Development of the Self in Society and Human Rights

Flashcards covering personal development, puberty, peer pressure, human rights in the South African Constitution, and identifying and dealing with abuse.

Potential

Being capable of doing something and recognizing the talents at which you are most likely to be successful.

Respect for yourself

Includes looking after yourself, keeping clean and neat, and not abusing your body.

Abusive

Being badly treated, either physically or emotionally.

Gossiped

Spoken unkindly about you to others.

Peers

People who are the same age as you.

Peer pressure

When people in a group try to get others to behave like they do.

Legal

Allowed by law, such as buying cigarettes or medicine if a person is over $18$ years old.

Illegal

Against the law, such as the possession of marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamine (tik).

Dependent

Unable to do without something, needing it all the time.

Addiction

A habit of substance use that can be very difficult to change.

Vulnerable

Without defences, weak, or helpless.

Bullying

When individuals or groups pick on people who are vulnerable, hurting them physically or emotionally and damaging their self-image.

Rebellious

Fighting against rules and not wanting to accept them.

Identity

The process of finding out who we are and separating from the adults who helped us grow up.

In excess

Too much of something, such as alcohol or drugs.

Assertiveness

The ability to communicate your thoughts, opinions, and wishes in a clear, polite, and honest way while respecting the rights of others.

Aggressive

Violent or forceful behavior that involves attacking or ignoring others.

Passive

Showing no reaction and creating the impression that others are more important than you.

Negotiation

Discussing something to come to an agreement or compromise that both parties are happy with.

Novel

A book with a made-up story.

Constitution

A set of laws which is used for governing a country.

Bill of Rights

A part of the South African Constitution where human rights are listed, signed by members including Nelson Mandela and Cyril Ramaphosa.

Constitutional Court

The court where a person can go for help if their human rights have been abused.

Arthur Chaskalson

The first president of South Africa's new Constitutional Court.

Discriminate

To make distinctions on the basis of class or category without taking the individual into consideration.

Trial

A process in a law court that takes place before a judge to find out if someone has done something wrong and decide on the punishment.

Social grants

Money from the government for people who cannot work, supporting them to live and buy food.

Fair play

Playing by the same rules and values with which we should live our everyday lives, including honesty, trust, and respect.

Performance enhancing drugs

Illegal and harmful substances that some players take to improve their skills and performance.

Physical abuse

When one person hurts the body of another, such as by hitting, beating, or burning.

Emotional abuse

When children are shouted at, told they are useless, made to feel inadequate, or subjected to inconsistent discipline.

Inadequate

Not good enough.

Inconsistent

Uneven and changeable.

Insecure

Unsure and unsafe.

Neglecting

Not taking proper care of someone, such as not feeding or looking after a child properly.

Exploit

To take advantage of someone.

Victim

A target; someone who is harmed.

Date rape

When someone exploits a peer by making them drunk or drugging them without their knowledge, then abusing them sexually.

Depressed

Unhappy; without hope.

Childline

An organization with a $24$-hour free helpline for children reachable at $0800\,055\,055$.

Sunlight Safe House

A place in Gauteng started in $1997$ where children removed from abusive homes can stay with foster parents.

Foster parents

Adults who take someone else's child into their home to look after them for a period of time.

Jes Foord Foundation (JFF)

An organization founded in $2009$ that provides assistance to rape survivors through Rape Crisis Centres.

Counsel

To give guidance and advice to victims and their families.

Trauma

Being in a state of shock after something bad has happened.

Evidence

Information and facts that prove that a crime happened.