PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT 
QUARTER 1 – MODULE 3: 

D E V E L O P I N G T H E W H O L E P E R S O N -
E VA L U AT E O N E ’ S P E R S O N A L I T Y  
LESSON 3:
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE PERSON

• Developing oneself holistically may be the

goal of everyone. However, there are times
that we lack awareness of our doings and
actions that leads to misunderstanding with
others, particularly our parents. This can also
potentially lead to self-harm. To know
oneself is also quite challenging. 
LESSON 3:
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE PERSON

• To start picking the pieces of ourselves and

subsequently develop our individuality
completely to be like an “ideal” person is not
easy. Learning and understanding our self is an
advantage in building your personality and
stablishing relationship with others. Holistic
personality is necessary in stablishing your
career. 
WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN
DEVELOPING ONE’S PERSONALITY? 

• Every individual undergoes different phases

of development that form his/her
individuality. Our personality is a product of
genetic response that we inherit from our
parents and from the influence of our
environment. 
WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN
DEVELOPING ONE’S PERSONALITY? 

• This environment shaped by the people

around us, culture and practices that we are
being raised and continuously creates social
interactions that build relationships. This
interaction contributes to who we are today
and how we choose and decide for ourselves. 
WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN
DEVELOPING ONE’S PERSONALITY? 

Personality development is
complex administration of thoughts,
feelings, emotions and behavior that influence
personal judgement. 
WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN
DEVELOPING ONE’S
PERSONALITY? 

• As a child, you dream of a good and

satisfying life when you grow up. Your
family becomes your helping hand in
nurturing, guiding, and educating yourself.
When you reach adolescence, you experience
drastic changes in your physical appearance,
cognitive abilities, social relationship, and
emotional behavior. 
WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IN
DEVELOPING ONE’S
PERSONALITY? 

• At this stage, our environment becomes part

of our development from which we acquire
knowledge and collect information to
organize and interpret different life
situations. 
• According to Erik Erikson,
adolescence stage of Psychosocial
development, also known as “identity
vs. role confusion” is the stage
wherein teens need to develop the
sense of self and personal identity. At
this point, teenagers start to have
circle of friends in which they build
their trust. 
• Teenagers also
experience
adolescence cognitive
empathy, known as
“theory of mind”
which is described as
having high regards
toward the perspective
of others and feeling
THE THEORY OF MIND
concern for others. 
• Being adolescents, they tend to foster
social cooperation that prevents problems
and leads to avoidance of conflicts with
peers. Teenagers are very careful in
understanding the emotions of their
friends as they start to create deep trust
with them. Sometimes, this leads to
misunderstanding with their family, abuse
of prohibited drugs, pre-marital sex,
cigarette smoking and alcohol intake. 
• Based on research,
teenagers are commonly
high risk-takers and
impulsive due to
incomplete development
of frontal lobe during
adolescence. The frontal
lobe is responsible for
judgement, impulse
control, and planning. 
• That is why they search for their self-identify and independence which requires guidance
from their parents, relatives, and other people like teachers with whom they can share their
struggles. These experiences and challenges are part of a process of personality
development that adolescents need to understand. 
• It is necessary for them to examine all the circumstances and opportunities so that
they can deal with it with calmness. They have to be open-minded to the opinion
and advise of other people in order to shape their future with broader perspective
and self-determination. 
• You cannot escape life challenges so you should
know how your thoughts, feelings, and actions
in managing personal agency should be handled.
Being an adolescent, you should be accountable
for all your actions because these power triads
(thoughts, feelings, and action) can either make
or break your motivation to take charge of life. It
is up to you on how you will handle it.
Remember, your judgement is based on your
views in life, and it is rooted on your upbringing. 
• Thoughts are impression activated by a
stimulus in your mind that is evident from the
environment that you are in. This conscious
thought occupies emotions that give life to
thoughts, and it expressed through feelings.
• Sometimes when you are too emotional, you
could not think properly because your emotions
occupy your thoughts, this means there is lesser
space to analyze the situation because feelings
occupy it.
• Behaviors are bodily reaction made based on
our feelings that result to actions. 
 •

1.Emotions and feelings are both

• There are instances when feelings are sensations experienced by humans.
2.Feelings are triggered by external
faster than emotion and thought. This stimuli whereas emotions come
from your mind, and possibly, soul.
would result to fast reaction and 3.Feelings can include physical
realizing the emotion and thought sensations as well as mental states,
but emotions always come from
afterwards. Either positive or negative, your mind.
4.Feelings are often temporary and
feelings result to actions. Emotions subside once the stimulus is no

can direct and control thoughts that longer present, whereas emotions
will stay with you for years because
sometimes affect your consciousness. they are seated in your mind.

This can also lead to loss of focus. 

• As a teenager, it is very important to be focused on your goals. A
focused thought will lead to high intelligence. That is why if you are
disturbed with your emotion, try to figure out where the emotion is
coming from, and it will bring you back to reality. 
• Teenagers experience
enjoyment and daunting
times but it is very
important to stay focused so
that they will lead you to
the route of your goal. It is
not easy to achieve the goal
but if you have self-
regulation that will control
your emotions, thoughts,
and behavior it will help
you to be successful in life. 
• Learning from
mistakes and facing
challenges with
confidence and faith
in God will give
you the power to be
successful in life.