Teenage relationships can interfere with a teenager's life both positively and negatively. Positively, relationships can help a teenager mature and gain experience. However, relationships can also lead teenagers to isolate themselves due to jealousy and pressure each other into unwanted sexual activities. Nearly one in four teenagers experiences abuse from obsessive relationships. Over half of high school students know a friend who has been physically abused, and most girls who experience abuse continue dating the abuser. There is debate around whether homosexuality is caused by nature such as genetics and hormones, or nurture such as one's environment and upbringing. Different theories exist but there is no consensus on the root cause. Drugs have changed over time with some becoming prohibited by law while
3. - Changing Personality
• Teenage relationships
- - Early pregnancy
• Love or Illusion Ideas
- Going against religion
• Does Age matter ?
Will it last forever?
How does relationships interfere in teenager's life…
Good:
- You get more mature
- You gain experience
Bad:
- You isolate your self because of jealousy.
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4. Rights Responsibilities
•Have your opinions, needs, values, • Respect the opinions, needs, values,
emotions, etc. respected by your partner. emotions, etc. of your partner.
•Not be pressured into sexual activity you • Not pressure your partner into sexual
do not want. activities he or she does not want.
•Be told the truth. • Communicate openly with your partner,
•Other including telling the truth even if it's
difficult.
Each year approximately one in four adolescents reports
verbal, physical, emotional or sexual abuse from obsessive
relationships.
One in three teens report knowing a friend or peer who has been physically
Dating violence among their peers is reported by 54% of high school students.
Nearly 80% of girls who have been victims of physical abuse, continue to date the abuser.
5. How sex is portrayed in teenage relationships ??? - In the past sex was only
• How our society have change throughout accepted after marriage.
the years (modern teenagers)
- In todays society we can find
information anywhere: Online,
magazine,
How long do teenage relationships last???
From 14-16 it last max 5 After 17 relationships last 1-2
months years
Responsibilities
6. How does psychology explain homosexuality?
Why do people become homosexual?
How is homosexuality represented in the media?
• Is it an option or genetic??? - Involves: Psychology
• Religion - Nature vs Nurture
- Does it depends on people
• Legal or illegal marriage
around you…
Genes? Hormones? Or a choice?
7. The current debate is whether
or not homosexuality is a
result of nature: a person's
American Psychological Association environment and
surroundings, or of his
mental disorder
biology and genetics. The
debate endures because both
Many different theories can be found sides have the ability to create
regarding the root of homosexuality, a scientific environment to
support their cause. For
example, biological theorists
Charles Darwin may argue that a monkey and
human child, reared in the
"...we do not even in the least know the final
same setting, will develop
cause of sexuality. The whole subject is hidden
with vastly different
in darkness."
outcomes, while social
theorists may argue that
monozygotic twins, one
reared normally and the other
raised in seclusion for 18
APA years, will also develop with
"...it emerges from most people in early vastly different results, but
adolescence with no prior sexual experience" different even more from the
first scenario
8. How does psychology explain homosexuality?
Does it depends on Genes?
Nature vs Nurture
people around Hormones?
you… Or a choice?
How is homosexuality represented in the
Homophobic bullying
media?
Homophobic bullying
Homosexual families Elton John
Having kids Getting married
9. • How have drugs changed throughout the years??
- Drugs became a
joke among the new
generation
• When I was researching I realise
that there is not to much
information about drugs… maybe
young people are not informed of
the serious risks.
10. Why do people take drugs?
A substances to have fun
In the past :
Because they are bored
Caffeine
Pain or Stress
Legal Drugs:
National laws prohibit :
Alcohol
Tobacco
Drugs and medicines Many other recreational
that have a strong effect drugs are legal, widely betel nut
culturally accepted, and
at the most have an age caffeine
restriction on using
and/or purchasing them products in the west
11. • How does drugs have changed throughout
the years???
Types of drugs Classification of drugs
• Drugs that are band/forbidden and drugs
that are not…
Drug user can have a
certain amount with
them, for their own use.
• How does a drug addict behave
They steal from
Aggressive
their own homes.
12. • Pressure
The same environment
The same people/ teachers
• Should we go college or
More support
sixth form?
Staying with your friends
Meet new people
• Some people have to pay
to go college…
• Should we go college or Should people from other
A-level pressure
sixth form? Why? countries go college for
free?
13. After researching i realised that the themes became
more clearer to you… and you start to have more things
to say… I choose this particular themes because they
interests me and some of them I study so will be a lot
easier for me to talk about it.