MIDTERMS REVIEWER 3

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HUMSS 12 | SEM 1 2023

HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE SELF analyze, reason,

synthesize, evaluate,
● Holism - tendency in nature to form wholes which and assess are under
are greater than the sum of the parts through this component
creative evolution ○ Intellectual skills and
abilities
■ Attitudes
FIVE AREAS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ■ Values
■ Beliefs
TYPES MEANING ■ Thoughts
● Attitude - influenced by mental
skills. It can be considered as a
Physiological ● Physical characteristics
belief that came from previous
● Changes in the body
Development learning and understanding
● Development of skills related to
○ Cognitive - made up of
mobility and movement
knowledge and specific
● Physical attributes of a person
beliefs
is a work in progress
○ Affective - made up of
● Body is made up of physical or
emotional responses
outward attributes and internal
○ Behavioral - influences
attributes composed of organ
the observable action or
systems
behavior
○ Physical Attributes
● Behavior - manifestation of an
■ Build
attitude, naturally expected that
■ Height
the action is always in line with
■ Complexion
the attitude
■ Hair
● Mindfulness - awareness of
○ Organ Systems
one’s thoughts, feelings, and
■ Skeletal,
sensations
Muscular
■ Integumentary,
Respiratory Social and ● Inherent of innate capability and
■ Digestive, needs to reach out and form
Emotional
Lymphatic relationships
■ Endocrine, Development ● A person is considered as a
Nervous social being, it cannot live in
■ Urinary, isolation
Cardiovascular ● Studies the similarities and
■ Reproductive differences in social groups
○ Physiological ● Understanding and managing
Functioning and emotions, resolving social
Measurements indicate conflicts, and making
the health of a person responsible decisions
■ Heart rate ● Emotions - responses that
■ Pulse create biochemical reactions in
■ Blood pressure the body (happy, sad, fearful or
■ Sperm count surprised, and disgusted or
■ Reflexes angry)
■ Saliva ● Feelings - mental reactions and
production association to emotions,
■ Brain activity subjective as they are
● Steps in taking care of the body: influenced by personal beliefs,
○ Practice healthy eating experiences, and memories
habits
○ Live an active lifestyle ● Discovery and experience of the
Spiritual
○ Get enough sleep and inner guide that steers the
rest Development
values and beliefs of a person
● Values - judgement that people
Cognitive ● Cognition - processes of make about issues, people, or
knowing (remembering, things
Development ● Virtue - quality that echoes or
attending, and reasoning). Also
involves the contents like reflects the values
memories and concepts ● Spirituality as perceived in two
● Cognitive processes - different cultures:
learning, memory, language, ○ Philippines - an
perception, problem solving, element that guides
and abstract thinking behavior
● Cognitive component of an ○ Western countries - a
individual refers - mental change from being
processes or intellectual self-centered
functioning of the mind ● Spiritual Activity - something
○ The ability to think, that aims to produce harmony
recall, recognize, among conflicting desires
MIDTERMS REVIEWER 3
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
HUMSS 12 | SEM 1 2023

Psychological ● Focuses on how these three

acts in accordance or
Development
opposition of another
● Growth and development of a
person’s cognitive, emotional,
and social skills
● Analyzes individual in the
course of a lifespan

INTEGRATION OF THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIORS

● Duality - recognition and comprehension of the

nature of things dually
● Dualism - associated with Rene Descartes, it is a
philosophical term that speaks of the independence
between the functioning of the mind and the body
● Mind/body connection - thoughts, beliefs, feelings,
and attitudes affect the body
● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - technique
wherein your behavior is affected by how you think
and feel, its main purpose is to correct
misconceptions, false beliefs, and faulty reasoning
● Cycle of Behavior
○ Thoughts - impressions activated by a
stimulus in our mind that is evident from the
environment you are in
○ Feelings - conscious thoughts occupies
emotions that give life to thoughts
○ Behavior - bodily reactions made based on
our feelings
● Breaking the cycle
○ Rewards and Associations
■ Rewards - incentives that a person
receives
■ Associations - person is
encouraged to relate behavior to an
outcome
○ Changing irrational beliefs
■ Irrational beliefs - thoughts that are
not based on reality
○ Reflection and automatic judgements
■ Automatic judgement - when a
previous experience crosses the
mind, and the person automatically
judges the experience
■ Reflection - thinking what your
thoughts and emotions are to avoid
automatic judgements
■ Self-Evaluation - act of recognizing
and evaluating the thoughts,
emotions, and behaviors of the
person

TAKING CARE OF THE MIND AND BODY

● Sleep
● Exercise
● Meditate
● Read a magazine or a book
● Write a journal
● Me time
● Rest during weekends
● Remind yourself to smile and be happy