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Chapter 1 A Close-Up View of You
ways can you respond with resiliency? What
can you do to stimulate your own growth to
maximum development?
Remember the brain’s potential to keep
developing as it gets used? You can learn a new
skill, read more, or develop new interests. As you
learn something new and expand your interests,
your brain development increases. Do not worry
about the “brain power” you do not have. Make
the most of what you have and you will gain
more.
Seek positive experiences that enhance
your personal growth and development. These
experiences will help you progress to maturity.
They encourage you to act independently, tackle
challenges, develop your identity, and extend
yourself into a new generation.
Review Section 1:3
1. List six factors in the environment that might
affect a person’s growth and development.
2. Give two examples of how a family’s cultural
heritage influences a person’s identity.
3. Name one advantage of being (A) an older
child, (B) a middle child, and (C) the youngest
child.
4. How can teens help one another mature?
5. Explain the biological effect of a stressful
environment on the development of the brain.
6. What are three aspects of the environment that
may become part of an adult’s identity?
7. Explain what it means to respond to your
hereditary and environmental background with
resiliency.