Human

Development
and Personal
Development
Human Development-is defined as the process
of enlarging people’s freedoms and
opportunities and improving their well-being,
Human Development is about the real
freedom ordinary people have to decide who
to be, what to do, and how to live.

Source: https://measure of america.org/human

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENTISTS
IDENTIFIED THE THREE (3) ASPECTS OF
DOMAINS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS
(PAPALIA AND FELDMAN 2012)

1. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT- WHICH

COVERS THE GROWTH OF THE BODY
AND THE BRAIN, MOTOR AND
SENSORY SKILLS, AND EVEN
PHYSICAL HEALTH.
2. COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT-
which covers our
capacity to learn, to speak,
to understand, to reason,
and to create;
3. PSYCHOSOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT- which
includes our social
interactions with other
people, our emotions,
attitudes, self-identity,
personality, beliefs and
values.
While Human Development covers the
whole life span of human existence in
relation to the three domains, personal
development is one’s own development
and growth within the context of the
three aspects of human development,
Human development is also influenced
by:
 Heredity- or the inborn traits
passed on by the generations of
offspring from both sides of the
biological parents’ families.
Environment- is the world outside
of ourselves and the experiences
that result from our contact and
interaction with this external world;
and
Maturation- is the natural
progression of the brain and the
body that affects the
cognitive(thinking and
intelligence),
psychological(emotion, attitude
and self-identity) and
social(relationships) dimensions
of a person.
Personality Development- includes
image enhancement such as skin
care, make –up, fashion and clothing.
And even body contouring,
modelling and beauty pageants; and
many others
If Personality development is all
about these things mentioned above,
then what is Personal
Development?
Let us see, How the words
“personal”, “personality” and
“development” are commonly
defined.
We will use the Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary to serve as our reference.

The word Personal is defined as:

-belonging or relating to a particular person
-made or designed to be used by one
person
-of, or relating to, or affecting a particular
person
Here are some examples given for
the word personal:
 This is just my personal
opinion.

I can only tell you what I know

from my personal opinion.
 The word personality, on the
other hand, is defined as:

The set of emotional qualities, ways of

behaving, etc. that makes a person
different from other people;

Attractivequalities( such as energy,

friendliness and humor) that makes a
person interesting.
• Attractive qualities that make
something unusual or interesting.
• Distinction or excellence of personal
and social traits; also a person
having such quality; and
• A person of importance, prominence,
renown.
Some examples that are given for the word personality are;

 He has a very pleasant personality.

 We all have different personalities.

 He has many personality

 She has met many television personalities.

And finally, the word development is defined as:
• 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;

• The state of being created or made more

advanced
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