Unit 1: SELF-

DEVELOPMENT
 Knowing and
Understanding Oneself
during Middle and Late
Adolescence
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
– is a process of discovering
oneself by realizing one’s
potentials and capabilities that
are shaped over time either by
studying in a formal school or
through environmental factors.
- how you react to things
- your beliefs
- your traits
- your values
“An unexamined life
is not worth living.”
– Socrates
“Knowing yourself is
the beginning of all
wisdom”
– Aristotle
 That an individual could learn
more by studying others and
then he or she can do this by
engaging himself or herself in
the reading of books.
However, a person learns
more by studying oneself.
It is about acquiring the skills
of a way of questioning or
challenging the person to gain
a careful understanding of
oneself.
• Identity
• Passion
• Interest
• Feelings
• intellect
 - one of the
founders of
humanistic
psychology

Carl Rogers
Self-image/Actual self
• this is how you see yourself
• Mixture of different attributes
including our physical
characteristics, personality
traits, and social role
 Self-esteem
• how much you value
yourself
 Ideal self
• how you wish you
could be
 - a well-known
psychologist,
neurologist, and the
creator of
psychoanalysis
theory, and the
father of
psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud
 3 Components of
Personality:
• Id
• Ego
• Superego
Freud explained that
man’s personality is
driven by the pleasure
principle
1. Id
• to satisfy man’s desire
without thinking much of
the situation
• being developed at a young
age or present from birth
2. Ego
• being developed
approximately at the age of
three
• will give a more socially
accepted means of getting the
desires and wants of a person
without getting to hurting
others’ feelings
3. Superego
• begins to manifest as a child
turns five
• holds moral judgments and
concepts of right and wrong
that are believed to be
acquired from the family and
the environment
 - Asian philosopher
from the East

Lao Chu
 “Knowing others is
intelligence. Knowing yourself
is true wisdom. Mastering
others is strength. Mastering
youlself is true power.
– Lao Chu
Adolescence
- is the period when a
young individual
develops from a child
into an adult
• How you look
• How you take your role in the
community
• How do other people expect
you to make decisions on your
own
• How you perceive yourself