Self-Awareness, Personality Development and Values Formation

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Self-Awareness

A way to explore and affirm individual personalities, value systems, and beliefs, helping in self-reflection to gain insight, maximize strengths, and correct weaknesses.

Need for Self-Esteem

A healthy regard for oneself and one's worth; belief and confidence in one's own ability and value, including feelings of competence, identity, belonging, security, and self-confidence.

Need for Self-Direction

The search for accountability and responsibility for what one makes of one's life, encompassing self-starting and self-management.

Need for Accomplishment

A drive that compels individuals to get involved, use their talent, and take risks.

Need for Others

The inherent desire to reach out to others in friendship and love, recognizing that helping others can also benefit one's own soul.

Need for Recognition

The desire to feel useful and good, created for a purpose, and to contribute to the development of the world.

Need for Security

The human drive to protect oneself against all eventualities of life.

Need for Meaning in Life

The search to discern the purpose and relation of man's different activities and the things around him.

Open Self (Johari Window)

Information about you that both you and others know.

Blind Self (Johari Window)

Information about you that you don't know but others do know.

Hidden Self (Johari Window)

Information about you that you know but others don't know.

Unknown Self (Johari Window)

Information about you that neither you nor others know.

Personality

The sum total of the qualities and characteristics of a person as shown in their manner of walking, talking, dressing, attitudes, interests, and ways of reacting to other people, with the self as its basis influenced by heredity and environmental factors.

Personality Development

The process of enhancing and grooming one's outer and inner self to bring about a positive change in one's life.

Physical Component of Personality

Includes mode of dressing, manner of walking, posture, body build, health, complexion, facial expression, and cleanliness given to one's body.

Intellectual Component of Personality

Refers to how a person talks and what they talk about, indicating intellectual maturity through independent thoughts, responsibility for decisions, and willingness to acknowledge truth.

Social Component of Personality

Encompasses good manners, acting appropriately at the right time, and getting along well with others.

Emotional Component of Personality

Includes a person's likes or dislikes, temperament (outgoing or shy, calm or nervous), and the ability to manage emotional situations without falling apart.

Values System Component of Personality

Reflects a person's attitudes, values, beliefs, and philosophy in life, shown in how one judges their own and others' actions.

Values

Derived from the Latin 'valere' meaning 'to measure the worth of something,' values are principles or qualities intrinsically valuable, important, or desirable to an individual, forming convictions, beliefs, and ethics that are socially developed rather than inherent.

Imprint Period (Morris Massey)

The stage from birth to age seven where individuals absorb everything around them without critical evaluation, especially from parents and significant others.

Modeling Period (Morris Massey)

The stage between 7-13 years old where individuals look up to and copy others, particularly parents, to understand and feel how they feel.

Socialization Period (Morris Massey)

The stage between 13-21 years old where individuals are greatly influenced by peers, associating with those who are similar or changing character to fit group values.