1. Your Growth and Development
Chapter 2

2. Growth Patterns Measured by height. weight, and age. Four areas:
Physical
Intellectual
Social
Emotional
Each person has his or her own rate of growth, but there is a sequence of stages.
Heredity and environment can also influence your overall growth

3. Physical Development Best to see in your teen years.
Affects your height, weight and internal systems
Continues fro birth to adulthood( this can vary from person to person)
Growth spurt:
Girls are 17 usually when they reach full development
Boys are older at around 21.
Sex Characteristics:
Puberty- girls these days can start very young, should really be before 17.
Voice changes, menstrual cycles.
Reaching physical maturity
Get yearly checkups, take good care of yourself, exercise and eat right.
Think abstractly, develop logic, judgmental and start to visualize the future.

4. Social Development The way you relate to others
Socialization and Roles:
You learn to act how your society acts and accepts.
To fulfill responsibilities, learn beliefs and standards and norms and your role, etc.
Character
Used to judge every personal situation
Moral principles- what is right and wrong? What are some of our society?
Character traits (fig 2-10)
To show all the above traits means you are strong in character
Development of character/strength
Teaching, training and experiences throughout life develop your character.
Who are some people that influence this?
When you identify a weak area, develop a plan will improve it
Reaching social maturity
Set of qualities that make you an enjoyable person to be around
You should be able to be counted on, depended on, and trusted

5. Emotional Development
Is the ability to experience and express emotions.
Happy, sad, angry, afraid, excited, and worried.
Teens have strong emotions that can change rapidly. Think of yourself, how are you throughout the day with your emotions? Sometimes one thing may upset you today, but not tomorrow.
Practice sharing your feelings with others and realizing when you are being irrational and rational.
Can override your ability to think logically.
Having supportive people around you, reducing stress, and avoid substances that can change this (ex, drugs and alcohol) and learning new skills can help you be emotionally mature.

6. Your Personality What would your best friend say about you?
This is what makes you a unique person
How does your view of yourself effect your behavior?
Physical traits, skills and talents and responses from others all effect your personality.
Self-concept (fig 2-15)-mental picture of yourself.
How you see yourself
Self-esteem-how you feel about yourself
High- you respect yourself and feel secure

7. Your Temperament’s Influence
Inborn pattern of responses.
Pattern related to basic behavior
How you express yourself intellectually
How active you are physically
How you feel and express emotions
How social you are
Extrovert: outgoing, enjoys being with people, positive
Introvert: withdrawn, shy and anxious
Two common types of behavior and temperaments are known as: type 1 and type 2
Look at figure 2-17.

8. The influence of Human Needs
Needs for food, clothing and shelter surpasses all other needs.
Need to feel safe and secure.
Need to feel love and accepted
The need for recognition and respect.
MOST people strive to be the best they can be and they continue to learn and grow.

9. A Healthy Personality
You know you are not perfect and there is always things you can work on.
You are happy with who you are.
Continues to learn and grow from expereinces.

10. Activity
In groups you are going to draw pictures that depict the sequence of growth in one area of development:
Physical, social, intellectual, emotional