CHAPTER 1

HEALTH CHOICES AND BEHAVIOR

TERMS

• Life management skills: skill people use to meet their own needs everyday.

• Health: physical, mental and social well-being• Wellness: overall state of well being • Chronological age – actual years since birth• Physiological age – estimate from health and

life expectancy

• Prevention: practicing health habits to keep a person a way form disease

• Self-esteem: confidence and worth you feel about yourself

• Decision: ace of making a choice or coming to a solution

• Precaution: planned preventive action taken before an event to increase chance of a safe outcome.

• Goal: something you aim for that takes planning and work.

• Consequence: the result of an action• Lifestyle choices: choices made daily on how to

treat the body and mind ex: what you eat• Lifestyle diseases: disease that are made by

neglect to the bodyNumber 1 leading cause of death among teens is accidents.Top 3 leading causes of deaths among adults:

• 1-heart disease 2-cancer 3-stroke

• The more you know the more control you can gain. You have control over your health.

• Health meaning total wellness…..spiritual, mental, physical and social

• Health vs Wellness

SPIRITUAL HEALTH

• Feels life has meaning• Lives by cherished values• Manages stress with skill and enjoyment• Maintains a strong sense of self• Accept new ideas and try new behaviors• Handles setbacks without loss of self-esteem• Is aware of emotions and expresses them appropriately• Recognizes emotional problems in self and others,

willing to get help

PHYSICAL HEALTH

•Sleeps enough•Enjoys food•Maintains health weight•Maintains Physical fitness•Does not abuse drugs•Careful with over the counter drugs•Accidents are possible and takes preventive action•Becomes educated in health information

SOCIAL HEALTH• Develops supportive friendships• Resolves conflicts• Socializes well with others• Develops and maintains psychological intimacy with

others• Can form successful long term relationship• Understands risk of sexually transmitted infections

and pregnancy• Continues growing, learning and facing new

challenges.

More terms

• Motivation – force that moves people to act• Drives – inborn motivations (hunger, thirst, fear…

instincts)

• Motivation shaped by four factors– Value of reward (what is it)– Timing (how soon is reward realized)– Costs (risks in trying)– Probability (how likely)

• Setting Goals– Identify something you want – State 3 or more specific behaviors that will help…

write them down– Identify steps to be ready – Commit to a specific time to get started– Measure progress (chart, etc.)– Plan rewards for yourself

• Commitment – long term decision• Will – person’s intent• Self- efficacy – person’s belief in his of her

ability to succeed at the task at hand

• Video• http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ

Motivation• http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy9U6HMcFG8 (Russell Wilson)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZLNz93s5oM (Derrick Coleman)

CHAPTER 2Emotional Health

CHAPTER 2 TERMS

• Values: rules of behavior or your beliefs• Thoughts: mental process of which a person is

always conscious. Thoughts shape your actions. Read page 26, 29People who know themselves know their values.

• Emotions: feeling that occurs in response to an event as experienced by an individual….love, anger, fear

• Tolerance: accommodation and acceptance of differences between oneself and others; being tolerant of peoples age, body shape, gender, disabilities, race, religion, views and other differences.

• Resolving conflicts page 37• Communication: aggressive, passive and

assertive page 38

What can you do with feelings?

Recognize itOwn it

Verbalize itExpress it physically

Read page 32

More Terms Chapter 2

• Suppress: to hold back or restrain• Confrontation: showdown, one person

expresses feelings to another, maybe destructive (aggressive) or constructive

• Resentment: anger that has built up due to failure to express it

More terms

• Alienation – withdrawing from others because of differences that cannot be resolved

• Non-Conformist – person who does not share society’s values and therefore behaves in unconventional ways

• Ostracism – rejection and exclusion from society

More Terms

• Support system – network of individuals or groups with which one identifies and exchanges emotional support

• Mentor – wise person who gives advice

• Who is/are your mentor(s) and support system?

DISCUSSION

Due to Social Media and texting your generation will have a difficult time

communicating verbally and expressing feelings to on another.

5 STEPS TO MAKING A DECISION

1. State the situation2. List the choices3. Consider the consequences4. Make a decision and act5. Evaluate the outcome

Decision #1

• You have two friends that are mad at each other over something that you think is trivial. Both have invited you to hang out with them on Saturday.

• What do you do?