Personal Development
Module 1: Self-Concept Creativity- It allows you to find
extraordinary ways to carry out a specific
Self-concept- refers to your awareness action that no one has tried to use.
of yourself. Generating ideas- It helps you achieve
Ideal self- self you aspire to be goals using new, original, unconventional
Actual self- image you see in the ideas
mirror
Self Knowledge- how others react to Tool to Live Mindfully
you a. Breathe mindfully
Self- Image- how others view us b. Llisten deeply
c. Cultivate insight
Negotiation- complex exchanges d. Practicec compassion
between the actual self and the ideal e. Limit reactivity
self. f. Express Gratitude
Social roles- adjustments and g. Nurture mutual respect
readjustments from outcomes of social h. Build integrity
interactions from infant to adult i. Foster Leadership
development j. Be Peace
Personal Effectiveness- making use of Three kinds of people in this world:
all the personal resources - talents, skills, 1. Moviegoer- This person watches the
energy and time, to enable you to movie of their lives, admires some parts
achiever your goals. and criticizes others.
Knowledge- how you manage yourself 2. Actor- This person does not only
impacts directly on your personal watch the movie of her life. She actually
effectiveness realizes she’s the Actor – and can control
Self-awareness- making the most our of a big part of her life.
your strengths, learning new strengths 3. Scriptwriter- This person does not
and skills, and behavioral flexibility as only watch, and she doesn’t only act, but
key to your personal performances she actually creates the entire movie
Talents- these are needed to be from her mind. She determines what she
identified and then developed to be used will say, what she will do, and how the
in a particular area movie will end.
Determination- allows you to focus only
on achieving a specific goal without Module 2: Aspects of Development
being distracted by less important things
or spontaneous desires 1. Physical Self- describe yourself
Self-confidence- is manifested in 2. Intellectual Self- how well you reason
speech, appearance, dressing, gait, and and solve problems
physical condition. 3. Emotional Self- feelings you have
Persistence- It makes you keep moving 4. Sensual Self- sight, hearing,
forward regardless of emerging speaking, smelling and touching
obstacles – problems, laziness, bad 5. Interactional Self- descriptions of
emotional state, etc. your strengths and weaknesses
Managing stress- It helps combat stress 6. Nutritional Self- how do you nourish
that arises in daily life from the yourself
environment and other people. 7. Contextual Self- maintenance of your
Problem-solving skills- They help cope living environment
with the problems encountered with a
lack of experience.
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Personal Development
Developmental Stages From the long the quiz:
- focuses on human growth and changes
across the life span Infancy and Early Childhood
Readiness for reading
Learning sex differences and sexual
Developmental Characteristics
modesty
Stage
Learning to walk
Pre-Natal Hereditary
(Conception to endowments and
Middle Childhood
Birth) sex are fix and all
Achieving emotional independence
body features are
of adults
developed.
Learning physical skills necessary for
Infancy Basic behavior are ordinary games
(Birth to 2 years) organized and
many onto genetic Early Adulthood
maturation skills Starting a family
are developed.
Relating to one’s spouse as a person
Early Childhood Pre-gang age, Learning to live with a partner
(2 to 6 years) exploratory and Selecting a mate
questioning.
Language and Middle Adulthood
elementary Achieving emotional independence
reasoning are of adults
acquired and initial Learning to get along with agemates
socialization is Developing adult social and civic
experienced. responsibility
Late Childhood Gang and creativity
(6 to 12 years) age when self-help Later Maturity
skills, social skills, Establishing satisfactory living
school skills and quarters
play are developed. Adjusting to decreasing health and
Adolescence Transition age from strength
(Puberty to 18 childhood to
years) adulthood when Kinds of Development in Adolescence
sex and maturation a. Physical
and rapid physical b. Emotional
development c. Social
occurs. d. Mental
Early Adulthood Age of adjustment
(18 to 40 years) to new patterns of
life and roles
Middle Age Transition age
(40 years to when adjustments
retirement) to initial physical
and mental decline
are experienced.
Old Age Retirement age
(Retirement to when increasingly
death) rapid physical and
mental decline are
experienced.