks with grades/ skipping school 

100

Scenario: If you interrupted the teacher or other students during classtime, how does it effect others?

(Any reasonable answer may be accepted)

The other students won't learn.

They may feel disrespected

Teacher will have to spend time out of the class to calm you down or work with you or call parents.

100

The prefrontal cortex in the brain is responsible for impulse control and does not fully mature until about age 25. How does this affect teen risk-taking?

(Any answer close to this is correct)

Teenagers are more likely to make impulsive, emotional decisions without thinking through the consequences.

OR

Sometimes, they don’t have enough life experience to be aware of all of the possible dangers.


Other:  

  1. Poor decision-making
  2. Increased susceptibility to peer pressure
  3. Higher likelihood of substance abuse
  4. Greater chance of careless driving
100

What item gets wet while drying?

A towel

200

Define "smart/healthy risk taking" 

(Any close answer will be accepted)

A risk that would allow you to develop new skills, or would have a positive outcome that has minimal negative influences

200

What are ways that harmful risk-taking impact your self-image? (Any close answers will be acceptable)

Lowers self-esteem

Lowers your confidence

You will engage in more harmful/dangerous activities 

View yourself as incapable 


200

Explain how bullying a person affects others? (Any reasonable answers will be accepted).

The person being bullied will feel bad about themselves.

Onlookers/bystanders may feel afraid that this will happen to them too.

Emotional distress

Academic impact

Physical health issues

Social isolation

Long-term effects

200

Many teens often have 'unhealthy optimism'. How does this impact teen risk-taking?

1) Teens tend to think that negative outcomes will only happen to other people. 

2) It doesn’t feel real to them, and so the possible negative consequences don’t stop them.

Other:

  1. Underestimating consequences
  2. Overconfidence
  3. Ignoring warnings
  4. Taking unnecessary risks
  5. Delayed help-seeking
200

What can you catch but not throw?

a cold/sickness

300

List 1 positive outcome from smart/healthy risk taking:

Opens new opportunities

Make new friends

Build new skills 

Builds confidence

300

List consequences of harmful risk taking:

Affects your health badly/may kill you

Harms relationships

Get into dangerous situations

Harms your future

Get arrested

Loss of friends, family

Loss of respect

300

How would harmful decision making affect your friends?

(Any acceptable answers will be accepted)

  1. Trust issues
  2. Emotional strain
  3. Decreased support
  4. Conflict and tension
  5. Social withdrawal
300

Describe 2 ways that peer pressure affect risk-taking in teens? (Any reasonable answers will be accepted)

  1. Conformity to group norms
  2. Fear of rejection
  3. Influence of role models
  4. Competitive behavior
  5. Reduced personal judgment
300

What can run but cannot walk?

a river

400

List a way that smart risk taking impacts you at school?

learn new skills

gain more knowledge 

take difficult classes

improve your grades

helps you get into university or college

join more extracurricular activities 

make more friends 

boosts confidence 

400

List ways harmful risk taking impacts your school performance? 

Lowers your GPA/grades

Suspended/expelled

Ruins chances of getting into university or college

Harms relationships with classmates/ teachers

Loss of trust

Other:

400

How would not doing your homework affect others? (Any acceptable answers will be accepted)

  1. Group project setbacks
  2. Increased workload for others
  3. Disrupted class progress
  4. Strained teacher-student relationships
  5. Peer disappointment
400

Explain how media may impact teen risk-taking?

(Any answer close to this is correct) 

Social media, music, movies and television project a wide range of risky behaviors in ways that make the person glamorous or admirable, while still avoiding any negative consequences.

Other: 

  1. Media portrayal of idealized behavior
  2. Media normalizes risky behaviors
  3. Peer and social media influence
  4. Media shows lack of realistic outcomes
400

What bank has no money in it?

A river bank

500

List skills needed to help you make smart/healthy risks 

Planning

Thinking of the pros and cons 

Thinking before you act

Being okay to make mistakes

Support

Communication 

500

Name things that may influence people to take harmful risks?

To fit in

Peer pressure

Boredom

Wanting to be independent/ rebel 

To seem cool

No focus or direction

500

How could your harmful decision making affect your family? (Any acceptable answers will be accepted)

  1. Loss of trust 
  2. Emotional strain
  3. Financial loss
  4. Increased conflict
  5. Family instability
500

Explain ways someone's low self-esteem may impact teen risk taking:

(Any reasonable answer will be accepted)

A teen with low self-esteem may not by very assertive or have the strength/will to say 'no' to others. 

They may also want to be accepted and liked and will not say no.

Other: A person with low self-esteem may 

  1. Seek validation through risky behaviors
  2. Have impulsive decision-making
  3. Lack self-care
  4. Have difficulty enforcing boundaries

 

500

What kind of room has no windows or doors?

a mushroom