Health Chapter 1 Making Healthy Decisions Chapter 2 Personality and Self-esteem Don’t Text and Drive – It’s Not Worth It Distracted Driving Kills

Aspects of Health: Other Terms to Know: Life expectancy Social Mental/Emotional Physical Other Terms to Know: Life expectancy Health Continuum Risk factors

Influences on our health: Heredity Environment-social environment-culture Media Technology Health Care Behavior

Chapter 2 Personality – consists of the behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that make you an individual

How would you describe your personality, using the five central traits How would you describe your personality, using the five central traits? Rank them 1-5 Extroversion (outgoing, talkative, sociable) Agreeableness (relate to others, assume others are honest and trustworthy) Conscientiousness (dependable/make good decisions) Emotional Stability (relaxed, secure, calm) Openness to Experiences (curious imaginative, creative)

Laughter Certain personality traits contribute to longevity.

Optimistic

Happy

Extrovert

3 factors that mold your personality Chapter 2 cont. 3 factors that mold your personality Heredity Environment Personal behavior

Something new: Global self-esteem: a person’s overall opinion of himself or herself Situational self-esteem: refers to a particular aspect of a person’s life

Self Esteem cont. Don’t base your self esteem solely on other people’s opinions of you. Focus on your accomplishments, your talents, and your contributions to your family and community. Self esteem has to come from YOU!!

Primary vs. Learned Emotions Happiness Sadness Anger Fear Learned Love, Guilt and Shame

It takes 10 compliments to every put down to make people feel better Give compliments more! The people that matter don’t judge. And the people that judge don’t matter.

Directions DON’T LOOK AT YOUR CARD!! Place your card on your forehead and walk around the room Nonverbal communication only! Use Facial Expressions only – NO POINTING See if you can get into two separate groups Face Card Group (J,Q, K, A) Non-Face Card Group

How does it feel to be labeled? How is this Activity like everyday life? Is there a stage of personality development when we see this more often? Evaluate the self-esteem of the person that the low numbers represent….and the high numbers. Predict what would happen if we never saw this in our society?

Group assignment: List all the things you do or the things you suggest can improve one’s self-esteem. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Ways to improve self-esteem Be Positive / Optimistic Focus on Strengths Form close Relationships List strengths Set Ambitions-Realistic Goals Avoid Risky Behaviors Help Others Don’t be hard on yourself / over-critical Rely on your values Eliminate Appearance as a contributor Accept Compliments - praise vs. flattery Look beyond your own concerns

Defense Mechanisms Coping Strategies that help you to protect yourself from difficult feelings or situations.

Stages of personality development Develop trust : birth-18 mo. Learn to be independent : 18 mo.-3 years Take initiative : 3-6 years Develop skills : 6-12 years Search for identity : 12-20 years Establish intimacy/relationships : 20-40 Create/nurture :40-60 Look back with acceptance : 65+ Erikson's 8 Stages with MUSIC

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs A motivational theory All humans have needs When needs aren’t met we take action Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs