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Health and WellnessSkills for a Healthy Life

Chapter 2: Section 3

Resisting Pressure from Others

Pages 33-37

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ObjectivesBy the end of the lesson, students will have been able to do the following:

State the people and groups that influence their behavior

Identify three types of direct pressure Identify three types of indirect pressure State an example of each of the 12 types of

refusal skills Apply one of the refusal skills to a pressure in

their lives

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Key Termsmccracken.skokie735.k12.il.us/Tobacco/PeerPre... Peer pressure Peer pressure

A feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want

Direct pressureDirect pressure The pressure that results from someone who tries to convince

you to do something you normally wouldn’t doIndirect pressureIndirect pressure The pressure that results from being swayed to do something

because people you look up to are doing it Refusal skillRefusal skill

A strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do

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Do Now

Make a list of groups, things, or people that can influence your behavior positively or negatively. Write one way in which each does or could influence your behavior.

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Differentiate between direct pressure and indirect pressure.

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Who Influences You?

Peer pressure Peer pressure A feeling that you should do something because

that is what your friends want

1. Positive Influence

2. Negative Influence

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Types of PressureDirect Pressure The pressure that results

from someone who tries to convince you to do something you normally wouldn’t do Teasing

Persuasion

Explanations

Put-downs

Threats

Bribery

Indirect Pressure The pressure that results

from being swayed to do something because people you look up to are doing it TV

Radio

Advertising

Role models

Popular people

Famous people

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Refusal SkillsA strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do

1. Blame someone else.

2. Give a reason.

3. Ignore the request or the pressure

4. Leave the situation.

5. Say, “no, thanks.”

6. Say no, and mean it.

7. Keep saying no.

8. Make a joke out of it.

9. Make an excuse.

10. Suggest something else to do.

11. Change the subject.

12. Team up with someone.

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Practicing Refusal Skills

When you do something again and again, you get good at it.

Saying No with Respect Always respect others, and don’t put anyone down.

Persistent Pressure Even if someone doesn’t respect your NO, you don’t

have to do it.

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Closure State whether each of the statements below is

true or false. Correct the false statement.

1. Advertising is a form of direct pressure.

2. Saying no repeatedly and using more than one refusal skill may be necessary for some types of pressures.

3. It’s okay to be disrespectful when trying to refuse someone who is trying to pressure you.

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STAND UP to peer pressure!

Say No and

mean it.

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Works Cited

Images. Retrieved on September 26, 2006 from http://www.images.google.com

Friedman, D. P., Stine, C.C., and Whalen, S. (2004). Lifetime Health. Austin, Texas: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.