12
Contemporary Living
3
You: Up Close and
Personal
67
Your Self-Concept
68
How Is Your Self-Concept
Formed?
69
What Is Self-Esteem?
70
Understanding Human Needs
72
Maslow’s Theory of Human
Needs
72
Your Character
75
Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral
Development
76
Personal Response Patterns
78
Defense Mechanisms
78
Did You Know? Anger Management
82
Anger
83
Fear
83
Teen Focus: Changing Your Attitude
84
Attitudes
85
How Are Values Formed?
95
How Values Infl uence Decisions
96
Did You Know? Values and Priorities
97
Setting Your Goals
98
Teen Focus: Risk Taking vs. Goal
Achievement
99
Goals Are Based on Values
100
Your Individual Life Cycle and
Time/Life Line
101
Identify Your Resources
103
Human Resources
103
Nonhuman Resources
104
Set Your Standards
104
Making Decisions
106
Types of Decisions
106
Ways to Make Decisions
107
The Decision-Making Process
108
The Management Process
110
Setting a Goal
110
Making a Plan
111
Carrying out the Plan
111
Evaluating
112
5
Your Future Career
Decisions
117
Deciding on a Career
118
Factors Affecting Career
Choice
120
Knowledge of Career
Alternatives
121
Making a Career Plan
122
Making the Most of Career
Opportunities
123
Careers in Family and Consumer
Sciences
124
Decisions About Your Education
125
Part II
The Decisions You Face
4
Your Decisions
93
Your Values
94