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Introduction To Personal Dev.

This document provides an introduction to personal development. It discusses how understanding yourself can lead to self-acceptance and better relationships. It outlines the domains of human development including physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. Personal development is influenced by heredity, environment, maturation, and is a process of self-reflection, understanding oneself, and learning new attitudes and behaviors. The origins of personal development began with early humans and Western philosophers questioning the self. Psychology studies human thinking and behavior and served as a foundation for personal development approaches like humanistic psychology developed by Maslow and his hierarchy of needs and Carl Rogers' patient-centered therapy. Adolescence involves physical and cognitive changes as individuals develop their identity.

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Introduction To Personal Dev.

This document provides an introduction to personal development. It discusses how understanding yourself can lead to self-acceptance and better relationships. It outlines the domains of human development including physical, cognitive, and psychosocial. Personal development is influenced by heredity, environment, maturation, and is a process of self-reflection, understanding oneself, and learning new attitudes and behaviors. The origins of personal development began with early humans and Western philosophers questioning the self. Psychology studies human thinking and behavior and served as a foundation for personal development approaches like humanistic psychology developed by Maslow and his hierarchy of needs and Carl Rogers' patient-centered therapy. Adolescence involves physical and cognitive changes as individuals develop their identity.

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INTRODUCTION

TO PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
EXPLAIN THE PICTURE
BIG QUESTION
How can understanding
yourself pave the way to
self-acceptance and better
relationship with others?
IMAGINE
At this moment, you are
looking into a mirror.
What do you
see?
Do you like
what you see?
Do you see your
ideal self?
Or do you see
your actual self?
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
•It covers the whole
lifespan of human
existence.
DOMAINS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(PAPALIA AND FELDMAN, 2012)
• PHYSICAL DOMAIN
- It covers the growth of body and
brain, motor and sensory skills,
and even physical health
DOMAINS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(PAPALIA AND FELDMAN, 2012)
• COGNITIVE DOMAIN
- Our capacity to learn, to speak, to
understand, to reason, and to
create
DOMAINS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
(PAPALIA AND FELDMAN, 2012)
• PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Social interactions with other
people, our emotions, attitude,
self-identity, beliefs, and values
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
• One’s own development and
growth within the context of the
three aspects of human
development.
ALSO INFLUENCED BY:
• HEREDITY
- Inborn traits passed on by the
generations of offspring from both
sides of the biological parents’
families
ALSO INFLUENCED BY:
• ENVIRONMENT
- World outside of ourselves and
the experiences that result from
our contact and interaction with
this external world.
ALSO INFLUENCED BY:
• MATURATION
- Natural progression of the brain
and the body that affects the
cognitive, psychological, and social
dimensions of a person.
ALSO INFLUENCED BY:
• MATURATION
- The influence of physical
maturation over a development is
most pronounced during his
childhood and adolescence stage.
WHAT IS PERSONAL?

WHAT IS PERSONALITY?

WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT?
PERSONAL DEFINED AS:
• Belonging or relating to a particular person.

• Made or designed to be used by one person.


PERSONALITY DEFINED AS:
• The set of emotional qualities , way of behaving,
etc. that makes a person different from other
people.
• Attractive qualities such as energy, friendliness, and
humor that make a person interesting or pleasant to
be with.
DEVELOPMENT DEFINED AS:
• The act or process of growing.

• The act or process of creating


something over a period of time.
HUMAN NATURE IS VERY COMPLEX.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Maybe defined as a process in which


persons reflect upon themselves,
understand who they are, accept
what they discover about themselves,
and learn new sets of values,
attitudes, behaviours, and thinking
ORIGINS OF
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING HAVE STARTED
EONS AGO..
•When the first Homo sapiens
walked the face of the earth.
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING HAVE STARTED
EONS AGO..
•Cavemen who drew figures on
their cave walls attempted to
narrate their experiences.
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING HAVE STARTED
EONS AGO..
•Act of drawing can be deemed
as an attempt toward creative
expression and narration.
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN
UNDERSTANDING HAVE STARTED
EONS AGO..
•Western philosopher started to
ask about self and about being
human.
PSYCHOLOGY
AND PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PSYCHOLOGY
•Study of human thinking
and behaviour.
•It serves as a foundation for
personal development.
• The school of thought that gave birth
to the contemporary understanding of
personal development started during
the flourishing of Humanistic and
Positive Psychology.
HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

•Two proponents:
Abraham Maslow and
Carl Rogers
ABRAHAM MASLOW
•A psychologist who
studied positive human
qualities and the lives
of exemplary people.
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
• He theorized the five stages of
human development based on a
hierarchy of needs, peaking in what
he termed as “self-actualization.”
PHYSIOLOGICAL
•Breathing, food, water,
shelter, money, sex,
sleep,
SAFETY
•Security of body, of
employment, of resources,
of morality, of the family, of
the health, of property.
LOVE/BELONGING
•Friendship, family,
sexual intimacy
ESTEEM
•Self-esteem, confidence,
achievement, respect of
others, respect by others
SELF-ACTUALIZATION
•A person’s motivation
to reach his/her full
potential.
CARL ROGER’S PSYCHOTHERAPY

•“The individual has within


himself the capacity and
the tendency, latent if not
evident, to move forward
toward maturity.”
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
•A scientific study of the
strengths and virtues that
enable individuals to thrive.
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
•The field is founded on the
belief that people want to lead
meaningful and fulfilling lives.
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT IN
ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENCE
• Transition period between childhood
and early adulthood.
• It is widely believed to be between
ages 11 or 12, and lasting to about 18
years of age.
THREE STAGES
EARLY ADOLESCENCE
- Between 10 and 13 yrs
old
THREE STAGES
MIDDLE ADOLESCENCE
- Between 14 and 16 yrs
old
THREE STAGES
LATE ADOLESCENCE
- Between 14 and 16 yrs
old
PUBERTY
•Biological changes
PUBERTY
•The physical body
undergoes growth spurts,
both female and male.
PUBERTY
•Bring cognitive (thinking and
reasoning) and affective
(feelings and emotions)
changes.
• According to a research study
conducted among US teens, the
formation of one’s identity
includes about religion.
ACTIVITY
•Group 1:
How would you relate Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs in your
personal life?
ACTIVITY
•Group 2:
Make a slogan that attributes to
Positive Psychology. (ex: Think
Positive)
ACTIVITY
•Group 3:
What are your concerns as an
adolescent?
ACTIVITY
•Group 4:
What are your personal experiences
as an adolescent in terms of the
way you think, reason, feel, and the
way you express yourself?
INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY:
On a whole sheet of yellow pad,
answer the questions.
IN MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS,

• Where do you find yourself?


• What needs are being met?
• What needs are not yet being
met?
• What do you have to do to fulfil
your needs so you can move

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