PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT
 OBJECTIVES:

 Discuss developmental task and

challenges being experienced during
adolescence.

 Evaluate one’s development through

the help of significant people around
him/her (Peers, parents, siblings,
friends, teachers, community leaders)
“Fill Me.”
Direction: Complete the
words below. Use the
descriptions as your guide.
Use a piece of paper.
1. It is a state of well-being
when all internal and external
body parts, organs, tissues and
cells can function properly as
they are supposed to function.

P_Y_ICA_
2. Always open to new
ideas and experiences
that can improve life,
family and
environment.
M_ _TA_
3. It involves your
ability to form satisfying
interpersonal
relationship with others.

S_ _ _ A_
4. It refers to how well
you meet the demands
of daily life and how
you adjust to new
situations.
E_O_I_N _L
5. It refers to your religion,
principles, personal
beliefs, values and faith.

M_R_L SP_RIT_
_L
 HAVIGHURST`S DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS DURING
THE LIFE SPAN

Robert J. Havighurst elaborated the

Developmental Tasks Theory in the most
systematic and extensive manner. His main
assertion is that development is continuous
throughout the entire lifespan, occurring in
stages, where the individual moves from one
stage to the next by means of successful
resolution of problems or performance of
developmental tasks.
Havighurst proposed a bio-psychosocial
model of development, wherein the
developmental tasks at each stage
are influenced by the individual’s
biology(physiological maturation and
genetic makeup), his psychology
(personal values and goals) and sociology
(specific culture to which the individual
belongs).
The Developmental Task
Summary Table
Infancy and Early Middle Adolescence (13-18)
Childhood(0-5) Childhood (6-12)
 Learning to walk  Learning physical skills  Achieving mature relations
 Learning to take solid foods necessary for ordinary with both sexes.
games.
 Learning to talk  Building a wholesome  Achieving a masculine or
 Learning to control the attitude toward oneself. feminine social role
elimination of body wastes  Learning to get along with Accepting one’s physique.
 Learning sex differences agemates .  Achieving emotional
 Learning an appropriate
and sexual modesty independence of adults
sex role.
 Acquiring concepts and  Developing fundamental Preparing for marriage and
language to describe social skills in reading, writing, family life Preparing for an
and physical reality and calculating. Developing economic career
 Readiness for reading concepts necessary for  Acquiring values and an
everyday living.
Learning to distinguish  Developing conscience,
ethical system to guide
right from wrong and morality, and a scale of behavior.
developing a conscience. values.  Desiring and achieving
 Achieving personal  socially responsibility
independence Developing behavior.
acceptable attitudes toward
society.
Early Adulthood Middle Adulthood Late Maturity
(19-30) (30-60) (61+)

Selecting a mate  Helping teenage  Adjusting to decreasing

children to become strength and health.
Learning to live happy and responsible  Adjusting to retirement
with a partner. adults. and reduced income.
Starting a family.  Achieving adult social  Adjusting to death of
and civic responsibility. spouse.
Rearing children.  Satisfactory career  Establishing relations
Managing a home achievement. with one’s own age
Starting an Developing adult group.
leisure time activities.  Meeting social and civic
occupation. Relating to one’s obligations.
Assuming civic spouse as a person.  Establishing
responsibility. Accepting the satisfactory living
physiological changes quarters.
of middle age.
 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Most girls have completed the
physical changes related to
puberty by age 15.

Boys are still maturing and

gaining strength, muscle mass,
and height and are completing the
development of sexual traits.
 Emotional Development
May stress over school and test scores.
Is self-involved (may have high expectations and low
self-concept).
Seeks privacy and time alone.
Is concerned about physical and sexual
attractiveness.
May complain that parents prevent him or her from
doing things independently.
Starts to want both physical and emotional intimacy
in relationships.
Experiences of intimate relationships.
 Social Development
Shifts in relationship with parents from dependency and
subordination to one that reflects the adolescent’s
increasing maturity and responsibilities in the family and
the community is more and more aware of social
behaviors of friends.
Seeks friends that share the same beliefs, values, and
interests.
Friends become more important.
Starts to have more intellectual interests.
Explores romantic and sexual behaviors with others
May be influenced by peers to try risky behaviors
(alcohol, tobacco, sex).
 Mental Development

Becomes better able to set goals

and think in terms of the future.
Has a better understanding of
complex problems and issues.
Starts to develop moral ideals and
to select role models.
THE PASSAGE TO ADULTHOOD:
CHALLENGES OF LATE ADOLESCENCE

A child’s progress toward a new skill and other

notable achievements in his/her early life are
called “developmental milestones”. Most children
achieve these milestones at around a certain
age, that is, the process of normal development.
However, when a child’s development in areas
such as speech, motor skills, and so on is
delayed, then the child is considered having a
developmental challenge/delay.
 WHAT CAN I DO ?
As a Grade 11 student, you are most probably expected to
enter the late adolescence to early adulthood stage. You
will encounter different adversities, but as you go on with
your life, you will become more responsible with your
decisions and actions. Now, list some ways on how you
have become a more responsible individual. Then, make
a promise to yourself that you will do better in the
coming years.
 Promise to Myself :
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 MY CHAIN STORY

Direction: Using the chain of

events, write down some of the most
important episodes in your life during
adolescence. Write your aspirations
and what will be your actions to
achieve your goals.
 13-15
yrs. Old

16-17
GOAL yrs. Old
MY
CHAIN
My actions to be a STORY
responsible adult 18-21
to achieve my…… yrs. Old
PREPARING FOR
MY ADULTHOOD
THANK
YOU!
See you next time!