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Growing and Changing
Personal Development
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adolescence | This is a stage between childhood and adulthood. |
| Developmental tasks | Skills and behavior patterns are achieved during the various stages of life. |
| Physical changes | Your body grows and matures. |
| Intellectual changes | You learn more about the world around you. You develop the ability to reason and solve problems. |
| Emotional changes | You develop feelings about situations and you learn to express those feeling appropriately. |
| Social changes | You meet more people and learn how to get along with others. |
| Growth spurts | This is rapids periods of physical growth. |
| Puberty | This is a time when your body begins to take on the characteristics of an adult. |
| Hormones | These are chemicals produced in the body that influence how you grow and develop. |
| Emotions | Your feelings about people and events in your life. |
| Positive emotions | love, happiness, affection |
| Negative emotions | anger, jealously, fear |
| Role | This is pattern of expected behavior you exhibit as you are in individual situations. |
| Stages | Childhood, adolescence and adulthood |