1. Warm-up Review Pick-up and complete the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Hold onto paper…put paper upside down on corner of desk…and start taking notes

2. Ch. 7 Lesson 2 Your Personal identity:  Your interests  Your likes and dislikes  Your talents and abilities  Your values and beliefs  Your goals

3. Your Developmental Assets Developmental assets: building blocks of development that help young people to grow up as healthy, caring, and responsible individuals. Examples?

4. Development Assets: Support: family support, positive family communication, relationships, etc. Empowerment: serving a purpose, having a role in the community, being valued by adults, etc Boundaries and expectations Constructive use of time: creative activities/sports Commitment to learning: being motivated to achieve, doing homework, etc Positive Values: honesty, integrity, responsibility, self- control Social competencies: planning and decision making, having knowledge and tolerance for different cultures. Positive Identity: personal power, self-esteem, sense of purpose, positive view of future.

5. Working Towards a Healthy Positive Identity Recognize your strengths and weakness. Use your strengths to address your weaknesses. Demonstrate positive values. Use your values, beliefs, and ideas about what it is important in life to guide your actions and influence your decisions. Develop a purpose in life: Establish goals Form meaningful relationships Contribute to the community Avoid unhealthful risk behaviors.

6. Personal note in your notes: Write down 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses. Write down 1 Long Term Goal and 1 Short Term Goal List 1 name of a person that you have a meaningful relationship with and the nature of the relationship

7. Self Esteem and Positive Outlook Realistic patterns of thinking: Constructive criticism: non-hostile comments that point out problems and encourage improvement. Example:?  Analyzing your Self talk: listen to you self talk. Replace negative messages with constructive criticisms.

8. Eeyore Who is Eeyore? My favorite Disney character…who is described as being grumpy and negative...but if you listen to him…he says, “sometimes you just have to look at things from a different point of view”.

9. So if you find yourself in a rut, find a way to turn yourself around. First with the way your thinking and then your actions. If all else fails, get a friend to keep you company.

10. Ch 7 L.3 Understanding Emotions Emotions: Signals that tell your mind and body how to react Hormones: chemical secreted by your glands that regulate the activities of different body cells. This also is how your body communicates within itself to control these emotions.

11. Identifying Emotions Happiness: described as being satisfied or feeling positive. Usually feeling energetic, creative, and sociable Sadness: Normal, healthy reaction to difficult events. Causes can range from being disappointed or rejected to experiencing the loss of a loved one. May feel easily discouraged and have less energy Love: involves strong affection, deep concern, and respect. Includes supporting the growth and individual needs of another person and respecting the person’s boundaries and values. Comes in many forms: such as caring about family and friends, loyalty to siblings, and deep sense of being connected to community and country.

12. Empathy: ability to imagine and understand how someone feels. An empathetic person listens attentively and communicates understanding toward others. Fear- can increase your alertness and help you escape from potential harmful situations. However, some imagined fear can people from leading normal lives and need professional help. Phobias. Guilt- results from acting against ones’ values or from failing to act when action might have brought a better outcome. Sometimes people feel guilt for things that are not within their control or when they are not responsible. Anger- common reaction to being emotionally hurt or physically harmed. Hostility- intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior. People who show chronic hostile behavior are 4 to 7 times more likely to die from heart disease. Know what causes your anger and how you can respond to it healthfully can help you gain control.

13. Thinking about your emotions and your personality traits Read characteristics on paper about Disney characters. Decide which one is more comparable to yourself. Write 1 paragraph comparing yourself to the character on the back of your Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Concept Map. Turn in.