Peer Pressure lifeskill

Your Peers are...

• people about your own age
• your parents
• your teachers
• your baby cousin

A friend encourages you to try out for the basketball team. This is which type of pressure?

• Positive Pressure
• Negative Pressure

When you are under pressure you should...

• Stay Calm & Be Confident
• Make Eye-Contact & Repeat "NO"!
• Leave the situation if your friend persists
• All of the above

What is the definition of peer pressure?

• letting someone take control over you
• when someone tries to get you to do something you don't want to do
• doing what everyone else is doing
• doing what people say

Why do some kids give into peer pressure?

• Because they want to be liked, to fit in.
• Because they worry that other kids might make fun of them if they don't go along with the group
• Because they are curious to try something new that others are doing.
• All of the above

What qualities can help a person to resist negative peer pressure?

• Speed and Coordination
• Self-Confidence & Assertiveness
• A nice Smile
• Nice Hair

I can say "no" to my friends.

• True

• False

What is the worst type of peer pressure?

• Indirect peer pressure.

• Self pressure

• •Direct peer pressure.

Peer pressure is always negative?

• true

• false

You should pick your best friends based on:

• How long they've attended school with you

• How popular they are

• How much they can help you

• How closely you share the same values and interests