Health Chapter 2 Key Terms

What are health skills?

• Techniques to refuse unsafe behaviors

• A multi-step strategy for achieving goals

• Specific tools and strategies for better health choices

• The body's reaction to stress

What is communication?

• A process of sending and receiving messages

• A strategy for identifying goals

• Techniques to refuse unsafe behaviors

• The confidence you feel about yourself

What are refusal skills?

• Tools for better health choices

• Techniques to help refuse unsafe behaviors

• A strategy for achieving goals

• The body's reaction to stress

What is self-esteem?

• The body's reaction to stress

• A strategy for achieving goals

• The confidence and worth you feel about yourself

• Techniques to refuse unsafe behaviors

What is stress?

• A multi-step strategy for achieving goals

• The body's and mind's reaction to demands

• Techniques to refuse unsafe behaviors

• The confidence you feel about yourself

What is a goal?

• A process of sending and receiving messages

• Something you aim for that takes planning and work

• Techniques to refuse unsafe behaviors

• The body's reaction to stress

What is an action plan?

• A process of sending and receiving messages

• A multi-step strategy for identifying and achieving goals

• Techniques to refuse unsafe behaviors

• The confidence you feel about yourself

specific tools and strategies that lead to better and more informed health choices

a process through which you send messages to and receive messages from others

techniques that can help you refuse when you are urged to take part in unsafe or unhealthful behaviors