VALUES EDUCATION2

FOUNDATION OF VALUES EDUCATION

THE SELF AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

WEEK4 LESSON 1
A PERSON'S SENSE OF SELF IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO
HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES, THEIR
INTERESTS AND BELIEFS, AND THEIR LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE. THIS PERCEPTION IS CRITICAL
BECAUSE IT FORMS THE FOUNDATION FOR MANY
OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES, FROM PERSONAL
GOAL ACHIEVEMENT TO WORK TO RELATIONSHIPS.
What does it mean to know yourself?
Knowing yourself is about discovering what makes you tick.
Among other things,
it means:
• Learning your likes and dislikes
• Unearthing your beliefs and values
• Knowing your personal boundaries
• Accepting your personality traits
• Being a better team player
• Having a clearer path in your professional life
• Understanding how you interact with others
• Recognizing your core personal values
• Increasing your capacity for self-compassion
• Having a clearer idea of your life’s purpose
• Knowing what it takes to be self-motivated
• Being more adaptable 
Knowing yourself is about knowing what
makes you tick. It means identifying what
matters to you, your strengths and weaknesses,
your behaviors, tendencies, and thought
patterns. This list describes the importance and
benefits of knowing one's self:
THIS DIFFERENCE IS SEEN DUE TO THE
INFLUENCE OF HEREDITY AND
ENVIRONMENT. TRULY SPEAKING HEREDITY
AND ENVIRONMENT PLAY AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
PERSONALITY AND OTHER QUALITIES IN THE
INDIVIDUAL. NO PERSON CAN BE BORN
WITHOUT HEREDITY AND GENES CANNOT
DEVELOP WITHOUT PROPER
ENVIRONMENT.
HEREDITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL
THE INBORN TRAITS, THE INSTINCTS,
EMOTIONS, I.Q., REFLEX ACTION AND
PHYSICAL TRAITS.
ENVIRONMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL
TRAITS.
 THE RESULTS INDICATE
THAT HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT
ARE INTERDEPENDENT FORCES.
WHATEVER THE HEREDITY SUPPLIES,
THE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT BRINGS
IT OUT. PERSONALITY
CHARACTERISTICS ATTAINED BY
HEREDITY ARE SHAPED BY
ENVIRONMENT.
 In some situations, genes play a larger role in
determining your behavior; in other situations,
environment plays a larger role in influencing
your behavior. If you had a whole different set
  of experiences over your lifetime your genes
may be expressed in different ways, and you
may behave differently than you do now.
HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT WORK
TOGETHER BECAUSE THE GENES WILL
IMPACT THE TRAITS IN THE INDIVIDUAL
AND THE ENVIRONMENT WILL TRIGGER
THE GENES TO EITHER PROMOTE OR
INHIBIT THE RESPONSE. GENES
CONTROL THE CHARACTERISTICS IN
HUMANS BUT THE ENVIRONMENT HAS
THE POWER TO ALTER THESE
CHARACTERISTICS CIRCUMSTANTIALLY.
ONE ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON
PERSONALITY IS CULTURE. FOR INSTANCE,
SOME CULTURES DICTATE THAT CHILDREN
SHOULD BE RESERVED AND SPEAK ONLY
WHEN SPOKEN TO. ANOTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE IS SCHOOL.
SINCE CHILDREN SPEND THE MAJORITY OF
THEIR TIME IN SCHOOL, THIS CAN HAVE A
HUGE INFLUENCE ON THEIR PERSONALITY.
MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR
ENVIRONMENT MAKES IT EASIER TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO
THINK ABOUT STAYING MOTIVATED. IF
YOU SET UP YOUR SURROUNDINGS SO
THAT MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS COMES
EASILY, THEN YOU CAN SET YOURSELF UP
TO PRACTICE BETTER HABITS. OFTEN, WE
THINK THAT CHANGE COMES FROM
WITHIN.
ACTIVITY/ASSIGNMENT

1. WHAT GENES ARE INHERITED FROM

YOUR FATHER?
2. WHAT GENES ARE INHERITED FROM
YOUR MOTHER?
3. HOW DOES THE
ENVIRONMENT/COMMUNITY AFFECT
YOUR BEHAVIOR?
4. HOW DID THE ENVIRONMENT AFFECT
YOUR BEHAVIOR AS A STUDENT?
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!