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Chapter Summary
Section 1-1. Two main factors that
shape your personality are heredity and
environment. Your personality includes
inherited traits that you received from
your parents and ancestors. It also
includes acquired traits that develop
as a result of your environment. Your
self-concept, or the mental image you
have of yourself, is an important part
of your personality. Your self-esteem is
how you feel about your self-concept.
It affects your confi dence in your
abilities and your relationships, too.
You can learn to like yourself better and
improve your self-esteem.
Section 1-2. You are now in
adolescence, which is the stage of life
between childhood and adulthood.
During this time, you will grow and
develop physically, intellectually,
emotionally, and socially. These changes
will affect every part of your life,
including your body, mind, feelings,
and relationships. Each of these
changes also allows you to accomplish
certain developmental tasks that are
important steps toward becoming an
adult. Remembering these changes are
typical will help you adjust to them and
enjoy the person you are becoming.
Section 1-3. Another part of
growing up involves becoming
independent of adults. One way to
become more independent is to assume
more responsibility. By accepting
responsibilities, you show people they
can count on you to do what you say
you will do. You have responsibilities
to yourself, your home and family,
friends, school, community, and the
global environment in which you live.
Fulfi lling your responsibilities shows
you are ready to start making more of
your own decisions. You are ready to
start becoming an independent adult.
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Check your understanding of the main
concepts for Chapter 1 at the website.
Critical Thinking
1. Identify. If you could change
one thing about yourself, what
would that one thing be? Why is
it an important change for you
to make? Is it realistic for you to
make the change? What strategies
could you outline to help you
reach your goal?
2. Draw conclusions. What can
people do to achieve healthy
self-esteem when the media
promotes unrealistic images?
3. Determine. Do famous people
such as athletes, politicians, or
actors have an obligation to be
responsible role models? Why or
why not?
Journal Writing
9. Write a letter to yourself expressing
how you feel about the changes
you are experiencing. Put the letter
in an envelope and save it. Open
the letter at the end of the school
year. Have you changed since you
wrote the letter? If so, how?
FCCLA
10. Think about the changes you are
experiencing and those that you
have the power to control. Select
an area you would like to further
develop such as building study
skills, working on a positive
attitude, or showing more
responsibility. Use the FCCLA
Planning Process to develop a
Power of One: A Better You project.
Identify a personal concern, set
a self-improvement goal, and
develop a plan of action. Set a
deadline for accomplishing your
goal and evaluating your results.
See your adviser for information
as needed.
College
and Career
Readiness
4. Writing. Write a
two-page paper about
personality traits you
admire in others. Rank
the traits according to
their importance to
you and explain your rankings.
5. Speaking. Make a list of all the
developmental tasks of adolescence
discussed in the chapter. Working
with a small group of your
classmates, discuss how teens can
work to achieve each of these tasks.
Share your group’s ideas with the
rest of the class.
6. Listening. Interview students about
what you can do to support students
your age who are struggling with
the transition from childhood to
adolescence. What could parents
do? What could role models do?
7. Writing. Write a brief story
describing an imaginary person
who is struggling with the change
to adolescence.
Technology
8. Electronic presentation. Select
a school activity, community
organization, hobby, or recreational
activity that interests you. Prepare
an electronic presentation that
details how you can get involved.
Common Core
1. The combination of traits that makes a person unique is his or
her _____.
2. What two factors shape a person’s personality?
3. What is the difference between inherited and acquired traits?
4. Distinguish between self-concept and self-esteem.
5. List six ways to improve your feelings about yourself.
Reading Review Reading Review
Questions challenge you to use
higher-level critical thinking skills
when reviewing chapter concepts.
Link to the text’s Companion
Website at www.g-wlearning.com
to check your understanding of the
chapter material.
Critical Thinking Critical Thinking Companion Website Companion Website
Apply various technologies
to explore chapter topics
and complete activities.
Technology Technology
Individual and team
activities suggest ways
to expand projects for
competitive events.
For college and career readiness,
these activities link chapter content to
skills students need to master, such as
writing, speaking, listening, and math.
Writing opportunities
help you learn about
yourself and practice and
develop writing skills.
Common Core Common Core Journal Writing Journal Writing FCCLA FCCLA
Questions at the
end of each section
test your reading
comprehension.
Reading Review Reading Review
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