6.  How would you describe your level of self- esteem?  How is your self-esteem related to your identity?  How does the way you express emotions reflect your mental health?

7.  Using page 170 define: › Mental/emotional health : the ability to accept yourself and others, adapt to and manage emotions, deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life  Using page 171 discuss with your partners different characteristics of someone with good mental/emotional health.

8.  Positive Self-Esteem › Self-esteem : how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself  Sense of Belonging  Sense of Purpose  Positive Outlook  Autonomy › Making your own decisions › On page 171 what are the signs of good mental/emotional health? › Resilient: the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty or crisis.

9.  Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs › A ranked list of those needs essential to human growth and development, presented in ascending order, starting with basic needs and building toward the need for reaching your highest potential  Class Activity fill in the blanks (5 groups) › Physical › Safety › Belonging › Feeling Recognized › Reaching Potential

10.  Personality : a complex set of characteristics that makes you unique › What are some influences on your personality?  Tendencies you were born with  Characteristics that you have developed in response to life situations and experiences › Two main influences:  Heredity  Environment  What were heredity and environment influences of that we talked about last class?

11.  Let’s read together how heredity and environment affect your personality. › Heredity  Plays a role in determining a person’s basic intellectual abilities and temperament, or emotional tendencies › Environment  Your role models are included in your environment  Modeling: observing and learning from the behaviors of those around you  The values you learn from your role models help shape the person you are and the way you live your life

12.  __________ the ability to accept yourself and others, adapt to and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life.  List 2 characteristics of good mental/emotional health.  What is the first and last level of the Pyramid of Needs?  What are two influences on your personality?  ____________ the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty or crisis.