life orientation
, Personal lifestyle choices [self-development in society]
LIFESTYLE
REACTIONS TO INFLUENCES
→ your behaviour and habits = way you live, your
mindset and behaviour + environment [AFFECTS INFORMED DECISION MAKING : Positive
PHYSICALLY & EMOTIONALLY] & negative choices
→ reflective of what you value and your view of → Decide EXACTLY what you want to
the world around you achieve
→ Know yourself well [values,
decisions that will make you
Importance : When you know your personal uncomfortable etc.]
qualities & abilities = make important decisions + set → Consider what you want & whether
realistic goals [prepared for future choices & it fits with values & beliefs
decisions] → Identify PRIORITIES [focus]
→ Recognize choices that will
Setting goals = opportunity to examine how you
negatively impact your life [affect
live, think about personal lifestyle choices and future?]
decisions to improve aspects of your life → Examining distractions = preventing
you from achieving what you want
INFLUENCES : PERSONAL LIFESTYLE CHOICES
SELF-ASSURANCE / CONFIDENCE : trust
FAMILY / FAMILY + purposeful decision making
→ FIRST influence → Assertive people = confidence
→ Young = behaviour (behaviour) determined by → Firm on decisions + stick to them
guardians + parents; choices = values, attitudes &
→ Communicate clearly what you
morals
want + let others understand how
→ Teenagers = influenced by family lifestyle
you feel
→ Maturity = think independently [media, environment
etc.] → Honest + willing to discuss choices
MEDIA → Don't hurt other people's feelings
→ Idea of how you THINK you should behave → Respect others' right to their own
[magazines, music, television etc.] opinion
→ Imitation of "glamorous personalities" and physical → Don't blame others for
appearance consequences of choices
PERS & PEER GROUP → Feel more confident and in control
→ PEER PRESSURE: teenagers pressured to do things of your own life
that they would not normally do or that they
consider wrong [positive = help to choose personal
lifestyle aimed at excellence /negative =
involvement in harmful activities]
CULTURE
→ Beliefs, habits & expected behaviours
RELIGION
→ Encourage = think about consequences of actions
COMMUNITY
→ Beliefs formed by THE of other people around them
[positive = exchange of ideas & unbiased /negative =
under duress from community members]
ENVIRONMENT
→ Conditions in which people live
→ Social environment = educational backgrounds &
working conditions, income levels etc.
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, Sexual behaviour & sexual health [self-development in
society]
UNDESIRABLE RESULTS
RISK FACTORS = UNHEALTHY SEXUAL
BEHAVIOUR [+ UNWANTED RESULTS] SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
[STIs], HIV & AIDS
→ Types : HIV, Chlamydia, syphilis,
RISK FACTORS
gonorrhoea, human papillomavirus,
General: hepatitis B & herpes zoster
→ Substance abuse → Cervical cancer = sexually active
→ Low self-esteem (giving in to peer before 18 & many sex partners [linked
pressure) to human papillomavirus]
→ Negative family relationships (poor LOW SELF-ESTEEM & EMOTIONAL SCARS
communication) → Feeling abandoned & disappointed after
→ environmental factors sex (feeling abused + bad about self)
Z Threatened / forced to have sexual → Girls currently feel bad & abused more
intercourse than men
Z Engaging in sexual behaviour for financial
gain FACTORS : INFLUENCE PERSONAL
Z Need for love & acceptance BEHAVIOUR
Z Negative outlook on life FAMILY / FAMILY
Z Guardians: no supervision / support → Participation in unhealthy sexual activities
Z Obey demands (girl / boyfriend) to prove =↑ if others are involved in teenage
pregnancies
love
→ Siblings (brothers & sisters) = involvement
Z Negative school environment
tends to increase
Z No ambition + plans for the future → Practice sexual behaviour if not receiving
Z Unhealthy & negative relationships with love at home
adults, guardians / parents → If sex is not discussed in the home =
Z Guardians who engage in unhealthy sexual dependent on information from peers &
media = therefore not understanding the
behaviour
consequences due to lack of necessary
Z Refusing to use a condom knowledge
→ Parents/guardians discuss or talk openly
UNDESIRABLE RESULTS
about results about being sexually active =
less likelihood of engaging in unhealthy
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
sexual activities [clarifies mindset & morals]
→ Social stigmas = hard to get support
PERS + PEER GROUP
→ Threat to schooling & future careers [=
→ Peer group = views and behaviour
dependence on social grants] → Amount of influence = depends on
→ Young girls' bodies are not yet ready to closeness of relationships
give birth [= die from complications] → Influenced by what they believe about
→ Bad eating habits = not enough nutrients peers' views and behaviour
→ Abortions = permanent damage to body → Choose peers with views that match your
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS [STIs], own
→ Behaviour > drinking alcohol together
HIV & AIDS
→ Boys more (easier) to be influenced
→ Infections acquired by having sexual
NORMS OF SOCIETY
intercourse with an infected person =
→ The beliefs and values of different
Increases risks of HIV & Aids societies and what they see as right or
acceptable
3© Noted Summaries Grade 9 Life Orientation www.notedsummaries.co.za
, Personal lifestyle choices [self-development in society]
LIFESTYLE
REACTIONS TO INFLUENCES
→ your behaviour and habits = way you live, your
mindset and behaviour + environment [AFFECTS INFORMED DECISION MAKING : Positive
PHYSICALLY & EMOTIONALLY] & negative choices
→ reflective of what you value and your view of → Decide EXACTLY what you want to
the world around you achieve
→ Know yourself well [values,
decisions that will make you
Importance : When you know your personal uncomfortable etc.]
qualities & abilities = make important decisions + set → Consider what you want & whether
realistic goals [prepared for future choices & it fits with values & beliefs
decisions] → Identify PRIORITIES [focus]
→ Recognize choices that will
Setting goals = opportunity to examine how you
negatively impact your life [affect
live, think about personal lifestyle choices and future?]
decisions to improve aspects of your life → Examining distractions = preventing
you from achieving what you want
INFLUENCES : PERSONAL LIFESTYLE CHOICES
SELF-ASSURANCE / CONFIDENCE : trust
FAMILY / FAMILY + purposeful decision making
→ FIRST influence → Assertive people = confidence
→ Young = behaviour (behaviour) determined by → Firm on decisions + stick to them
guardians + parents; choices = values, attitudes &
→ Communicate clearly what you
morals
want + let others understand how
→ Teenagers = influenced by family lifestyle
you feel
→ Maturity = think independently [media, environment
etc.] → Honest + willing to discuss choices
MEDIA → Don't hurt other people's feelings
→ Idea of how you THINK you should behave → Respect others' right to their own
[magazines, music, television etc.] opinion
→ Imitation of "glamorous personalities" and physical → Don't blame others for
appearance consequences of choices
PERS & PEER GROUP → Feel more confident and in control
→ PEER PRESSURE: teenagers pressured to do things of your own life
that they would not normally do or that they
consider wrong [positive = help to choose personal
lifestyle aimed at excellence /negative =
involvement in harmful activities]
CULTURE
→ Beliefs, habits & expected behaviours
RELIGION
→ Encourage = think about consequences of actions
COMMUNITY
→ Beliefs formed by THE of other people around them
[positive = exchange of ideas & unbiased /negative =
under duress from community members]
ENVIRONMENT
→ Conditions in which people live
→ Social environment = educational backgrounds &
working conditions, income levels etc.
2© Noted Summaries Grade 9 Life Orientation www.notedsummaries.co.za
, Sexual behaviour & sexual health [self-development in
society]
UNDESIRABLE RESULTS
RISK FACTORS = UNHEALTHY SEXUAL
BEHAVIOUR [+ UNWANTED RESULTS] SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
[STIs], HIV & AIDS
→ Types : HIV, Chlamydia, syphilis,
RISK FACTORS
gonorrhoea, human papillomavirus,
General: hepatitis B & herpes zoster
→ Substance abuse → Cervical cancer = sexually active
→ Low self-esteem (giving in to peer before 18 & many sex partners [linked
pressure) to human papillomavirus]
→ Negative family relationships (poor LOW SELF-ESTEEM & EMOTIONAL SCARS
communication) → Feeling abandoned & disappointed after
→ environmental factors sex (feeling abused + bad about self)
Z Threatened / forced to have sexual → Girls currently feel bad & abused more
intercourse than men
Z Engaging in sexual behaviour for financial
gain FACTORS : INFLUENCE PERSONAL
Z Need for love & acceptance BEHAVIOUR
Z Negative outlook on life FAMILY / FAMILY
Z Guardians: no supervision / support → Participation in unhealthy sexual activities
Z Obey demands (girl / boyfriend) to prove =↑ if others are involved in teenage
pregnancies
love
→ Siblings (brothers & sisters) = involvement
Z Negative school environment
tends to increase
Z No ambition + plans for the future → Practice sexual behaviour if not receiving
Z Unhealthy & negative relationships with love at home
adults, guardians / parents → If sex is not discussed in the home =
Z Guardians who engage in unhealthy sexual dependent on information from peers &
media = therefore not understanding the
behaviour
consequences due to lack of necessary
Z Refusing to use a condom knowledge
→ Parents/guardians discuss or talk openly
UNDESIRABLE RESULTS
about results about being sexually active =
less likelihood of engaging in unhealthy
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
sexual activities [clarifies mindset & morals]
→ Social stigmas = hard to get support
PERS + PEER GROUP
→ Threat to schooling & future careers [=
→ Peer group = views and behaviour
dependence on social grants] → Amount of influence = depends on
→ Young girls' bodies are not yet ready to closeness of relationships
give birth [= die from complications] → Influenced by what they believe about
→ Bad eating habits = not enough nutrients peers' views and behaviour
→ Abortions = permanent damage to body → Choose peers with views that match your
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS [STIs], own
→ Behaviour > drinking alcohol together
HIV & AIDS
→ Boys more (easier) to be influenced
→ Infections acquired by having sexual
NORMS OF SOCIETY
intercourse with an infected person =
→ The beliefs and values of different
Increases risks of HIV & Aids societies and what they see as right or
acceptable
3© Noted Summaries Grade 9 Life Orientation www.notedsummaries.co.za
