Transcript Making the Best Decisions

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How can friends and peers influence
your decision making?
› We can be influenced by our friends for
either good or bad, so it makes a difference
who our friends are.
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What factors contribute to decisions?
› Being under the influence for alcohol/drugs,
trying to please or impress others, acting
before thinking.
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Acting before thinking
› The tendency to act on impulse before
thinking about potential consequences.
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Accepting other’s decisions in order to fit
in
› The tendency to let others make decisions
for you.
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Alcohol/drugs
› The inability to make good decisions while
under the influence.
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Choose a number and go stand by it.
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Alcohol changes how the brain functions
and can be harmful to teenage growth and
development.
› Alcohol abuse can affect memory and learning,
which can harm a teenager’s performance in
school
› Drinking large amounts of alcohol can impair
brain function and lead to unconsciousness and
even death.
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People who begin drinking alcohol before
age 15 are four times more likely to develop
alcohol dependence than those who wait
until age 21.
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Alcohol acts as a depressant on the
central nervous system to lower normal
healthy inhibitions, leading to increased
at-risk behavior.
› Teenagers who drink alcohol are 7 times
likelier to have sex than those who don’t
drink.
› 41% of frequent binge drinkers participate in
unplanned sexual behavior.
› Alcohol use is involved in more incidents of
sexual violence, including rape and child
molestation, than any other single drug.
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Stop:
› Identify the decision you must make that has
more than one option.
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Think:
› Options: Make a list
› Priorities What ae most important to you.
› Values: Rank your priorities on a scale from 1-5, 1
is low 5 is high.
› Score: Determine which option best meets your
ranked priorities.
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Go:
› Begin to implement your best decision.
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Rape occurs when one person forces another person to have sex
without their consent.
Female adolescents are not at high risk for becoming victims of
rape.
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In 8 of 10 rape cases the victim knew the perpetrator.
 Date rape drugs such as rohypnol (roofies), GHB, that make the
victim lose consciousness, have a strong taste and odor.
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Rape is a crime and punishable by imprisonment.
It’s not rape if the guy is the victim’s boyfriend or if they’ve had sex
before.
 When a girl agrees to make out with a guy, she’s implying that she’ll
have sex with him too.
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Victims of sexual abuse should tell someone what has happened to
them right away.