| Sumario: | The article presents information on the youth psychology. There are many things the junior high school youngsters want to know about themselves, about the important others in their lives, and about what these important others expect of them. They are concerned about their size, posture, personal grooming, health, skin condition, sexual maturity, religious beliefs, relations with both peers and adults, especially authority figures, plans for the future, and ability to achieve these plans. They also want to know what other pupils their own age are like, how they feel about things, and how they deal with the problems which they face. Most youngsters have some preconceived notion about the way they actually are and about the way they would like others to perceive them. Apparently self-understanding can be increased. Moreover, self-understanding is essential in order that students may determine what they have a right to expect from themselves, to understand and cope with their learning problems, to make the essential educational and vocational decisions while they are enrolled in the secondary schools, and after they leave school to revise their plans or to define new goals in light of increased knowledge of self and of changing economic conditions.
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