Unit One

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Unit One

• Chapter 2
• !YEA!

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Journal

• So, your friend wants to copy your homework. Not
  uncommon. They always ask you. You dont want to
  
• How are you going to tell them no without hurting
  your friendship or putting down your friend?

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Lesson 1Personality and Mental Health

• At a party, what are some of the types of people?
• Life of the party
• The quiet couch sitter
• The all night dancer
• Personality, personality, personality
• Easygoing
• A worrier
• shy

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What are You?

• Extrovert?
• Optimist?
• Assertive or aggressive?

• Introvert?
• Pessimist?
• Passive?
• What other traits do you have??

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Books- Page 24

• Raise your hand if you want to read
• Of Yoon, Richard, and Cory who sounds the most
  healthy? What about them is unhealthy?

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Psychologists deal with Mental Health

• People who are mentally healthy are
• Realistic about their strengths and weaknesses
• Able to take on the responsibilities of daily
  living
• Caring toward themselves and others
• Able to handle disappointments and learn from
  them
• Able to feel enjoyment and a sense of achievement
• Psychologists like to use the illness-wellness
  continuum too ?

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Mentally Healthy People tend to be
Im All that Stuff! YEA ME!!

• friendly, optimistic, and loving. They are also
  able to be assertive, laugh at themselves, try
  new experiences and strive to do the best they
  can.
• What else is important for mental health?
• Does it mean they will be all those things Daily??

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Howd you get stuck with Your personality??
We are a Peer Group. Youre Jealous I know.

• There are a few ways
• Heredity
• Some are just born with shyness or angry ?
• Environment
• Most of you act how the people around you do.
  Youre molded from the people around you while
  growing up. Peer groups in school can be a HUGE
  influence on personality

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Uh Huh- Youre Turn

• What do you know?
• What is Personality? What makes it up?
• What are some characteristics of mentally healthy
  people?
• How does where you grow up influence personality?

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Chapter Two, Lesson Two

• Are you ready for this??

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Freud- Hes got Words
Yes I think Ill call that level SUPERego.

• Theory
• Id
• Ego
• Superego
• Conscious thought
• Unconscious thought
• Psychoanalysis
• Identity
• Self-actualization
• Hierarchy of Needs

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Erikson hes got ideas too
Yeah, Man Thats my stuff Right there.
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Maslow- He has a chart too!
Although there are many charts and Graphs, mine
is a pyramid and very pretty. Look how happy it
makes me! Unfortunately the words are blurry
look on pg 31
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Gimmie some Examples

• Differences between all three of those guys
• Ill give you a few minutes to deliberate
• Then I shall question you randomly
• Read in fear

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Self-Esteem

• Chapter 2, lesson 3

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Journal-What gives you a more positive Self
Esteem?? What are things you like?
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Get A Sheet of Paper

• Write your name on the top
• Fold it in half
• Pass it forwards
• Im going to hand them out randomly and youre
  going to write one nice thing about the person on
  their paper. Were going to do this three times.
• If you cant, for some unknown reason, say
  something nice dont write at all. Be nice.

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Self-Esteem

• Self esteem refers to how much you like yourself
  and feel good about yourself.
• High Self Esteem vs. Low Self Esteem

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Check this out-

• More than any other factor, self-esteem has a
  direct effect on all aspects of your health-
  mental, social, and physical.
• Most psychologists agree that low self esteem can
  contribute to many serious health problems. Also,
  it may contribute to drug use, dropping out of
  school, becoming pregnant, and suffering from
  eating disorders.

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What effects your self esteem?

• Peers
• Sports
• Parents
• TV
• Magazines
• Advertisements

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Turn to page 36-

• Improving your self Esteem

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Chapter 2, lesson 4

• Expressing emotions
• Patty just received a call from Bob who asked her
  out. Patty has a HUGE crush on Bob. She cant
  wait to tell her best friend.
• How would you express your excitement?

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Dread

• Clayton has flunked math and science. He dreads
  telling his parents about it. Worse still, he
  knows that he will have to give up being on the
  football team until he brings up his grades
• What would you do?

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Nervous

• Sarita is trying out for the lead in the class
  play. She has memorized her lines but is certain
  that she will forget them at the audition. Every
  time she thinks about getting on stage, her heart
  beats faster and she feels faint.
• How do you deal with nerves?

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Guilt

• Peters dad lost his job. Money is tight at home.
  Peter wants to help, but he has not been able to
  find an after-school job. Yesterday he spotted a
  20 bill in his friends locker. When bill looked
  away, Peter swiped it.

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Emotions a reaction to a situation that involves
a persons mind, body, and behavior.

• Love
• Anger
• Fear
• Guilt
• Happiness
• Sadness

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Emotional definitions Pg 37
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Recognizing your Emotions

• Name it
• Determine the cause
• Remember the last time you felt this way?

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Coping with your Emotions Pg 42

• Coping strategy a way to deal with uncomfortable
  or unbearable feelings or situation.
• Defense Mechanisms unconscious coping
  strategies.
• Other coping strategies
• Confront the situation head on
• Exercise
• Take a break
• Talk through your feelings

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Harmful ways of Coping

• Drugs/Alcohol
• Violent Acts
• Withdrawing from you friends and family
• Physical harm
• Ex cutting

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p. 44- Expressing feelings in a positive way
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P 46- 47

• Numbers 1-28
• 11-18, True or False (whole word) but you DONT
  have to correct the False
• 19-28- you dont need complete sentences.