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Communication and Peer Pressure
Chapter5
What Is Communication?
Communication is an essential skill in building
healthy relationships.
Communication
•The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between
two or more people
Good communication is not only about getting a
message across successfully, it is also about being
able to listen to the messages you hear.
Nonverbal Communication
There are two types of nonverbal communication:
• Body language
– Gestures, facial expressions, posture
• Intonation
– The sound of your voice can send a message.
Body language
•The use of visual cues to communicate information or
feelings
Mixed Messages
If you are not aware of the nonverbal messages you
send, you run the risk of sending mixed messages.
Mixed messages
•When your words say one thing but your body language and/or
intonation say another
Saying sorry while grinning is an example of a mixed
message.
Effective Verbal Communication
Speaking Skills
Determine how a message
is delivered
Both sets of skills must be present for
effective communication.
Listening Skills
Determine how a message
is received
Speaking Skills
Two important speaking skills are:
• Making your message as clear as possible
• Using the “I” message
“I” message
• A statement that presents a situation from the
speaker’s point of view
Speaking Skills
Other speaking skills include:
• Staying calm
• Sticking to the point
• Choosing the right time and place
• Being aware of your body language and
intonation
Listening Skills
• A good listener practices active
listening.
• Pay careful attention to all the
speaker has to say.
• Use body language that shows you
are listening.
• Think for a moment before speaking.
• Ask questions.
Active listening
• Hearing, thinking about, and responding
to the other person’s message
Assignment 1
1. Analyze the following statement “Actions
speak louder than words.” Explain the
relevance of this expression to the skill of
communication.
2. Explain two main types of nonverbal
communication?
Peer Pressure
Teens who use negative peer pressure can often
be persuasive.
Teens may feel pressured to join in on behavior
they would otherwise consider to be wrong.
Peer Pressure and Decisions
Direct Peer Pressure
• Takes the form of
words or actions
directed toward
you
Indirect Peer Pressure
• More subtle than
direct peer pressure
• Can be based on
your observations of
your peers
Peer Pressure and Decisions
Positive Peer Pressure
Negative Peer Pressure
• Can benefit you and
others
• Can encourage healthy
habits
• Can hurt you or others
• Goes against your own
wants, needs, or
values
• Can endanger your
health
• Can inspire you to be the
best person you can be
Peer Pressure and Decisions
Forms of Negative Peer Pressure
• Dares
• Threats
• Bribes
• Teasing
• Name-calling
Peer Pressure and Decisions
Recognizing Negative Peer Pressure: Possible Outcomes
•Is this activity dangerous?
•Does it break the law?
•Can it lead to punishment, such as
suspension from school, or arrest?
•Will it lead to disapproval or
disappointment from parents or guardians?
•Will property be destroyed or damaged?
Peer Pressure and Decisions
Recognizing Negative Peer Pressure: Health Consequences
• How will this activity affect my physical health?
• Am I being asked to do something that could bring me physical harm?
• Is the activity something that can lead to an addiction?
• What effect will it have on my emotional health?
• Will I feel guilty if I do this activity?
• Will I disappoint myself?
• Is it something I simply do not feel ready for?
• How will this decision affect the health of others?
• Could someone else be hurt?
Refusal Skills
Refusal skills will help you resist negative peer
pressure.
Refusal skills
•Communication strategies that help you say no effectively
Refusal Skills
S
Say no in a firm voice.
T
Tell why not.
O
Offer other ideas.
P
Promptly leave.
Assignment 2
1. Apply: Zoey is pressuring Alicia to let her copy
Alicia’s homework assignment. Alicia knows
this is wrong. How can she express her
feelings to Zoey in an assertive way?