2. Lesson 3 What emotion are you experiencing right now? Accurately identifying what you are feeling is an important first step toward knowing how to respond in a healthy way. Understanding Emotions

3. Lesson 3 Identify the emotions that influence your overall health Examine changes that occur during adolescence In this lesson, you will learn to: Lesson Objectives

4. Lesson 3 Emotions are your responses to certain thoughts and events. Communicating emotions effectively is key to building and maintaining healthy relationships.emotions What Are Emotions? Understanding Emotions

5. Lesson 3 Effects of Emotions on Your Health Triangle Anger Joy Fear Joy can prompt the release of brain chemicals that cause you to experience warmth and a sense of well-being. Feeling this way promotes mental/emotional health and positively influences your relationships and thus your social health. Understanding Emotions

6. Lesson 3 Identifying Your Emotions The many changes brought on by hormones during puberty may cause you to swing quickly between extreme emotions. hormones Accurately identifying what you are feeling is an important first step toward knowing how to respond in a healthy way. Effects of Hormones on Emotions

7. Lesson 3 Happiness Happiness can be described as being satisfied or feeling positive. When you are happy, you usually feel energetic, creative, and sociable. Identifying Your Emotions

8. Lesson 3 Sadness is a normal, healthy reaction to difficult events. Feelings of sadness may be mild and fleeting, or they may be deep and long- lasting. When you are sad, you may feel easily discouraged and have less energy. Sadness Identifying Your Emotions

9. Lesson 3 Love Love involves: Strong affection. Deep concern. Supporting the growth and individual needs of another person. Respecting that person’s boundaries and values. Identifying Your Emotions

10. Lesson 3 Empathy Identifying Your Emotions When you feel empathy, you feel connected to another person’s emotions.empathy Demonstrating empathy can help build and maintain your relationships. An empathetic person listens attentively and communicates understanding toward others.

11. Lesson 3 Fear Feelings of fear can increase your alertness and help you escape from potentially harmful situations. However, fear that results from an imagined threat can prevent people from leading normal lives. This type of fear is called a phobia and requires professional help. Identifying Your Emotions

12. Lesson 3 Guilt Guilt often results from acting against one’s values or from failing to act when action might have brought about a better outcome. Being able to recognize when you are not responsible for a negative outcome will save you from needless guilt. Guilt can act as your conscience and motivate positive changes in behavior. Identifying Your Emotions

13. Lesson 3 Anger Anger is a common reaction to being emotionally hurt or physically harmed. When anger isn’t handled in constructive ways, it can result in violence. Hostility can be particularly damaging, not only to others but also to the hostile person.Hostility Identifying Your Emotions

14. Lesson 3 Q. Anger sometimes results in _______, which can damage a relationship. Choose the most appropriate option. 1.happiness 2.violence 3.empathy 4.sadness Quick Review

15. Lesson 3 A. 2. Violence Anger sometimes results in violence, which can damage a relationship. Click Next to attempt another question. Quick Review - Answer

16. Lesson 3 Quick Review Q. The seven basic emotions are: happiness, sadness, love, empathy, fear, guilt, and anger. True False Choose the appropriate option.

17. Lesson 3 Click Next to attempt another question. Quick Review - Answer A. True. The seven basic emotions are: happiness, sadness, love, empathy, fear, guilt, and anger.

18. Lesson 3 Quick Review 1.Guilt can sometimes stop confusion in feelings. 2. Guilt can sometimes act as one’s conscience and motivate positive changes in behavior. 3. Guilt can sometimes make people happy. 4. Guilt can sometimes keep people in one negative mood that stops an even more negative emotion. Q. Which of the following should you practice to be trustworthy?

19. Lesson 3 Quick Review - Answer A. 2. Guilt can sometimes act as one’s conscience and motivate positive changes in behavior. Guilty feelings can lead to a positive result by: sometimes acting as one’s conscience and motivating positive changes in behavior.

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21. Lesson 3 Emotions are your responses to certain thoughts and events. Communicating emotions effectively is key to building and maintaining healthy relationships.emotions What Are Emotions? Understanding Emotions An emotion is a signal that tells your mind and body how to react.

22. Lesson 3 The many changes brought on by hormones during puberty may cause you to swing quickly between extreme emotions. hormones Accurately identifying what you are feeling is an important first step toward knowing how to respond in a healthy way. Effects of Hormones on Emotions Identifying Your Emotions Hormones are chemical substances that are produced in glands and help regulate many of your body’s functions. Hormones are chemical substances that are produced in glands and help regulate many of your body’s functions.

23. Lesson 3 When you feel empathy, you feel connected to another person’s emotions.empathy Demonstrating empathy can help build and maintain your relationships. An empathetic person listens attentively and communicates understanding toward others. Empathy Identifying Your Emotions Empathy is the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels. Empathy is the ability to imagine and understand how someone else feels.

24. Lesson 3 Anger Identifying Your Emotions Anger is a common reaction to being emotionally hurt or physically harmed. When anger isn’t handled in constructive ways, it can result in violence. Hostility can be particularly damaging, not only to others but also to the hostile person.Hostility refers to the intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior. Hostility refers to the intentional use of unfriendly or offensive behavior.

25. Lesson 3 Fear can trigger physical changes, including increased perspiration, an increase in heart rate, and a tightening of muscles. This “fight-or-flight” response enables you to defend yourself or flee the scene. Anger Joy Fear Effects of Emotions on Your Health Triangle Understanding Emotions

26. Lesson 3 Strong emotions like anger can cause both physical and mental responses, such as an increase in heart rate and feelings of distress. Inappropriate responses, such as lashing out, can be harmful to you or to people around you. Joy Fear Anger Effects of Emotions on Your Health Triangle Understanding Emotions

27. Lesson 3 A. Correct! Anger sometimes results in violence, which can damage a relationship. Click Next to attempt another question. Quick Review - Answer

28. Lesson 3 You have answered the question incorrectly. Go back to try again or click Next to see the correct answer. Quick Review - Answer

29. Lesson 3 A. Correct! The seven basic emotions are: happiness, sadness, love, empathy, fear, guilt, and anger. Click Next to attempt another question. Quick Review - Answer

30. Lesson 3 You have answered the question incorrectly. Go back to try again or click Next to see the correct answer. Quick Review - Answer

31. Lesson 3 A. Correct! Guilty feelings can lead to a positive result by: sometimes acting as one’s conscience and motivating positive changes in behavior. Quick Review - Answer

32. Lesson 3 You have answered the question incorrectly. Go back to try again or click Next to see the correct answer. Quick Review - Answer