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