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Unit 1 Reaching Your Potential
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Chapter 1 A Close-Up View of You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Lesson 1.1 Your Life Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Lesson 1.2 Heredity and Your Identity. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Lesson 1.3 Environment and Your Identity . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 Your Growth and Development . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lesson 2.1 Growth Patterns to Adulthood. . . . . . . . . 32
Lesson 2.2 Your Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 3 Strengthening Positive Attitudes . . . . . . . . . 56
Lesson 3.1 Developing Attitudes That
Lead to Mental Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Lesson 3.2 Managing Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lesson 3.3 Handling Diffi cult Events
and Emotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Unit 2 Setting and Reaching Life Goals
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Chapter 4 Developing Decision-Making Skills . . . . . . 82
Lesson 4.1 Factors Affecting Decision Making . . . . . 84
Lesson 4.2 The Decision-Making Process. . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter 5 Choosing a Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lesson 5.1 Learning About the World of Work. . . . 108
Lesson 5.2 Learning About Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Lesson 5.3 Learning About Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lesson 5.4 Making a Career Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 6 Managing Time to Reach Your Goals . . . . 132
Lesson 6.1 Why Manage Time? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Lesson 6.2 How to Manage Your Time. . . . . . . . . . . 138
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