Part I
Personal
Development
1
You: Growing and
Changing
29
Your Personality
30
Factors That Shape
Personality
30
Your Growth 32
Chronological Growth
32
Physical Growth
32
Intellectual Growth
34
Emotional Growth
35
Social Growth
36
Philosophical Growth
36
Becoming a Responsible and
Independent Adult
37
Learning to Be Responsible
38
What Does It Mean to Be a Good
Citizen?
39
Teen Focus: Citizenship
40
Did You Know? Volunteering
41
Meeting Personal Expectations
42
2
Your Environment Affects
Who You Are
49
Your Family
51
Relating to Authority Figures
52
Family Cultural Patterns
52
Teen Focus: Infl uences of Birth
Order
54
Family Interactions
54
Your Peers
55
Peer Infl uence During
Adolescence
56
Your Education
56
Your Religion
58
Your Community and World
58
Infl uence of Technology
58
Changing Economic Conditions
59
The Media
61
Did You Know? TV Violence: Its Cost
to Society
62
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