PDV 1

Personal
Development
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A Student's Prayer
(by St. Thomas Aquinas)
Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and fountain of wisdom! Pour forth
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your brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin
and of ignorance.
Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive memory, method and ease in learning,
the lucidity to comprehend, and abundant grace in expressing myself.
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Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and bring it to successful completion.
This I ask through Jesus Christ, true God and true man, living and reigning with You and the
Father, forever and ever.
12-STEM 1 Amen.
St. Thomas Aquinas, pray for us!
Our Father…
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Objectives
At the end of this chapter, the student should be able to:
1. Understand and explain in his or her own words what

personal development is;
2. Understand and explain the psychological basis of
personal development
3. Relate the concept of personal development to your
own experiences as an adolescent; and
4. Express your spiritual and religious beliefs and how
these influence your personal development.
Personal development is one’s own
development and growth.
Human development covers the whole

lifespan of human existence.
01 Human Development and
Personal Development
Three aspects or domains of human development
(Papalia & Feldman,2012)
1. Physical development
2. Cognitive development
3. Psychosocial development
1. Physical development
It covers the growth of the body and the brain, motor and
sensory skills, and even physical health
2. Cognitive development
It covers our capacity to learn, speak, to understand, to
reason, and to create.
3. Psychosocial development
It includes our social interactions with other people, our
emotions, attitudes, self-identity, personality, beliefs, and
values
Human development is influenced by the following:
1. Heredity
2. Environment
3. Maturation
1.Heredity- inborn traits passed on by the

generations of offspring from both sides
of the biological parents’ families
2. Environment is the world outside

ourselves and the experiences that result
from our contact and interaction with this
external world.
4. Maturation is the natural progression

of the brain and the body that affects the
cognitive, psychological, and social
dimensions of a person.
02 Personality Development vs
Definition of Personal
• belonging or relating to as a particular person

• made or designed to be used by one person
• someone whose job involves working for or helping a
particular person;and
• of relating to,or affecting a particular person
Examples for the word personal
• This is just my personal opinion.

• I can only tell you what I know from personal
experience.
• We do not accept personal checks.
Definition of Personality
• set of emotional qualities

• attractive qualities
• distinction or excellence of personal and social traits
Examples for the word personality
• He has a very pleasant personality.

• We all have different personalities.
• He wants to buy a car that has personality.
• She has met a lot of TV personalities.
Development
• The act or process of growing or causing something

to grow or become larger or more advanced;
• the act or process of creating something over a
period of time; and
• the state of being created or made more advanced.
03 What is Personal
Development?
Personal development is a process in which a person
reflects upon themselves , understand who they
are, accept what they discover about themselves,
learn (unlearn) new set of values, attitudes, behavior
and thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as
human beings.
03 What is Personal
Development?
“The process of striving to be the best that you can be

in order to reach and realize your full potential. It is a
journey of self-discovery, self-improvement, and self
realization.”
-Zorka Hereford (2007)
04 Origins of Personal
Development
• The evolution of the understanding of human
development may have started eons ago.
- first Homo Sapiens who walked the face of Earth &
the cavemen who drew figures on cave walls
• During the time of Western philosophers,
particularly the Greek thinkers, questions about the
self and about being human have begun to be
asked.
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• In Republic, which some consider to be the greatest
work on the philosophy of education, Plato argued
that building character, as much as intelligence, is
what education is all about.
• Even during the early times of human development
and civilization, there was already an attempt to link
individual development with social responsibility.
(Young Adult Learners Partnership, 2003)
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• In Confucian philosophy, the great Chinese will always desire to become
the “superior man,” not just to his peers and followers, but also to himself
most especially. They envisioned what Confucius must have understood
as a consequence of personal development. (The Ethics of Confucius,
2014).
• Even religions may have influenced personal development through their
adherence to many rituals in self-discipline, meditation, prayer, physical
exercises such as yoga, fasting, and creative acts of expressions such as
singing, dancing, and acting.
05 Psychology and Personal
Development
• Psychology, being the study of human thinking and
behavior 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 in the
1950s, which dealt with personal growth and meaning of
reaching one’s fullest potential.
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Two (2) proponents of humanistic psychology:
• Abraham Maslow
• Carl Rogers
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Abraham Maslow, theorized the five stages of human
development based on a hierarchy of needs, peaking in
what he termed as “self-actualization.”
How would you relate
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
to your personal life?
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Carl Rogers, in his psychotherapy practice, theorized that
“the individual has within himself the capacity and the
tendency, latent if not evident, to move forward toward
maturity” (Rogers,1961).
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Martin Seligman, a noted psychologist and president of
the American Psychological Association, realized how
psychology, after the Second World War, puts more
emphasis in diagnosing, treating, and preventing
psychological disorders and therefore focusing on a
disease model of human nature.
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Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi helped
refocus the emphasis of psychology from a disease
toward what is good and positive about human persons
and their desire to achieve their full potentials.
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Positive psychology also created a balance between
what humanistic psychology emphasized: that human
nature is basically good, while adding that human
nature includes both the positive and the negative
aspects.
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The Positive Psychology Center of the University of
Pennsylvania defines positive psychology as the
scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable
individuals and communities to thrive.
https://happify.com- advocates positive psychology

How can positive psychology
help you become happier?
06 Personal Development in
Adolescence
Adolescence is the transition period between childhood
and early adulthood.
Although scientists and psychologists may slightly differ

in pegging the exact age of adolescence, it is widely
believed to be between ages 11 or 12, and lasting to
about 18 years of age (Feist &Rosenberg, 2012)
Adolescence
In the Philippine context, authors Corpuz, Lucas,
Borabo, and Lucido (2010) defined the stages of
adolescence as:
▪ Early adolescence- between 10 and 13 years of age

▪ Middle adolescence- between 14 and 16 years of age
▪ Late adolescence- between 17 and 20 years of age
Adolescence
Biological changes bring about cognitive (thinking and
reasoning) and affective ( feeling and emotions)
changes.
How does the age and stage
of development of a person
influence one’s personal
development?
07 Spirituality and Religious
Beliefs
Feist and Rosenberg (2012) infer that during
adolescence, young people will start talking about
abstract questions, like about politics or religion,
and eventually form their own beliefs.
07 Spirituality and Religious
Beliefs
This reflection is left to the students to find out how
his or her religious beliefs influence one’s identity
development and understanding of personal
development.
Personal development may be approached from
different religious perspectives: Buddhism,
Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, among others, whose
teachings may serve as the core or basis in
developing oneself.
Worksheet No.1
Submission:
August 31,2022
Date:
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Personal

1. Understand and explain in his or her own words what

Human development covers the whole

1.Heredity- inborn traits passed on by the

2. Environment is the world outside

4. Maturation is the natural progression

• belonging or relating to as a particular person

• This is just my personal opinion.

• set of emotional qualities

• He has a very pleasant personality.

• The act or process of growing or causing something

“The process of striving to be the best that you can be

• The school of thought that gave birth to the contemporary

https://happify.com- advocates positive psychology

Although scientists and psychologists may slightly differ

▪ Early adolescence- between 10 and 13 years of age

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