6th Grade: 6.12 Mental, Social, and Emotional Health Review

What is a characteristic of good mental health?

• being able to deal with stress in life

• taking a very long time to make decisions

• quitting things that seem difficult

• refusing to listen to constructive criticism

What is the best positive response to criticism?

• Record each criticism and politely explain why the person is wrong.

• Offer criticism of the other person in exchange.

• Listen to the criticism with an open mind and decide what is true.

• Write down the criticism and resolve to come back to it a year later.

Kyan, Leila, and Jakob want Miles to write the descriptions for the pictures they drew for the group project. Miles does not want to.

What will most likely contribute to the success of the group?

• Miles should ask the teacher to be in a different group.

• Miles should accept responsibility and write the descriptions.

• Miles should ask his dad to talk to the other students.

• Miles should ask his dad to talk to the other students.

What strategy is best for working through adversity or challenges?

• eating favorite foods

• realizing that problems are a part of life

• sleeping to avoid the problem

• venting anger and frustration to others

What is the best resource to help someone with mental illnesses and challenges?

• the local health department

• a self-help book

• a television show

• a deep breathing exercise

What are some protective factors for mental illness?

Select all correct answers.

• having lower academic achievement

• experiencing conflict in the home

• going to a school with clear expectations

• being able to solve problems on one’s own

Why are personal boundaries important?

Select all correct answers.

• Boundaries will keep people from being angry.

• Boundaries will help with having healthy friendships.

• Boundaries will keep people from taking advantage of others.

• Boundaries will guarantee that a person becomes popular.

Jana has a friend, Sara, who asks for help with math homework every day, which is taking a lot of Jana’s time.

How should Jana communicate boundaries?

• She should start refusing to answer the phone when Sara calls.

• She should tell Sara how selfish she is to take all Jana’s time.

• She should tell Sara that she, Jana, needs more time to herself.

• She should tell another friend about it so they will tell Sara.

Josh has a friend who avoids celebrating holidays due to his religious beliefs. Josh asked his friend to come over for a holiday party and his friend declined.

Why is it important for Josh to understand the feelings and perspectives of others?

Select all correct answers.

• Josh may lose friends if he doesn’t understand the perspectives of others.

• Part of maturing is to realize that different people have different opinions. 

• Josh may win a behavior award at school if he shows respect for others.

• If Josh wants people to respect him, he should also show respect to others.

  If Josh wants people to respect him, he should also show respect to others.

What does “body image” mean?

• using other people's thoughts to determine how one looks

• having the culturally ideal body

• having a view of one's own body

• having a distorted view of one's body