Ch. 2 Making Healthy Decisions 8th grade

A good decision is

• one that makes your friends happy

• one whose outcome you have carefully considered

• one that your teacher told you to make

• always easy to make

Values

• are the same for everyone

• never influence your decisions

• are beliefs you consider very important

• are learned only from your parents

Accepting that a decision you make will affect you and others

• can be both positive and negative

• is not particularly important in making a good decision

• is an example of identifying a problem

• is to take personal responsibility

Peer pressure

• can be positive

• comes from your friends and classmates

• can be negative

• all of the above

A force that affects your choices when you have a decision to make is a(n)

• influence

• value

• peer

• decision

Deciding to smoke a cigarette because your friend wants you to is an example of

• making a healthy decision

• media influence

• negative peer pressure

• positive peer pressure

Your decisions are influenced by

• peer pressure

• the standards and expectations of your family

• cultural traditions and values you learned at home

• all of the above

Advertisements of TV, radio, and the Internet are examples of

• peer pressure

• parental influence

• media influence

• none of the above

The result of an action you take is

• a precaution

• peer pressure

• a consequence

• none of the above

You might practice using the decision-making process because

• the more you practice, the easier it will be to use the process

• you really don't care about the consequences of your actions

• choosing your clothes each morning is very easy

• making good decisions is not a useful skill