Knowing Oneself

3 ASPECTS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Physical Development
Growth of our body, brain and physical health
Motor and Sensory Skills

Cognitive Development
How thinking develops
Internal and Mental processes

Psycho-social Development
Social interactions with people

WHAT IS PERSONALITY?
Individual differences in characteristics patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving

"PAGKATAO" in Filipino

FACTORS THAT AFFECT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Heredity
Inborn Traits from biological parents

Environment
World outside ourselves

Maturation
Natural progression of the brain and our body

ORIGINS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

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 Homo Sapiens
Used stones to record their life

Greek Philosophers
Ask questions about themselves and human beings
Ex. Socrates, Plato, Galileo

Eastern Cultures
The quest for being the superior man

CARL ROGERS (1902-1987)

American Psychologist who is among the founders of Humanistic approach

(Client Centered Therapy

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 Rogers Believed that every person could achieve their goals, wishes, and
desires in life.

3 Components of Self concept

Ideal Self
The person you want to be

Self Image

How you see yourself including attributes like your physical characteristics,
personality, traits and social roles

Self Esteem

How much you like, accept, or value yourself

UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARDS

is where parents significant other accepts and loves the person for what he or she
is

CONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARDS

is where positive regard, praise, and approval, depend upon the child, for
example, behaving in ways that the parents think is correct

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 "The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination"

- Carl R. Rogers

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