Finder question

I have been trying to learn about "Finder" on my iMac and have a question on items that show up on the left side.
When I read or watching videos about "Finder", I notice all examples show a catagory for "Downloads", "Pictures", "Music", or Moives. However, my "Finder" does not have those items.
Do I have a setting wrong or how do I get these items to show up on my left side of "Finder"
I have an iMac running the lastest 3.2 ghz intel core i3 with OSX 10.8.5
Thanks for your help.

Or else from the Finder preferences choose the ones you want to have in the sidebar

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