Knowing and

Understanding oneself
during Middle and Late
Adolescence
SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY
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 or 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 am easy to 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 with one instruction.
___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 clean 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 am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.
___23. I feel and act with confidence.
___24. I am a mature person.
SELF-CONCEPT
Self-concept is the way people think
about themselves.
Self-concept is our individual
perceptions of our behavior, abilities, and
unique characteristics—a mental picture
of who you are as a person.
Humanist psychologist, Carl Rogers
believed that there were three different
parts of self-concept:
Self-image, or how you see yourself.
Self-esteem, or how much you value
yourself.
Ideal self, or how you wish you could
be.
Why is self-concept important?
Knowing who you are will help you feel that
you have worth and value in this world. When
you can accept yourself for who you are, it will
be easier for others to accept you, too.
Learning about yourself can help you develop
lasting relationships with others as well as help
you make choices that will direct your life in the
path you want to go.
The Benefits of Self-
Concept
 Happiness. You will be happier
when you can express who you are.
Expressing your desires will make it
more likely that you get what you
want.
 Less inner conflict.
When your outside actions are
in accordance with your
inside feelings and values,
you will experience less inner
conflict.
Better decision-making.
When you know yourself, you are able
to make better choices about
everything, from small decisions like
which sweater you’ll buy to big
decisions like which partner you’ll spend
your life with. You'll have guidelines you
can apply to solve life’s varied
problems.
 Self-control. When
you know yourself, you
understand what
motivates you to resist bad
habits and develop good
ones.
 Resistance to social
pressure. When you are
grounded in your values and
preferences, you are less
likely to say “yes” when you
want to say “no.”
 Tolerance and
understanding of others.
Your awareness of your
own foibles and struggles
can help you empathize
with others.
 Vitality and pleasure.
Being who you truly are helps
you feel more alive and
makes your experience of life
richer, larger, and more
exciting.
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Personal effectiveness means
making use of all the personal
resources –talents, skills,
energy and time, to enable you
to achieve life goals.
 Our personal effectiveness
depends on our innate
characteristics– talent and
experience accumulated in
the process of personal
development.
Here are some skills that will greatly
increase the efficiency of any person who
owns them:
 Determination. It allows you to focus
only on achieving a specific goal without
being distracted by less important things
or spontaneous desires. It may be
developed with the help of self-discipline
exercise.
 Self-confidence. It appears in the
process of personal development, as a result
of getting aware of yourself, your actions and
their consequences. Self confidence is
manifested in speech, appearance, dressing,
gait, and physical condition. To develop it, you
need to learn yourself and your capabilities,
gain positive attitude and believe that by
performing right actions and achieving right
goals you will certainly reach success.
 Persistence. It makes you keep
moving forward regardless of
emerging obstacles – problems,
laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It
reduces the costs of overcoming
obstacles. It can also be developed
with the help of self-discipline
exercise.
 Managing stress. It
helps combat stress that
arises in daily life from the
environment and other
people.
 Problem-solving skills.
They help cope with the problems
encountered with a lack of
experience. It increases efficiency
by adopting new ways of
achieving goals when obtaining a
new experience.
 Creativity. It allows
you to find extraordinary
ways to carry out a
specific action that no
one has tried to use.
 Generating ideas. It
helps you achieve goals
using new, original,
unconventional ideas.
APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
1.Why is knowing yourself important?
2. When you think about your
relationships, what do you think is more
important: IQ (your intellectual ability) or
EQ (your ability to recognize, manage and
understand emotions)? Explain.
Instructions: Identify what is asked or described in
each item. Write the letter of the correct answer on
your journal.
1. Which of the following is not true about self-
concept?
A. Individual perceptions of our behavior, abilities,
and unique characteristics
B. Has emotional, intellectual, and functional
dimensions
C. Has a powerful influence on one’s life
D. Typical to one individual
2. Parker tells his friend, “I am fat, ugly,
and weak-minded.” This statement
best reflects his:
A. Ideal self
B. Self-image
C. Self-esteem
D. Other self
3. Louise enjoy a healthy balance of
work, play and relaxation. What part
of self-concept is described in the
situation?
A. Ideal self
B. Self-image
C. Self-esteem
D. Other self
4. Philip wanted to be a good and well-
respected person. What part of self-
concept is described in the sentence?
A. Ideal self
B. Self-image
C. Self-esteem
D. Other self
5. Mikaela sees herself to be a good
daughter. At home, she stays inside her
room most of the time and play with her
phone. Which of the following best
describethe situation?
A. Self-concept congruency
B. Self-concept incongruency
C. Positive self-esteem
D. Negative self-esteem
KEY ANSWERS
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
ASSIGNMENT:
I’M PROUD OF MY TALENT / SKILL
Reflect on the talent or skill (dancing,
singing, cooking, drawing, public
speaking, writing, critical thinking and the
like) you are most proud of and share it.
You have two options on how to flaunt it.
Choose only one based on your available
resources.
 Option 1. VIDEO
1. Using your smart phone, record a video showing your talent or skill.
2. Your presentation should be 3 minutes to 5 minutes.
3. You need to do the following sequence in your presentation:
a. Start with an introduction of yourself (name, age, family, address, and hobbies).
b. Briefly talk about your talent or skill.
c. Showcase your talent or skill thru a demonstration.
d. End your presentation with an inspiring quote about talent/skill and then
4. Your performance will be graded using the following criteria:
35% - Content (clear demonstration of the topic)
35% - Organization (sequence of information is logical)
20% - Creativity (content and presentation is original)
10% - Production (well-planned with smooth transitions and excellent sound)
5. Note: 5% of the total score will be automatically deducted if performance time
exceeds time allotted.
6. Submit the video to your teacher through messenger.
Option 2. 300-WORD ESSAY
1.. On your journal, you are to talk about your talent or skill creatively. Do this by following the
steps below:
a. Give a brief introduction of yourself (name, age, family, address, and hobbies).
b. Talk about your talent or skill by answering the following questions:
b.1. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill?
b.2. Does your talent come out naturally or you have worked hard to develop this?
b.3. Does your talent or skill give you opportunities in school and in the community? Share
how and in what way you were able to make use of it.
c. End your essay with an inspiring quote about talent or skill.
2. Make sure your essay includes the 3 main parts: introduction, body and conclusion. You
must compose an essay of not less than 300 words.
3. Note: 5% of the total score will be automatically deducted if your essay is less than 300
words.