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Health Chapter 6 Overview - Coggle Diagram
Health Chapter 6 Overview
Lesson 3: Communicating Effectively
Communication Styles
Aggressive Communication
- Overly forceful or pushy communication. Includes bullying. People communicating like this usually aren't able to consider other's feelings
Passive Communication
- Meek or accepting communication. People who communicate passively may be unable to or unwilling to speak their opinions out of fear of conflict or putting other's needs far beyond their own.
Assertive Communication
- Assertive Communication is clearly expressing your thoughts respectfully. It is usually the best form of communication in expressing your thoughts without angering the other party
Ways to Communicate
Speaking Skills
The key point of speaking skills is to communicate your problems.
Saying that the trash piling up inside annoys you is better than accusing someone of not taking out the trash.
It may help to use
I
statements.
statements formatted to focus on your own feelings rather than the other person's behavior.
Listening Skills
The goal of listening skills is to pay attention and understand the other person's messages. Active listening, to pay attention to what the other person is one way to do so. Active Listening Includes Skills such as
Don't Interrupt
- Give full attention and don't speak over them.
Show Interest
- Face the person and make eye contact. nod along and input some comments to show you're paying attention.
Restate
- You can rephrase or summarize things the speaker says to show your attention and make sure you understand.
Ask Questions
- Asking related questions can show your attention and help the person clarify their thoughts.
Show Empathy
- Let the other person know their feelings are reaching you and try not to pass judgement on them
Offering Useful Feedback
Even people you know well can do annoying things.
If something someone is doing is bothering you, try to offer constructive criticism. Attacking someone won't encourage them to do better, instead use I Statements in order to show a problem and explain why it bothers you
It's important to let people know there are consequences to their actions. This isn't always bad. It can help to say a simple Thank You to let someone know their actions are appreciated
Nonverbal Communication
Sometimes a statement can come off as rude despite sounding kind because of tone or inflection.
Body Language
can also express someone's true feelings. Make sure that your body language is also polite to the person you're speaking to.
Body Language
is the gestures, behaviors, and facial expressions that someone can physically read without speaking
Lesson 1: Foundations of a Healthy Relationships
Relationships in Your Life
Relationships with Friends
- Friendships can form between anyone you don't have to be the same age to be friends. You could form a friendship off similar interests or just because you live close together.
Relationships in Your Community
- Being a good citizen and having good citizenship is very important. It benefits the groups you are apart of which in turn benefits you.
Relationships with Family
- Healthy family relationships help strengthen all aspects of the health triangle (Physical, Emotional, and Social).
Role in Relationships
- You can have many different relationships with people and have different roles in each of those to relationships. Your role can be a son or coach it all depends on who you have a relationship with.
Traits of Healthy Relationships
Skills for Building Healthy Relationships
- Three skills that are necessary for building relationships are communication, cooperation, and compromise. These three traits will strength and grow your relationships.
Character and Relationships
- Having good character and good relationships go hand and hand especially the traits Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. These traits will help you find and maintain healthy relationships.
Qualities of a Healthy Relationship
- Look for these four qualities to see if you have healthy relationships mutual respect, caring, honesty, and commitment.
Lesson 2: Respecting yourself and others
Respect Yourself
The Need for Strong Values
You should seek to find your
personal identity
and
values.
Then, work to communicate those to people around you so they can better respect them
Respect for Others
Show respect by
Listen
- Be willing to hear and consider other's ideas, even if you disagree
Mutual Trust
- Show others that you're honest and trustworthy. Show trust for them by believing what they say
Feelings
- Be considerate and think about how what you say may make another feel.
Understand Availability
- Sometimes people just aren't available all the time to listen or help. Be understanding that this is natural
Tolerance and Bullying
Sometimes people naturally disrespect someone because of an unfair judgement of a group of people they belong to. This is called
prejudice
and the unfair judgement is called a
stereotype
Tolerance
is the ability to accept differences and other cultures. Tolerance is the key to building healthy relationships despite prejudice.
Disrespectful Actions
Threatening or directly harming someone who can't defend themselves is known as
bullying.
Victims of bullying may develop self-esteem issues and harm themselves. Bullying is also detrimental to the bully as bullies tend to have higher rates of alcohol or violence.
Physical attacks aren't the only form of bullying. Oftentimes bullies can spread rumors or try to keep the victim from being accepted into a group. One form of this is called
hazing
in which the group forces someone to perform some usually dangerous or embarrassing task in order to be accepted into their group. This is usually done to show the new members that they're inferior to the regular members. This can result in a cycle of bullying to perpetuate.
Vocab
Lesson 1
Relationships
- Is a bond or connection you have with other people.
Friendship
- Is a significant relationship between two people that is based on trusting, caring, and consideration.
Citizenship
- The way you conduct yourself as a member of the community.
Role
- Is a part you play in your relationships
Cooperation
- Working together for the good of all.
Compromise
- Is a problem solving method in which each participant gives up something to reach a solution that satisfies everyone.
Lesson 2
Bullying
- Delibritately harming or threatening to harm someone who can't easily defend themselves
Values
- What you personally see as right and wrong.
Personal Identity
- Your sense of who you are and where you belong in the world
Stereotype
- An exagerrated or oversimplified belief/assumption about a group of people
Hazing
- Making others do some kind of task in order to join a group
Tolerance
- The ability to accept other's differences or differing cultures, identities, and beliefs
Prejudice
- An unfair opinion or judgement about a particular group of people
Lesson 3
Assertive
- Expressing your views clearly and respectfully
"I" Messages
- A statement that focuses on
your
feelings rather than someone else's actions
Active Listening
- Paying attention to what someone is saying and communicating
Passive
- unwilling or unable to express their thoughts directly
Aggressive
- Overly forceful or pushy.
Body Language
- Nonverbal communication through gestures, facial expressions, behaviors, and posture