You: Growing And Changing

Your Personality  Personality is defined as the group of behavioral and emotional traits that distinguishes as individual.  It can also be defined as the sum of all the traits that you have inherited or inquired.

Factors that Shape Personality  Heredity – The sum of traits that are passed from your ancestors to you : Has a great affect on your personality  Inherited Traits – Human traits that are determined by heredity

Factors that Shape Personality  Environment – All of the conditions, objects, and circumstances that surround you.  Acquired Traits – Traits that developed as a result of environmental factors.

Your Growth  People grow in six different areas.  The term growth pattern is used to describe the unique way a person grows.

Six Areas of Growth  Chronological  Physical  Intellectual  Emotional  Social  Philosophical

Chronological Growth  Everyone ages at the same chronological rate  Determined at birth  Cannot be changed

Check for Understanding  Define chronological growth in your own words

Physical Growth – Skeletal System  Skeletal System Keep organs in place Protect organs from hard blows Help you move (by acting as levers for the muscles attached)  Growth Spurt – Considerable growth occurring in a short period of time. You may grow as much as several inches in one year.

Physical Growth – Muscular System  Muscular System Give body shape Allow your body to sit, bend, walk, run, etc. Cause heart to pump  Development of large muscles in your arms allows you to move with better coordination.  Development of small muscles in our finger gives you better hand/eye cordination.

Physical Growth – Reproductive System  Reproductive System Ability to produce children  Females: development begins with the start of menstruation (Monthly cycle) Forming of breasts Rounding of figure Growth in genitals  Males: development begins around the age of 14 or 15 (everyone matures at a different rate) Grow more hair Voice deepens Shoulders will broaden Growth in genitals

Check for Understanding  Define physical growth in your own words

Intellectual Growth  Inherit your potential for intelligence  Everyone grows intellectually in a different way  Based on your environment and your response to your environment

Check for understanding  Define intellectual growth in your own words  Give an example of how the environment can influence intellectual growth

Emotional Growth  Continuing refinement of emotions or mental states that causes an individual to act in a certain way  Everyone is unique in their timing to learn to control and express their emotions  Emotional maturity is indicated by how you handle your emotions

Check for Understanding  Define emotional growth using your own words  What does it mean to learn to manage your emotions?

Social Growth  Begins at an early age  Babies – smile when talked to  Children – learn to play with others  Teens – opening up new avenues for Social Growth  Continues throughout your life

Check for Understanding  Define social growth using your own words  What is a socially acceptable behavior around your family/friends/peers?  What is a socially unacceptable behavior around your family/friends/peers?

Philosophical Growth  Searching for deeper meaning and purpose to life  Looking for a sense of direction  Gaining deeper insight into other people and the world around you

Check for Understanding  Define philosophical growth using your own words  What kinds of questions are you beginning to ask yourself at this age that indicate philosophical growth?