1. Today’s Agenda- Friday, February 20
Self-Esteem & Your Health
Expressing your emotions
Jeopardy Review Chapter 2

2. Section 2.2 Self-Esteem Objectives
Compare the effects of high and low self-esteem on health.
Describe the changes in self-esteem that can occur as people age.
Identify ways to achieve and maintain high self-esteem.
Summarize Maslow’s theory of self-actualization.

3. Lesson 1 “Personality” Review Questions
What five central traits can be used to define personality?
Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Openness
What two general factors combine to influence your personality?  
Heredity & Environment
What did Erickson say about how your personality develops throughout your life? 
Personality develops throughout life as people meet a series of challenges.
Define the term identity. At what life stage does the search for identity begin? 
Identity: a sense of self
Begins in the teen years

7. Health Stats These data show the results of a survey that asked teens, “What would make you feel better about yourself?” They could choose more than one answer.
Do these survey results surprise you? Why or why not?

8. Self-Esteem and Your Health
• One term psychologists use to describe your opinion of yourself is self-esteem.
Self-esteem refers to how much you respect yourself and like yourself.
Many psychologists think that high self-esteem has a positive effect on health, while low self-esteem has a negative effect on health.

9. The Offspring- “Self Esteem”
Listen to the lyrics about ‘Self Esteem.’ What is the message this song is giving?
With a partner, read through the lyrics of “Self Esteem”
By The Offspring.
Highlight key words & phrases that describe high & low
Self Esteem.
Discuss with other groups at your table and compare your findings.

10. Benefits of High Self-Esteem
What are the Benefits of High Self-Esteem?
They have a realistic view of their strengths and weaknesses and maintain a positive attitude even when they fail at a task.
People with high self-esteem accept themselves for who they are.

11. Risks of Low Self-Esteem
What are the Risks of Low Self-Esteem?
People with low self-esteem don’t have much respect for themselves.
They judge themselves harshly and worry too much about what others think of them.
Some studies show that teens with low self-esteem are more likely than their peers to use drugs, drop out of school, become pregnant, and suffer from eating disorders.

13. How Self-Esteem Develops
Self-esteem is not a constant. It can increase or decrease as people interact with their family, their peers, and their community.
On average, self-esteem drops in early adolescence, increases gradually during adulthood, and decreases again toward the end of life.

14. Childhood Adolescence
Young children need support and encouragement from family members.
Most children enter school with relatively high self-esteem, but there is often a gradual decline in self-esteem during elementary school.
Adolescence
It is normal for teens to be critical of their appearance, their abilities, their interests, and their shortcomings.
But some teens are overly self-conscious and judge themselves too harshly.

15. Adulthood Self-esteem generally rises during adulthood.
Adults begin to accomplish their goals and take control of their lives.

16. How does the self-esteem of females and males compare?

17. Improving Your Self-Esteem
How can you Improve Your Self-Esteem?

18. Improving Your Self-Esteem
Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses.
Focus on your strengths.
Set ambitious, but realistic goals for yourself.
Develop a plan to achieve your goals.
Don’t be too hard on yourself.
When you make a mistake or experience a defeat, figure out what went wrong.
Rely on your values.
You will feel better about yourself when you do things that match your values.

19. Improving Your Self-Esteem
Learn to accept compliments.
Try to distinguish genuine praise from insincere flattery.
Look beyond your own concerns.
Do something nice for others.
Do not focus too much on appearance.
A focus on appearance can undermine self-esteem.
Making sure that you are well groomed, however, can help build self-confidence.

20. Achieving Your Potential
The process by which people achieve their full potential is called self-actualization.
According to Maslow, before people can achieve self-actualization, their basic needs must be met.
The hierarchy of needs are
physical needs
the need to feel safe
the need to belong
the need for esteem

21. The pyramid shows the hierarchy of human needs
that Maslow proposed.

23. The Hierarchy of Needs Physical Needs
Physical needs include the need for
food
water
sleep
If these basic needs are not met, a person has little or no energy.
Safety
A person needs shelter from the elements, such as heat, cold, and rain.
A person needs to feel safe from violence in the home and in the community.

24. The Hierarchy of Needs Belonging
Family, friends, and others in your community can provide the love and acceptance needed for your emotional health.
Esteem
The need for the approval of others includes the need for
recognition
respect
appreciation
attention
Maslow regarded self-esteem as a more important need than the approval of others.

25. The Hierarchy of Needs Self-Actualization
Once all of a person’s other needs are met, he or she can go on to achieve the qualities of a self-actualized person.

26. Role-Playing: Self-Esteem
A person’s level of self-esteem may affect his or her responses to the everyday challenges of life. You can demonstrate your understanding of this impact by working with a partner to write a role-play. After you perform your role-play, the audience should be able to tell which character has a higher level of self-esteem.
Identify a challenge that is commonly faced by teens. Then, write a role-play that shows how two teens with different levels of self-esteem might respond to that challenge.

27. Vocabulary self-esteem Your opinion of yourself; how much you
respect and like yourself.
self-actualization
The process by which people achieve their full potential.
hierarchy of needs
An arrangement of human needs in a pyramid with physical needs at the base and self-actualization at the top.

28. DAILY EXERCISES
Overhead Squats
Situps
Back Extensions
Pushups

29. THE OLYMPICS

30. Trivia Challenge “The Olympics”
London hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics sets a milestone in Olympics history. Which is it?
The longest time between hosting the Games.
The first city to host the Games three times.
The first host city to have a Queen as its sovereign.
The first city to host the Games three times.
London also hosted the Games in 1908 and 1948.

31. Trivia Challenge “The Olympics”
How old was the oldest athlete ever to compete in the Olympics?48 60 72 81 72
Oscar Swahn of Sweden competed in three Olympics, in 1908, 1912, and 1920, all for shooting. Swahn became the oldest gold medalist when he won gold at 64 years and 280 days old in 1912, and the oldest medallist when he won silver in 1920 aged 72 years, 281 days old.

32. Trivia Challenge “The Olympics”
Several sports were once included in the Games, but have since been removed. Which of the following was never an Olympic sport?
Badminton
Croquet
Tug-of-War
Pigeon Shooting
Badminton
Pigeon shooting only appeared at the Olympics once, at the 1900 Paris Games. It marks the only time animals were killed for an Olympic sport.

33. Trivia Challenge “The Olympics”
What does the Olympic motto, Citius, Altius, Fortius, mean?
Continuity, Unity, Strength
Compete, Achieve, Exceed
Faster, Higher, Stronger
Champion, Athlete, Friend
Faster, Higher, Stronger
The Latin motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.

34. Trivia Challenge “The Olympics”
From 1896 to 2010, which country has taken home the most number of medals (gold, silver, and bronze)?
Germany
United States
Soviet Union
France
United States
The United States has won a combined total of 2,549 medals; the Soviet Union has won 1,204, Germany has 1,099 to its name, and France has taken home 731.

35. First Impressions
Ted Talk

36. Monday, February 23 “C” Day Agenda
“Expressing Your Emotions”

37. Section 2.3 Expressing Your Emotions Objectives
Identify four primary emotions and three learned emotions.
Explain why it is important to recognize
your emotions.
Distinguish helpful from harmful coping strategies.

38. VIDEO
BE YOURSELF

39. Primary Emotions
• An emotion is a reaction to a situation that involves your mind, body, and behavior.
Primary emotions are emotions that are expressed by people in all cultures.
Examples of primary emotions are
happiness
sadness
anger
fear

40. Happiness
Happiness is a normal response to pleasant events in one’s life.
Feeling happy helps you feel good about yourself.
Make a list of the things you enjoy.

41. Sadness
Sadness is a normal response to disappointing events in your life.
If you are sad about the death of a loved one, you will likely experience a period of deep sorrow known as grief.

42. Anger
Feelings of anger can range from mild resentment to intense rage.
Anger is helpful when it provides you with the energy necessary to try to change things.
People who tend to express anger in negative ways may hurt themselves and others.

43. Fear
Fear is the emotion you feel when you recognize a threat to your safety or security.
Fear can be a helpful emotion because it can lead you to run from life-threatening situations.
Fear can be a harmful emotion when it is not based on a real threat or when it is an overreaction to a perceived threat.

44. Learned Emotions
• Some emotions are not expressed in the same way by all people. These emotions are called social emotions, or learned emotions.
Examples of learned emotions are
love
guilt
shame

45. Love
What do love between family members, love between friends, and romantic love have in common?
All are marked by deep feelings of affection and concern.
You can feel love toward places and things, as well as toward people.
The capacity to give and receive love is essential for mental health.

46. Guilt and Shame Guilt can be a helpful emotion.
Guilt can stop you from doing something you know is wrong, or it can make you take action to correct something you’ve done.
Shame is different from guilt because it focuses on the person rather than the action.
Shame can be harmful because it lowers self-esteem.

47. Recognizing Your Emotions
Recognizing your emotions is the important first step toward dealing with them in healthful ways.
Name the emotion you are feeling.
Determine what triggered the emotion.
Think back to past times that you felt the same way.

48. Coping With Your Emotions
• A coping strategy is a way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation.
Coping strategies are helpful when they improve a situation or allow a person to handle a situation in a better way.
Coping strategies are harmful when they make a situation worse or a person is less able to handle a situation.

49. Defense Mechanisms
Defense mechanisms are coping strategies that help you to protect yourself from difficult feelings.

50. Group Activity: Defense Mechanisms
Situation 1: Your sister stepped on and broke your cell phone, which was lying on the floor. Projection:__________________________________ Healthier Strategy:___________________________ Situation 2: You forgot about a major homework assignment until the day it was due. Reaction Formation:__________________________

51. Group Activity: Defense Mechanisms
Situation 3: You got caught copying a friend on a test. Rationalization:______________________________ Healthier Strategy:___________________________ Situation 4: You are grounded because you stayed out later than your curfew without calling home. Regression:________________________________

52. Helpful Ways of Coping
People react in many different ways to their own strong feelings.
Helpful coping strategies
Confront the situation head-on. If possible, take action to improve the situation.
Release your built-up energy by exercising, cleaning your room, or being active in some other way.
Take a break by reading a book, listening to music, taking a walk,writing in your journal, or otherwise relaxing.
Talk through your feelings with a family member, friend, counselor, or other trusted person. Sometimes, just talking about your feelings will help you see things more clearly.

53. Harmful Ways of Coping
People may respond in unhealthy ways to intense emotions.
Using alcohol or other drugs is an example of a harmful coping strategy.
Withdrawing from friends and family is another.

54. Vocabulary
emotion
A reaction to a situation that involves the mind, body, and behavior.
primary emotion
An emotion that is expressed by people in all cultures.
grief
A period of deep sorrow.
learned emotion
An emotion whose expression depends on the social environment in which a person grows up.
coping strategy
A way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation.
defense mechanism
A coping strategy that helps protect a person from difficult feelings.

55. Jeopardy Review