How Others Affect My Health Choices
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Objective
I can examine how family, friends, and media can affect my health choices.
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Warm-up video
nature video · 5:07
We don't generate video — this one is by nature video on YouTube. The practice questions and exit ticket below were drafted by AI for this objective, and every question is editable in the teacher guide.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Stereotypes of adolescents often portray them as badly behaved, irresponsible, and rude, but this doesn't account for context.
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Adolescents often engage in risky behaviors like smoking, drinking alcohol, and dangerous driving when they are with their friends.
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Adolescents are hypersensitive to social exclusion and may change who they are to fit in with their peers.
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Practice
12 questions
According to the video, which of the following is a common stereotype about adolescents?
The video mentions that adolescent risk-taking often occurs in a specific context. What is that context?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe one example from the video of how friends can influence health-related risk-taking among adolescents.”
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