Activity 1.

SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY
Instruction: Take a look at your own self-concept and answer the following self-concept
inventory in your journal. Give yourself a rating using the scale:
0 = very weak; 1 = weak; 2 = somewhat weak/somewhat strong; 3 = strong; 4 = very strong
1. I have strong sex appeal.
2. I am proud of my physical figure.
3. I am physically attractive and beautiful/handsome.
4. I exude with charm and poise.
5. I can easily get along with.
6. I can adjust to different people and different situations.
7. I am approachable; other people are at ease and comfortable with me.
8. I am lovable and easy to love.
9. I am a fast learner, can understand instruction easily.
10. I am intelligent.
11. I have special talents and abilities.
12. I can easily analyze situations and make right judgments.
13. I can be trusted in any transaction.
14. I have a clear conscience and carry no guilty feeling.
15. I have integrity and good reputation.
16. My friends and classmates can look up to me as a model worth emulating.
17. I can express my ideas without difficulty.
18. I talk in a persuasive manner that I can easily get people to accept what I say.
19. I can express my ideas in writing without difficulty.
20. I am a good listener.
21. I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when faced with trouble.
22. I I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.
23. I feel and act with confidence.
24. I am a mature person.
Scoring: Copy this table in your journal. Write tour score opposite
each number and get the subtotal.
How do you perceive yourself?
Look at the results of your self-concept inventory and answer the following questions.
1. In what areas do you consider yourself strong (with score 14-16 or somewhat weak (score of
10-13) and very weak (below 10)?
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________________________________________________________________________2. Are
there qualities you consider as your weakness but other people consider as your strength? What
are these?
________________________________________________________________________
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3. Read and give your thoughts about this: A lady can say “I`m ugly” yet others consider her very
charming. Or conversely, one can have the illusion of saying “I am very intelligent or competent”
when most of his ideas sound unreasonable or illogical to most of the people.”
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What do you understand about personal
development?
Cite an example of how personal
development happens in real life?
-Is a lifetime process marked by
laughter, sweat, and tears.

-A journey of an individual towards

self-discovery and self-acceptance.
 Senior High School will clarify the values
that define their person, discover their
interests and passions, realize their innate
skills and strengths, and embrace their
weakness as challenge to face and work on.
 According to Papalia and Feldman 2012.
1. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT – covers the growth of the
body and the brain, motor and sensory skills, and even
physical health.

2. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT – covers our capacity to

learn, to speak, to understand, to reason, and to create.

3. PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT – includes our social

interactions with other people, our emotions, attitudes,
self-identity, personality, beliefs, and values.
1. HEREDITY – the inborn traits passed on by the
generation of offsprings from both sides of
the biological parent’s families.

2. ENVIRONMENT – the world outside of ourselves and the

experiences that result from our contact and
interaction with this external world.

3. MATURATION – the natural progression of the brain

and the body that affects the cognitive (thinking &
intelligence), psychological (emotion, attitude, self-
identity), and social (relationships) dimensions of a
person.
•Belonging or relating to a particular
person.
•Made or designed to be used by one person.
•Someone whose job involves working for or
helping a particular person.
“This is just my personal opinion.”
“I can only tell you what I know from
personal experience.”
“We do not accept personal checks.”
•Set of emotional qualities, ways of behaving that
makes a person different from other people.
•Attractive qualities (energy, friendliness, humor) that
makes a person interesting or pleasant to be with.
•Attractive qualities that make something unusual or
interesting.
•Distinction or excellence of personal and social
traits.
•A person of importance, prominence, renown, or
notoriety.
 “He has a very pleasant
personality.” “We all have different
personalities.”
“She has met many television
personalities.”
 “Human nature is very
complex.”

What makes human different from other living

organisms?
All organisms go through the same process of birth, growth,
development, regeneration, and death…

HUMAN differs in terms of more complex capabilities such as

SELF-AWARENESS, ANALYTICAL THINKING, SELF-
EVALUATION, MOTIVATION, DECISION-MAKING, &
REFLECTIVE THOUGHT.
 According to Carl Rogers 1961)

“Human beings have sole capacity to reflect

upon itself, and in the process develop self-
awareness, become motivated, and then
desire to grow and change for the better; and
are prompted to mature and improve until it
reaches its desired level of development.
It is, therefore, natural for human beings to
develop toward maturity and fullness.”
 A process in which persons reflect
upon themselves, understand who
they are, accept what they discover
about themselves, and learn or
unlearn new sets of values, attitudes,
behaviors, and thinking skills to
reach their fullest potential as
HUMAN BEINGS.
According to Zorka Hereford,

“Personal Development is the process of stri

to be the best that you can be in order to re
and realize your full potential.

It is a journey of self-discovery, self-

improvement, and self-realization.”
ORIGINS OF PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
 THE EVOLUTION OF
UNDERSTANDING

QUESTIONS:
1. WHAT DOES THE VIDEO CONVEY?
2. DOES UNDERSTANDING TOOK PLACE?
3. EXPLAIN THE KIND OF UNDERSTANDING BEING SHOWN ON THE VIDEO.
4. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE VIDEO TO YOUR PERCE
OF UNDERSTANDING TODAY?
According to Plato,

“Building character as much as intelligence

is what education is all about.”
There should be a link between individual develop
with social responsibility.

Existentialism & Humanistic

Psychology.
Always desire to become the superior
man not just to his peers and followers,
but to himself.

© The Ethics of Confucius, Chapter 1.

Is the study of human thinking and behavior, serves as
a foundation for PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Contemporary Understanding of personal

Development started in 1950s.
“The Flourishing of Humanistic & Positive
Psychology.”
- Personal growth means a way of
reaching one’s fullest potentials.
ABRAHAM MASLOW CARL ROGERS
 Individual has within himself the capacity and t
tendency, latent if not evident, to move forward to
maturity.
Representing his
own reflection on
human
proportion and
architecture,
superimposed on
human head to
represent
HUMANISM.
MARTIN SELIGMAN (Noted Psychologist &
President of American Psychological Association) –
realized that psychology focused on
DIAGNOSING, TREATING, & PREVENTING
PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS. Everything is
focused on a DISEASED MODEL OF HUMAN
NATURE.
MARTIN SELIGMAN &
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI - they helped
to refocus psychology
from disease model to good and positive
human persons and their desires to achieve
their full potentials.

-Balance between positive & negative aspects of human nature.

-- Human nature has good and bad aspects.
-- human nature has strengths and weaknesses.
-Peterson 2006
Happily light bulb
 MARTIN SELIGMAN MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI
-The study of the strengths and virtues that enable
individuals and communities to thrive.
-Belief that people want to lead meaningful and
fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within them, and
to enhance their experiences of love, work, & play.
 Ted Talks _ The Hidden Power
of Smiling, Ron Gutman.

Q:
1. What are your reactions on the video?
 Emotional
Development

Physical Mental
Development Development
-Is the transition period between
childhood and early adulthood. It is
between ages 11 to 18 years of age.
© Feist & Rosenberg, 2012.
According to Corpuz, Lucas. Borado, & Lucido 2010.

1.Early Adolescence – 10 to 13 years of age

2.Middle Adolescence – 14 to 16 years of age
3.Late Adolescence – 17 – 20 years of age.
Adolescence starts with the biological changes
called PUBERTY.
The physical body undergoes growth spurts at
this time, for both male and female, leading
toward physical maturity.

Biological changes bring about

COGNITION (Thinking & Reasoning) &
AFFECTIVE (Feelings & Emotions)
The child who has reached adolescence is now
capable of reasoning about abstract concepts
and problems. © Piaget

Adolescent becomes more inquisitive about

things like Philosophy, Religion, and
Politics.

They will begin to ask about their identity.

Relationship with family is affected.

 Spiritual & Religious beliefs influence
personal development.

The formation of one’s personal identity

includes attitudes about religion.
1.How is personal development linked to
psychology?
2.Give some popular slogans or phrases that
are attibutable to positive Psychology.
3.How does age and stage of development
of a person influence his or her personal
development?
4.Relate your spiritual or religious belief to
personal development.
In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, where do
you find yourself? What needs are being
met? What do you have to do to fulfill
your needs so that you can move closer
toward self-actualization?

Answer these questions through drawings in

short bond paper.