REVIEWER IN PERDEV
philosophers of our time, influenced much of
Abraham Moslow – he is the humanist that
believed that people have an inborn desire to
be self-actualization
Social Needs – it is one of the Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs that include love,
acceptance and belonging
Self-Actualization – this need refers to the
people that need to achieve their full potential
as human beings
Personal Development – it refers to those
activities that improve person’s talents,
potential employability consciousness and
ability to realize dreams and create wealth
Human Development – it means developing
mentally, socially through growing and
experiencing things in life and learning new
things
Personality Development – it is a set of
emotional qualities, ways of behaviour that
make a person different from the others
Psychosocial Development – one of the best
known theories in psychology, it extent
beyond the childhood to look at development
across the entire lifespan
Adolescence – it is the transition period
between childhood and early adulthood
Puberty – it is the stage of life that undergoes
biological change
Psychology – it is the study of human thinking
and behaviour
Self – defined as the cognitive and affective
representation of one’s identity
Personality – in Psychology, is referred to as
the set of behaviours, feelings, thoughts and
motives that identifies an individual.
Nature – heredity or genetic
Nurture – environment
Rene Descartes – one of the modern
mankind’s thinking with his theory of duality
General Jan C. Smuts – a south African
statesman, military leader and philopher
Holism – is about seeing things as a whole and
as something that is bigger than the sum of its
parts
Basic Drives – are the biological instincts that
humans experience such as hunger, thirst, etc.
Emotions – are usually caused by physical
sensations experienced by the body as a
reaction to a certain external stimulus
Feelings – are the result from the emotions
that were experienced
Attitude – are a person’s thoughts, feelings
and emotions about another person, object,
idea, behaviour, or situation
Behavior – is an outward manifestation or
acting out of the attitudes an individual has
Values – are a system of beliefs that adhere to
the highest ideals of human existence
Virtues – are descriptions or adjectives that
reflect a value
Rorschach Inkblot Test – a psychological
test in which subjects’ perceptions of inkblots
are recorded and then analyzed using
psychological interpretation, complex
algorithms or both
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator – developed by
Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs- Myers
Kiersey Temperament Sorter – self-assessed
personality questionnaire

Three stages of adolescence
1) Early Adolescence – between 10 and
13 years of age
2) Middle Adolescence – between 16 and
14 years of age
3) Late Adolescence – between 17 and
20 years of age
Personal SWOT
1) Strengths – those areas where you
have an over others
2) Weaknesses – areas where you or
your organization may be weaker than
others
3) Opportunities – you can take
advantage of to help you achieve your
goals
4) Threats – Prevents you or your
organization from making a profit or
achieving your goal
Three influences of human development
1) Heredity
2) Environment
3) Maturation
1) Openness to Experience – curiosity,
interest, imagination and creativity
2) Conscientiousness – planning,
organizing, hard working, controlling,
preserving and punctuality
3) Extraversion – sociable, talkative,
active, outgoing and fun-loving
4) Agreeableness – friendly, warm,
trusting, generous and kind-hearted
5) Neuroticism – calm, relaxed and
comfortable
Ten Basic Values
1) Self-Direction – independent thought
and action; choosing, creating, and
exploring
2) Stimulation – excitement, novelty
and challenge in life
3) Hedonism – pleasure and sensuous
gratification for oneself
4) Achievement – personal success
5) Power – social status and prestige
6) Security – safety, harmony and
stability
7) Conformity – restraint of actions
8) Tradition – respect, commitment and
acceptance
9) Benevolence – preserving and
enhancing the welfare
10) Universalism – understanding,
appreciation, tolerance and protection
Motivational goals that characterize the ten
values
1) Openness to change
2) Self-transcendence
3) Self-enhancement
4) Conservation

Three aspects of human development

1) Physical Four preferences of individuals

2) Cognitive (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
3) Psychosocial
1) E or I (Extraversion or Introversion)
– how an individual prefers to chanel
his or her energy
Five Factor Model (Dimensions of 2) S or N (Sensing or Intuition) – how
Personality) one prefers to process information
 3) T or F (Thinking or Feeling) – how Integrity Reputable, responsible,
an individual prefers to make believable, honest, trust-
decisions worthy
4) J or P (Judgment or Perception) – Love Loving, caring,
compassionate, gentle,
how and individual prefers to manage
affectionate
one’s life Respect Respectful, civil
Balance Objective, fair,
Five aspects of a whole person
harmonious
1) Physiological – refers to the physical
body
2) Cognitive – refers to the thinking
process GOOD LUCK 
3) Psychological – refers to a person’s
way of thinking
4) Social – refers to the relationships a
person has with other people
5) Spritual – refers to the higher ideals,
beliefs and values a person adheres

Four basic emotions that human beings

experience

1) Happy
2) Sad
3) Afraid or Surprised
4) Angry or Disgusted

Universal Values by the UN

1) Peace
2) Freedom
3) Social Progress
4) Equal Rights
5) Human Dignity

Five Core Values for the workplace

1) Integrity
2) Accountability
3) Diligence
4) Perseverance
5) Discipline

Values Virtues
Peace Peaceful, calm