Ifill-Roseau Adapted from Lifetime Health
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.