Peer Pressure and Decision Making Flashcards

Grade 6 · Health · Flashcards

Review essential vocabulary and concepts for understanding and navigating peer pressure.

Flashcards

Peer Pressure: The influence that people your own age or social group have on your choices and behavior.
Positive Peer Pressure: Encouragement from peers to make healthy, constructive, or beneficial choices.
Negative Peer Pressure: Influence from peers to engage in unsafe, unhealthy, or values-violating behaviors.
Refusal Skills: Strategies for saying no to risky or unwanted behaviors firmly, respectfully, and confidently.
Decision-Making Process: Steps to make a good choice: identify the situation, consider options, think about consequences, check your values, then decide.
Values: Personal beliefs about what is right, important, and meaningful that guide your choices.
Self-esteem: How you value and perceive yourself; strong self-esteem supports confident decision-making under pressure.
Trusted Adult: A reliable person such as a parent, teacher, or counselor who can offer guidance in difficult situations.
Consequences: The outcomes or results of a decision, which can be positive or negative.
Assertiveness: The ability to express your thoughts and feelings clearly and confidently while respecting others.
Peer Group: People of a similar age or social standing whose opinions and behaviors can influence you.
Alternative Activity: A different, safer option you can suggest when redirecting away from a peer pressure situation.
Social Influence: The way the people around you shape your attitudes, beliefs, and actions.