PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Name: _____________________________________ THIRD QUARTER

Grade & Section: ____________________________ Learning Module No. 1

What is this module all about?

This module will help you raise awareness of who you are as a human-being with the goal of
improving yourself. It also aims to develop your skills, nurture your talents, discover more of your
potentials, and lead you to the realization of your dreams.

1.1 Self-Development
1.2 Stages of Human Development

What do you need to learn?

In this module, you are expected to meet the following competencies:
 Evaluate own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. EsP-PD11/12DWP-Ib- 2.2 (DepEd-MELC)
 Show the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in actual life situations. EsP-
PD11/12DWP-Ic- 2.3 (DepEd-MELC)
 Discuss Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory (21st Century Skills: Communication; DICES)

Pretest / Motivational Activity

Directions: Based on the image shown below, answer the given question.

“Why do human beings need growth”?

Day 1: Knowing Oneself

Knowing yourself is not about skimming the surface like finding a favorite color or music you like.
Knowing yourself is about delving much deeper, and it is a journey. It is about discovering who you are as a
human being—the real you.

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 Concept Notes:

 One has to understand his/her own emotions, desires, and abilities as a person.
 Knowing who you are and what you stand for in life can help to give you a strong sense of self-
confidence.
 Knowing yourself means respecting your strengths and weaknesses, your passions and fears, and
your desires and dreams.
 Personal development consists of activities that develop a person’s capabilities and potential,
build human capital, facilitate employability, and enhance the quality of life and the realization of
dreams and aspirations.
 Self-improvement and personal growth allow you to develop the skills and discipline to make you
a better person.

 Erick Erickson (1902-1994) expanded Freud’s Theory that recognizes the importance of early
experiences in childhood. According to him, socialization process is important. His theory
extended the stages of development throughout the life span. In here, each stage is characterized
by psychosocial conflict or crisis that an individual needs to overcome enabling him to
successfully move to the next stage.

Stage 1 Birth to 1 year- Trust vs Mistrust

Stage 2: 2 to 3 years -Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt

Stage 3: 3 to 5 years -Initiative vs Guilt

Stage 4: 6 to 11 years -Industry vs Inferiority

Stage 5: 12 to 18 years (Adolescence) -Identity vs Identity Confusion

Stage 6: 19-40 years (Early Adulthood)- Intimacy vs Isolation

Stage 7: 40 to 65 years (Middle Adulthood) -Generativity vs Stagnation

Stage 8: 65 years and up (Late Adulthood)- Integrity vs Despair

 Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is a popular psychologist whose theory of human development and
personality sparked great interest due to its biological orientation that focuses on psychosexual
development of an individual.
Stage Approximate Period Focus

Oral First year of life Oral pleasure through mouth

Anal Second to fourth year Anal pleasure to release tension through the
anus

Phallic Fourth to sixth year Pleasure through genitals

Latency Seventh year onwards Resolving fixation or conflicts in previous

stages

Genital Twelfth year Sex role identity formation

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  Jean Piaget (1896-1980) He believes that an individual grows through a dynamic process in
which the body’s internal system interacts with the environment that one needs to strike a
balance, a state called equilibrium.
Stages Period

Sensory Motor Stage From birth to 2 years

Pre-operational stage From 2-7 years

Concrete Operational Stage 8-11 years

Formal Operational stage Start to emerge between 11-15 years

 Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987) He recognized the role of cognitive ability in developing moral
reasoning of children. He believed that there are three levels of morality with two stages in each
level.
Level

Preconventional Level

Conventional Level

Post Conventional Level

Note: For more details and concepts, read your reference book, Moving Up; A Guide to Personal and
Career Development by Maricel Ilag-Ramos; on pages 3-11.

Day 2

Learning Activity No. 1.2

Time started: _______________ Time finished: _______________

Activity Title: Self- Development

Learning Competency: Show the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in actual life
situations. EsP-PD11/12DWP-Ic- 2.3 (DepEd-MELC)

Directions: Read and answer the following items concisely. Be guided by the given rubric for scoring.

1. As a Senior High School student, how do you handle, process, and control your thoughts,
feelings, and behavior? Do those really have connections based on your experience? How?
Explain your answer.

2. Explain: “The only person with whom you have to compare yourself is you in the past.”

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 RUBRICS:

The answer fails to The answer is partly Somehow the answer The answer gives the The answer gives an
give a clear clear, and there are gives an explanation correct explanation. excellent
explanation but erasures. and shows neat work. explanation and
shows effort. shows very neat
work.
1 point 2 points 3 points 4 points 5 points

Day 3: Post Assessment

Directions: Based on the image below, how can you explain the building blocks of self in your
own understanding? Do you apply it within you? Write your answer on the space
provided. Be guided by the rubrics for scoring.

RUBRICS:
The answer fails to The answer is partly Somehow the answer The answer gives the The answer gives an
give a clear clear, and there are gives an explanation correct explanation. excellent
explanation but erasures. and shows neat work. explanation and
shows effort. shows very neat
work.
1 point 2 points 3 points 4 points 5 points

References: Maricel Ilag-Ramos. (2016). Moving Up; A Guide to Personal and Career Development; The Phoenix
Publishing House; Phoenix Building, 927 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City; Tel No: 375-1640/4107635;Pages1-11

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