Refusal Skills/Peer Pressure

You and your friends were invited over to his Callahan's house. He offers you beer. All of your friends walked out immediately and you go with your friends. What type of refusal method is this?

• Change the subject

• Strength in number

• Keep saying "NO"

• Cold shoulder

Your friends invited you to a drinking party when you where on SNAPCHAT. You replied "Hey anybody want to go to the football game tonight?"

• Walk away

• Cold shoulder

• Strength in number

• Change the subject

At a sleepover your friends are pressuring you to drink alcohol. You continue to refuse despite the peer pressure.

• Surround yourself with good influences

• Give an excuse

• Repeated refusal or saying "NO"

• Avoid the situation

In the bathroom your friend invites you to vape in the bathroom. You tell him you have a cold and don't want to share your germs.

• Make an excuse

• Cold shoulder

• Avoid the situation

• Strength in numbers

1.Your friends want you to go to a party where no parents will be supervising. You decide not to go!

• Say "No Thanks"

• Avoid the situation

• Change the subject

• Strength in numbers

You enter the bathroom an see a group of students sharing a vape pen you immediately turn around and leave.

• Change the subject

• Cold shoulder

• Say "No Thanks!"

• Walk away

Which one of these people best fits your group of peers?

• Your baby sister

• Your soccer coach

• Your favorite aunt

• Your classmate

You should pick your best friends based on:

• How long they've attended school with you

• How popular they are

• How closely you share the same values and interests

Why do 14-year-olds face more peer pressure than 8-year-olds?

• 8-year-olds don't have groups of friends; 14-year-olds do

• 8-year-olds spend less time with their friends than 14-year-olds

• 8-year-olds aren't tempted to try risky behaviors; 14-year-olds are

• 8-year-olds go to bed earlier than 14-year-olds

Is all peer pressure negative?

• Yes
• No