HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Unit 1: Youth health and development AOS 2: Transition to adulthood Chapter 4: Social, emotional and intellectual development-part 2

Taking risks

Risk- ‘action that has the possibility of gain (positive) or loss (negative); for example, a risk of drink driving is injury or death; a leadership role in school may be a positive risk, promoting self-esteem.’

Taking risks p ) What may happen if you avoid new tasks? 2) List the four major categories of risk behaviours in late childhood and adolescence? 3) What are some situations that may lead to an uncomfortable feeling? What type of risk is it? 4) What happens if your speech is successful? 5) What did The Institute of Family Studies survey showed? Figure 4.7 (87)

Physical risk p ) What are some examples that can occur as a result of physical risk-taking? 2) What are some examples of different types of physical risks? 3) What are the three broad groups that Andrew Fuller has given on why young people take illicit drugs? 4) Why do young people experiment with illicit drugs? 5) Why do the socially disconnected take illicit drugs? 6) Why does the self-mediation group consume illicit drugs?

Role play?

Review p88 Question 1-12

Physical risk

Rights and responsibilities, independence and interdependence

Rights: ‘conditions of life that everyone is entitled to.’ Independence: ‘the state of autonomy or self-rule as distinct from dependence on others.’ Interdependence: ‘where people interact with and rely on one another, sharing resources and tasks.’

Rights and responsibilities, independence and interdependence p Social and cultural differences 1) What are some of the rights that the convention covers? 2) What would a school’s policy on rights might include? 3) Why is it that these days young people are more dependent on parents? 4) What did the study find with some immigrant groups compared to Anglo- Australian youth?

Review p91 Question 1-5

Looking back p91 Questions 1-3