•Pick a Side: Emotions•In the space provided answer the following questions:

• What are emotions?• Are emotions good or bad?• Can you control emotions?• Should you control emotions?• Is it always healthy to let your

emotions out?• Who is more emotional, men or

women? Why?

•Emotions:• Reaction to a situation• Body, Mind and behavior

•There are two kinds of emotion• Primary• Learned

•Primary Emotions• Are emotions that are intrinsic and are

felt by all people, even children• Happiness• Sadness

• Grief is an example of extreme sadness

• Anger• Causes STRESS

• Fear

•Learned Emotions• expression is based on learned behaviors• Social environment

•Love•Guilt

• Not all actions are considered wrong in every culture

•Shame• Not all actions are considered ‘shameful’

•Recognizing your emotions• By recognizing emotions you

can start to deal with them• Once you realize what emotion

you are feeling you can begin to implement coping and defense mechanisms

• Over the next slides identify the emotion expressed

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•Coping Strategy• These are ways that people deal with their

emotions, both positive and negative• Positive:

• Exercise, writing, etc…• In the space provided write 3 positive

coping strategies that you use.• Negative

• Drinking, fighting...• In the space provided write 3 negative

coping strategies you’ve used

•Defense Mechanism• These are coping strategies that help to

protect your feeling from difficult emotions•Denial

• Refusing to recognize an emotion/ problem• Example: You fail a class at school and

you're disappointed. You tell your friends you don’t care, that it doesn’t matter

•Compensation• Making up for weakness in one area by

excelling/ attempting to excel in another area• Example: A person with low self esteem

acting tough to compensate

•Rationalization• Making excuses for actions you know are wrong• Example: Speeding because everyone is doing it

•Reaction Formation• Behaving the opposite to the way you feel. • Example: You feel bad about making fun of a kid at

school. You brag about it to your friends so that you feel better about it

•Projection• Putting your own faults on others• Example: You fail a class because it as in the

morning, but you blame the teacher for not giving you extra credit

•Regression• Returning to immature behaviors to express

emotions• You get angry at your parents so you run to

your room, slam the door and sulk for an hour

• Emotion Quiz:

1. Define Emotion.

2. What is the difference between a primary and learned emotion?

3. How do healthy and unhealthy coping strategies differ?

4. Define Defense mechanism

5. Students always pick on Johnny, but he says it’s because they like him. What coping mechanism is he using?

•Warm-up: Answer the follow questions and explain your choice

• Should people avoid all types of stress?

•Warm-up: List at least 10 causes of stress in your life.

Stress is a part of our lives. Stress is caused by situations, events and people that make demands on your body and mind. Read chapter 3, Section 1, take notes and answer the questions on page 59, 1-6

Based upon the graph:1. By what factor did the number

of vehicle/ boat complaints increase from 2001/02-2002/03?

2. By what percent did barking dog complaints decrease from 2000/01-2003/04?

3. Since noise pollution can be a stressor, what would you propose to decrease noise pollution in this area?

• Major Life Changes affect people in individual ways.

• Using ideas from the example and events from your own life, complete the blank stress ranking sheet and answer the questions that follow.

•1. What do you think stress will do to your body in the short term (0-1 week)?•2. What will stress do to your body in the long run (years)?

•1. List 5 careers that have high stress levels•2. Choose one of these careers and write a short paragraph (4-5 sentences) describing why you believe this career it the most stressful career

Stress affects your body in distinct ways. Chapter 3, section 2 will describe these ways. Read the chapter, take notes and answer the questions (1-6) on page 64.

During another class (while paying close attention to the lesson):

• Carefully watch your classmates, teacher and any other people in the room

• Fill out the Section 3-2 “Enrich” form in your packet.

• While watching pay close attention to:• How students react to assignments• How the teacher reacts to students

questions/ complaints/ behavior• Student reactions to being

reprimanded.

• Complete the Building Health Skills assignment.

• After completing the assignment answer the following questions:

• What fraction of your time do you spend watching TV?

• What percent of your day do you spend at school?

• How many hours a week do you spend getting ready for school?

• How many hours a month do you spend watching TV?

•Answer the questions in the space provided.•How would you react if:

• The teacher gave a surprise quiz?• You had to give a speech in front of the

class• You got in a car accident?• You were running late for an important

appointment?•Now pick a friend you know well and describe how they would react in these situations. •How are they different?

• Stress reaction quiz:

1. I need to be the best at everything I do

2. If something doesn’t go as planned, I feel like a failure

3. I tend to expect the worst in most situations

4. I want to be liked by everyone

5. I really enjoy competition

Peoples’ reaction to stress is highly individual. Some people thrive on stress while others buckle under it. Read Chapter 3, Section3, take notes and answer the questions (1-7) on page 67.

As a Class we are going to complete the group activity: Positive and Negative Thinking• Follow along with the

discussion so you can fill in your answers

• Be sure to allow others to speak, and listen respectfully.

• How do you cope with stress?• List 5 positive/ healthy ways you

cope with stress• List 5 negative/ unhealthy ways you

cope with stress

• Respond to this advice line question:• Dear advice line,

• When I have to speak in front of a group, I panic. I begin to sweat and my heart pounds. My mouth gets so dry that it is hard to speak. Is there anything I can do about this problem?

Read chapter 3, section 4 about how to cope with stress. Be sure to take notes and answer the questions(1-6) on page 76.

• Complete the Chapter 3 Test in your book

• You may work in small groups (2-3)

• Use your notes, use your book use your partner.