Personal Development

PERSONALITY

is the sum total of the biological, psychological, socio-cultural, and other traits of a person, manifested in the way he thinks, feels, acts, and relates with others. It is a fairly stable configuration of feelings, attitudes, ideas, and behavior that characterize an individual, making him unique and different from others.

Defining the Concept of the Self

Self is the union of elements, namely: body, thoughts, feelings or emotions, and sensations that constitute the individuality and identity of a person

Concept of the Self

The body constitutes your physical attributes, your health, and your posture and poise. Your thoughts, the way you think, and how you perceive things around you affect how you feel about them and bring about sensations. The self is the union of elements that make up your unique traits or personality, and these essentially distinguish you from others. These emotions and sensations that you experience prompt you to act and behave the way you do. The union of these elements makes up your character or personality and essentially distinguishes you from others.

WILLIAM JAMES

Psychologist

“The self is what happens when I reflect upon me”

TAYLOR (1989)

Described the self as reflective project How we see ourselves is geared toward improving ourselves depending on a lot of factor

STRENGTH

The quality or state of being strong: capacity for exertion or endurance. Strong attribute or inherent assets knowing your strengths, you are more empowered to do the developmental task. These tasks include your capacity to establish mature relationships with others, emotional independence, and your ability to demonstrate responsible behaviors.Finally, when you know your capabilities, you can be more confident in doing your tasks and become more competent in achieving your goals.

WEAKNESS

the quality or state of being weak also: an instance or period of being weak. Determining your weaknesses gives you the opportunity to know your limitations or boundaries.You can identify situations where you have to say no.Yes, perhaps you know and you can actually identify your weaknesses but the next question is, what do you do about these limitations? Becoming more aware of your weaknesses is not the end goal of self-development; rather, it is its starting point.You must find ways to enhance your capabilities. You must develop your knowledge and skills through better study habits, and develop positive attitudes in dealing with life ’ s challenges

Self-Awareness

Starts with assessing yourself By becoming more aware of yourself. You are equipped to make wiser decisions about crucial issues in life.

Introspection

Your ability to reflect and think about your own thoughts, feelings, and actions, is essential in understanding and improving yourself.But aside from your self- assessment, you have to listen and accept positively the feedback you get from others, as well as their opinions about you.Listening to the feedback of others is important because it allows you to validate.When you listen to positive feedback, you feel energized and you become more enthusiastic because you are affirmed, your worth as a person was recognized and in this way you feel more confident of yourself

CRITICISM

Negative Feedback By becoming more aware of yourself, you are equipped to make wiser decisions about crucial issues in life. A healthy relationship with others begins with a healthy relationship with the self

Joharis Window

is a model that helps people to better understand themselves and other people. It was created by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in 1955 while they were researching group dynamics. Today, it is often used by organizations to develop people' s soft skills, such as collaboration, empathy, and emotional intelligence.

The four quadrants of the Johari Window include:

Open Area

Blind Area

Hidden Area

Unknown Area

Open Area

things that you and others know about you.

Blind Area

things that you know about yourself, but others do.

Hidden Area

things you know about yourself, but others don 't.

Unknown Area

things that neither you nor others know about yourself.

ADOLESCENCE

is the transition period between childhood and adulthood, with early adolescence beginning at the age of 10 and lasting until the age of 21 as late adolescence. Adolescents go through many changes in terms of physical, cognitive, psychological, social, and spiritual development. Have you noticed some changes since you started becoming an adolescent?Adolescents go through many changes in terms of physical, cognitive, psychological, social, and spiritual development.\`

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

People change and grow throughout their lives, and this process is referred to as human development. People go through a wide range of stages of development. If your holistic development is not well-balanced, it might have an impact on your thoughts, feelings, and behavior

STAGE 1 – UNDERSTANDING AN IDEAL

At this stage, the person is exposed to learning situations where he discovers an ideal – the ideal personality, qualities of a winning personality, the elements and conditions for growth and development, etc.These knowledge provide the framework for understanding his behavior and personality.

STAGE 2 – SELF AWARENES

The person now goes to self-mirroring. He objectively looks into his personal qualities and behavior and compares this against the ideal. Thus, he discovers his dysfunctional behavior and how it has affected his success, his happiness and his relationships.

STAGE 3 – SELF- REALIZATION

After the individual becomes aware of his behavior, he is guided on how to understand himself by bringing into his consciousness the things in the past and other realities that have directly or indirectly conditioned his present behavior or maladjustment.

STAGE 4 – DECISION TO CHANGE

Decision to change will have to come naturally and voluntarily as the individual realizes that he has more to gain than to lose if he opts to change his ways. If one is determined to grow as a person, he has to decide to change.

STAGE 5 – ACTUALIZING THE CHANGE

This is putting to action the necessary changes in his life including a change in attitude, re-alignment of his values system, change in coping mechanisms and other behavioral changes.

PHYSIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Physiological development includes physical health. It is the condition of the body that is characterized by the absence of disease and fitness.

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

is characterized by a person’s ability to think and reason out. At this stage, you do more complex thinking as described by Jean Piaget in his theory of cognitive development.

JEAN PIAGET

, (born August 9, 1896, Neuchâtel, Switzerland—died September 16, 1980, Geneva), Swiss psychologist who was the first to make a systematic study of the acquisition of understanding in children. He is thought by many to have been the major figure in 20th-century developmental psychology.

The Sensorimotor Stage

Birth to 2 Years During this earliest stage of cognitive development, infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and manipulating objects. A child's entire experience at the earliest period of this stage occurs through basic reflexes, senses, and motor responses.

The Preoperational Stage

2 to 7 years old The foundations of language development may have been laid during the previous stage, but the emergence of language is one of the major hallmarks of the preoperational stage of development.

The Concrete Operational Stage

7 to 11 years Begin to think logically about concrete events Begin to understand the concept of conservation; that the amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass, for example Thinking becomes more logical and organized, but still very concrete Begin using inductive logic, or reasoning from specific information to a general principle

The Formal Operational Stage

Age 12 and Up Begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems Begins to think more about moral, philosophical, ethical, social, and political issues that require theoretical and abstract reasoning Begins to use deductive logic, or reasoning from a general principle to specific information

Psychological or Emotional Development

Adolescence may feel like a tornado of rapidly shifting emotions. During this stage, it is normal to experience a wide range of emotions. An example is when your parents do not allow you to go out with your friends; as a result, you do not talk to them and easily get irritated when you are asked to do household chore

Sigmund Freud

, (born May 6, 1856, Freiberg, Moravia, Austrian Empire \[now Příbor, Czech Republic\]—died September 23, 1939, London, England), Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.

THE CONSCIOUS MIND

Includes everything that we are aware of. This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about rationally. A part of this includes our memory, which is not always part of consciousness but can be retrieved easily at any time and brought into our awareness.

THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND

is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness. Most of the contents of the unconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict. According to Freud, the unconscious continues to influence our behavior and experience, even though we are unaware of these underlying influences. THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND According to Freud, the mind can be divided into two main parts:

3 ELEMENTS OF PERSONALITY

THE ID

THE EGO

THE SUPER EGO

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Adolescents strive for greater independence and autonomy, which leads to spending more time with friends and less time with their family. The choice of peers and friends becomes more crucial and important during this time.Adolescents who are subjected to negative peer pressure are more likely to participate in risky or harmful behaviors such as drinking alcohol, using drugs and engaging in sex, committing crimes.Social development focuses on doing social activities, performing leadership roles, and interacting with other people.

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

Your sense of justice and fairness deepens as well as your values in life. Because of the prevalence of social media, it is important that you cultivate a strong values system.

HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT

Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson, in his theory of psychological development, asserts that people develop personal values as they progress through life ’s stages. He explained how personality develops over the course of one ’s life as a result of your social experiences and relationships. These aspects of development affect one another. For example, when emotional issues come up, your ability to think may be affected. You may find it difficult to concentrate on school works. Another example is not being satisfied with your body image. This may lead to anxiety and other psychological issues.