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Contents
Unit One
Reaching Your Potential
Chapter 1 A Close-Up View
of You
22
1:1 Your Life Path
24
Changes Over Your Life Span 25
Preparing for Change 26
1:2 Heredity
28
Genes 28
Brain Development and Intelligence 30
Hereditary Diseases 31
1:3 Environment
33
The Influence of the Family Environment 33
Your Cultural Heritage and Society 36
The School Environment 36
The Influence of Peers 37
Your Community’s Influence 38
The Influence of Religion 39
Technology and the Environment 39
The Influence of Media and Electronic
Entertainment 39
Stress, Violence, and the Global
Environment 40
The Environment in the Adult Years 41
Responding with Resiliency 41
Think It Through: A Hereditary
Disease 43
Chapter 2 Your Growth and
Development 46
2:1 Growth Patterns
48
Physical Development 49
Intellectual Development 50
Emotional Development 53
Social Development 55
2:2 Your Personality
60
The Influence of Self-Concept 60
Your Temperament’s Influence 61
The Influence of Human Needs 64
A Healthy Personality 65
Think It Through: Response
Patterns 67
Chapter 3 Strengthening Positive
Attitudes 70
3:1 Developing Attitudes That Lead to
Mental Health
72
Positive and Negative Attitudes 72
Attitudes Affect Behavior 73
Building a Positive Attitude 76