Ch. 12 Review

A(n) __________ is a small circle of friends, usually with similar backgrounds or tastes, who exclude people viewed as outsiders.

A(n) ____________ friendship is a friendship with a member of the opposite gender based on affection but not with recognition of the two as a couple.

The influence that other people your own age may have on you is known as _______.

A(n) _____________ involves exaggerated feelings of passion for another person.

Many teens avoid the risks related to sexual activity by choosing ____________.

Match the following

• affection

• having the tendency to give up, give in, or back down without standing up for one's own rights and needs

• stereotype

• a feeling of fondness for someone you know well

• curfew

• an exaggerated and oversimplified belief about an entire group of people, such as an ethnic or religious group, or a gender

• passive

• a set time at which a person much be home for the night

• manipulation

• an indirect, dishonest way to control or influence others

Match the following

• abstinence

• a person's ability to use responsibility to override emotions

• friendship

• a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behavior, including sexual activity before marriage and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

• harrassment

• persistently annoying others

• self-control

• a significant relationship between two people

• peers

• people of similar age who share similar interests

Match the following

• aggressive

• exaggerated feelings of passion for another person

• infatuation

• goals, tasks, and activities a person judges to be more important than others

• priorities

• techniques and strategies that help you to say "no" effectively when faced with something that you don't want to do or that goes against your values.

• platonic relationship

• a friendship with a member of the opposite gender in which there is affection, but the two people are not considered a couple

• refusal skills

• being overly forceful, pushy, hostile, or otherwise attacking in one's approach