Unit 1 Vocabulary

Action Plan

A multi-step strategy to identify and achieve your goals

Respect

Esteem for a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, personal quality or ability or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability

Values

The ideas, beliefs and attitude about what is important that guide the way you live

Hostility

The intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior

emotions

Signals that tell your mind and body how to react

conflict resolution

the process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving

suicide

the act of intentionally taking ones own life

stress management

ways to deal with or overcome the negative effects of stress

empathy

putting yourself in someone else's shoes to understand how they feel

hierarchy of needs

a ranked list of needs essential for human growth and development

i message

statement in which a person describes how they feel using the word "I

Decision making process

steps that enable you to make a healthy decision

short term goals

a goal you can reach in a short period of time

refusal skills

communication strategies help you to say no when you are urged to take part in unsafe situations

interpersonal communication

exchange of thoughts or feelings between 2 or more people

peers

people the same age as you who share similar interests

depression

prolonged feeling of hopelessness, helplessness and sadness

alienation

feeling isolated and separated from everyone

anxiety

feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen

character

feature or traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing

role model

someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for others

mental/emotional health

how you deal with demands and challenges you meet in life

resiliency

bouncing back from disappointment or difficulty or crisis

trust

reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something

selfishness

one whose concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare etc...

shared interests

a group of people whose attention, concern or curiosity is engaged by the same thing

Goal

Something you aim for

Long term goal

A goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time

communication

The ways in which you send and receive messages from others

common goals

group of people aimed toward the completion of a task

cluster suicide

A series of suicides occurring within a short period of time and involving several people in the same school or community

Counselor

A person who gives advice

sensitivity

A person's feelings which might be easily offended or hurt.