What is Development?
⮚a progressive series of changes that occur in a predictable
pattern as the result of interactions between biological and
environmental factors. (Salkind, 2004)
⮚It is the act or process of growing or causing something to
grow or become larger or more advanced
What is Human Development
• developing through the many changes that take
place in the life of human beings because of
many factors
• attempts to understand how human grow in
different aspects: physical, mental, emotional,
social behavioral, spiritual, etc.
Knowing
Oneself:
Strengths and
Limitations
1. POPULAR SANGUINE
2.POWERFUL CHOLERIC
3. PERFECT MELANCHOLY
4. PEACEFUL
PHLEGMATIC
3 Aspects 1.Physical
of Human development
2.Cognitive
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development
3.Psychosocial
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1. Physical development
• covers the growth of 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. Psychosocial development
• includes our social interactions with other
people, our emotions, attitudes, self-
identity, personality, beliefs, and values
How is Human
Development
Influenced?
• Heredity: inborn
traits passed on by the
generation of offspring
from both sides of the
biological parents’
families
How is Human
Development
Influenced?
• Environment: the
world outside of
ourselves and the
experiences that
result from our
contact and
interaction with this
external world
How is Human
Development
Influenced?
• Maturation: natural
progression of the
brain and the body
that affects the
cognitive,
psychological, and
social dimension of a
person.
Self-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.)
Personal Development, why is
it important?
⮚Having personal development plan is essential for your
success
⮚It acts as road map to achieve your goals.
⮚Keeping on track and pointing you in the right direction.
Defining “Self”
⮚ In philosophical terms, it is the being, which is
the source of a person’s consciousness.
• the agent responsible for an individual’s
thoughts and actions.
• an intangible entity that directs a person’s
thoughts and action.
Defining “Self”
⮚ In, psychology, sociology, or religion, it is the
essence of a person: his thoughts, feelings and
actions, experiences, beliefs, values, principles,
and relationships.
Know Thyself
“An unexamined life is not worth
living”
– Socrates
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all
wisdom”
– Aristotle.
• This will lead us to the realization that knowing
oneself is the open door that leads us to knowing
others better.
Self-concept
⮚One’s abstract and general idea about him/herself.
Particularly about
1. Unique Personality
2. Perception about his/her set of values, point of
views and behavior.
3 Aspects of Self-concept
theory
1. Self-concept is learned. This explains
that no individual is born with self- concept. A
person will soon develop this as he/she
grows old.
3 Aspects of Self-concept
theory
2. Self-concept is organized. This means that a
person may hear other people’s point of view
regarding him/her but will keep on believing that
what he/she thinks of himself/herself is always the
right one.
3 Aspects of Self-concept
theory
3. Self-concept is dynamic. As an individual
grows older, he/she continues to encounter
problems or challenges that may reveal his/her
self-concept in that particular time or situation.
how you see yourself
how much you value how you wish you
yourself could be
Sigmund Freud
• who is a well-known
psychologist, neurologist, and
a creator of psychoanalysis
theory and the father of
psychoanalysis proposed that
there are 3 personality within
us.
ID
• operates in our unconscious minds which means
that is not accessible to our consciousness.
• Refers to an unconscious psychic energy that strive
TO SATISFACTION OF BASIC NEEDS.
ID
• Specifically, ID is based on the PLEASURE
PRINCIPLE.
• Which DEMANDS IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION by
gaining pleasure and avoiding pain.
EGO
• Conscious self
• The ego is who we think we are, it could make
decisions.
EGO
• Operates the REALITY PRINCIPLE
• Mediator between ID and Superego who tries to
satisfy both needs in a realistic way.
SUPEREGO
• Mostly unconscious
• He is like the internal judge who is based on
our MORAL PRINCIPLE.
SUPEREGO
• Tells you what is right and wrong.
• What is socially acceptable to do, think and feel
according to RULES, MORAL, NORMS.
