Personal Development ➢ Unconditional positive regard is acceptance

no matter what a person says or does and

This course make senior high school students
support in spite of mistakes and
aware of the development stage that they are in, for
shortcomings.
them to better understand themselves and the
Self-image
significant people around them as they make
➢ Is how we see ourselves, such as whether we
important career decisions as adolescents.
see ourselves as being attractive or
Course outline: unattractive.
Focus on the Human/Personal Development: Ideal self
✓ Physical Development ➢ Is the person we would like to be.
✓ Cognitive Development
Self-concept and its aspects
✓ Psychosocial Development
➢ Self-understanding is often linked to self-
Knowing Oneself concept.
➢ Human person capabilities or attributes: o The physical self
✓ Reason ▪ Are you tall? Are you fat? Are you
✓ Morality handsome? Who you are physically
✓ Consciousness or self- is important to many people?
consciousness; and o The social self
✓ Culturally established form of social ▪ Are you shy? Are you confident?
relations Are you sociable? Say, you are the
Self-awareness or Self-empowerment type who does not have so many
➢ It is when one recognizes his/her traits as friends – just a few who are very
something very important to one’s ability to close to you.
place importance on continuous learning to o The competent self
improve oneself. ▪ Are you good in sport? Can you
Importance of Self-awareness swim? Can you draw? Competence
✓ To experience yourselves truthfully as is the ability of a person to provide
unique and separate individuals. for their basic needs
✓ Personal improvements o The inner self
Self-awareness or self-knowledge is about ▪ Are you happy? Can you make
understanding your own habits, needs, desire, decisions easily? Are you
failings, and everything else that matters in your pessimistic or optimistic? Also
personality. sometimes called the psychological
self, this is made up of the feelings
Ways to have better self-awareness and thoughts that a person has deep
1. Make an effort to look at yourself objectively. inside them.
2. Set your personal goals.
3. Keep a journal. “I versus Me”
4. Make a self-review. ➢ The “I” is the person deep inside. This is the
Self-Concept part of a person that is antisocial and just
➢ Carl Rogers “client-centered therapy” about how you feel.
• This type of therapy creates a non- ➢ The “Me” is the part of a person that is about
judgmental environment by being being in society. This is the part of a person
open, honest, accepting and that is about understanding and obeying the
emphatic. rules of society.
• The term “empathy” refers to the Developing the Whole Person
ability to recognize and feel the
emotions of others. Holistic Development
➢ Self-concept is the person’s perceptions and ➢ Is “whole person”, emphasizing the complete
beliefs about himself/herself. It is what you aspects of a person or his totality.
understand about yourself.
Holism and Gestalt
The Different Components of Self Concept In 1926, General Jan C. Smuts, a South
(Rogers) African statesman, military leader, and philosopher,
Self-worth wrote about holism in his book Holism and
➢ Also called self-esteem, is the set of beliefs Evolution.
we hold about ourselves.
Holism – the tendency in nature to form wholes Certain behaviors typically occur with certain
which are greater than the sum of the parts through thoughts and feelings.
creative solution. For example:
Earlier in 1890, a German philosopher and • If a person feels sad, they may cry.
psychologist, Christian von Ehrehfels, and later on • If a person feels happy, they may
supported by psychologist Max Wertheimer, Kurt smile.
Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler of the Berlin school,
introduced the concept of gestalt. This is defined by Values and Virtues
the Meriam-Webster as “something that is made of ➢ These ideals create meaning and purpose in a
many parts and yet is somehow more than or person’s life. These ideals called values
different from the combination of its parts; broadly, Robert L. Dilenschneider, founder of
the general quality or character of something”. Dilenschneider Group. In an article he wrote for
The Various Aspects of Holistic Development of Huffington Post titled Core Values for the
Persons Workplace, Dilenschneider listed the following
Physiological corporate values:
➢ The physical attributes including the five 1. Integrity
physical senses. 2. Accountability
Cognitive 3. Diligence
➢ The intellectual functions of the mind: 4. Perseverance
thinking, recognizing, reasoning, analyzing, 5. Discipline
projecting, synthesizing, recalling, and Values are usually nouns, while Virtues are
assessing. adjectives that describe positive and desirable
Psychological qualities which usually mirror a value it represents.
➢ How thinking, feeling, and behaving interact Here are some examples:
and happen in a person. Values Virtues
Social Peace Peaceful, Calm
➢ The manner by which an individual interacts Integrity Reputable, Responsible, Believable,
with other individuals or groups of Honest, Trustworthy
individuals. They begin to rely more on their Love Loving, Caring, Compassionate,
friends or peer group for support more than Gentle, Affectionate
on their family. Respect Respectful, Civil
Spiritual Balance Objective, Fair, Harmonious
➢ The attributes of a person’s consciousness Basic Values
and beliefs, including the values and virtues ➢ Shalom H. Schwartz, a psychologist and
that guide and put meaning into a person's cross-cultural researcher from the Hebrew
life. University of Jerusalem.
• Self-Direction
FEELINGS, THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOR • Stimulation
Thoughts are cognitive. • Hedonism
Example of thoughts: • Achievement
• I think I’ll have chicken for lunch • Power
• I’ll have chicken for lunch • Security
• I think plane are scary • Conformity
• Planes are scary • Tradition
Feeling is a state of consciousness.
• Benevolence
Example of feelings:
• Universalism
• Anger, sadness, fear and happiness
Behaviors refers to the range of actions and Development Stages in Middle and Late
mannerism made by individual, organisms, Adolescence
systems or artificial entities in conjunction
with themselves or their environment. Human Development
Example of behavior: ➢ Focuses on human growth and changes
across the lifespan, including physical,
• A man giving a woman a bunch of
cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual,
flowers
personality and emotional growth.
• A child playing with a toy
• Someone shouting Erick Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental
Theory
 ➢ Erick Erikson (1902 – 1994) has contributed is often referred to as “self-
to the field of psychology with his identity”.
- Identity is a self-belief of
Psychosocial Developmental Theory. what the individual thinks and
➢ Psychosocial refers to the interplay between feels about himself.
our inner, emotional lives (psycho), and our - Roles oftentimes form part of
this self-identity, such as birth
outer, social circumstances (social). order in the family, the nature
of work, occupation or title,
Stages Influential Conflict or Crisis to be and academic and social
Figure Resolved standing.
Infancy Trust vs Mistrust - Role confusion in the form
(from birth to Parents - During this stage, the of an identity crisis
development of a sense of - “coming of age”
18 months) trust is based on one’s Young Adult Intimacy vs Isolations
dependability on his/her - At this stage, you have
parents.
(20 – 25 Friends
already formed your identity
- Babies are dependent on years) in the previous stage and are
their parents to feed them or now looking for a close,
carry them if they want to be mutual relationship with the
cuddled. opposite sex.
- Infants, at this stage, either Adulthood Generativity vs Stagnation
learn that they can trust others - The successful completion of
to fulfill their needs, or that
(25 – 65 Community
the resolution from the
they cannot – that the world is years) previous stage makes a person
a dangerous and unreliable more productive at this stage.
place. Maturity (65 Integrity vs Despair
Early Autonomy vs Shame and - It is at this stage that a person
Doubt
years to Community
Childhood feels self-actualized in his life.
- At this stage, kids love to death) Adults at this stage feel
(18 months to Parents explore the surroundings. content if they look back at
3 years) - A concrete example would their lives knowing that they
be learning to use the toilet have been productive and
properly. happy.
Late Parents and Initiative vs Guilt
Childhood (3 Teachers - This is the stage where
children begin to go to school Skills and Task Appropriate for Middle and Late
– 5 years) and start interacting with other
people. Adolescence
- Children at this stage need to Developing Occupational Skills
develop a sense of initiative. Self-Reliance
School Age Parents and Industry vs Inferiority
Ability to Manage their Finances
(6 – 12 years) Teachers - During this time, the children
are starting to gain real adult Social Responsibility
skills like reading, writing and Mature Work Orientation
logic. Personal Responsibility
- When there is affirmation,
you try harder to come up with Positive Attitude towards Work
so much better figures. You
are encouraged to become a
better person. Conversely,
failure to receive
acknowledgements or
receiving negative comments
like the lego figures are
horrible or that they look
weird, you tend to develop the
belief that you cannot do
something good for yourself
or for other people. You feel
inferior and when your grow
older, you seek more attention
from parents or from other
people who will affirm you
and your capabilities.
Adolescence Teachers Identity vs Role Confusion
(12 – 20 and - Children at this stage become
aware of their sexuality.
years) Significant - This is said to be the stage of
Others the formation of the feminine
side of the girls and masculine
side of the boys.
- Identity is the concept of an
individual about himself and