Personal Development

Quarter 1 Module 2: Aspects of Personal Development

Answer the 10-item Multiple Choice Pre-assessment Test. Encircle the letter of your correct answer in each of the
statement below:

1) Which of the following statements best describes stress among adolescents?

A) Enhanced Community Quarantine/General Community Quarantine

B) Academic work such as assignments and reading activities

C) Family conflict and financial problems

D) All of the above

2) The following are signs of behavioral changes due to stress among adolescents, except;

A) feeling sick (headaches, shoulder pain, stomach aches, etc.) B) seeming nervous or anxious

C) withdrawing from friendship groups or activities D) refusing to go to school

3) Finding it hard to concentrate and losing the thread of thoughts or conversations as well as making trouble
remembering things are signs of;

A) physical stress C) psychological stress B) mental stress D) behavioral stress

4) The following are cognitive functions of the left brain, except;

A) analytical Thoughts and Detail-Oriented perceptions B) verbal, Math and Science and Planning skills
C) ordered sequencing D) emotional thoughts

5) It refers to a complex and ongoing process by which differing regions of the brain takes over the functioning of
specific behaviors and cognitive skills.

A) Brain lateralization C) Stress Management B) Brain hemisphere D) Powers of the Mind

6) Which of the following statements best describes emotionally intelligent person?

 A) A person who understands only his/her emotions.

B) A person who understands his own and other people’s emotions and feelings

C) A person who understands what other people need and want.

D) A person who understands that life is changing over time.

7) The following are basic Emotional Quotient skills of an individual, except;

A) noticing other’s fault and weaknesses B) noticing that there are more intelligent people C) noticing that
many people have mental health issues D) noticing and accurately labeling everyday feelings of people.

8) Which of the following statements is correct?

A) A high IQ (Intelligent Quotients) can predict top test scores; a high EQ (emotional quotients) can predict
success in social and emotional situations.

B) A high IQ can predict emotional stability; a high EQ can predict social skills.

C) A high EQ can predict intellectual capacity; a high IQ can predict emotions.

D) A high EQ can predict social stability; a high IQ can predict physical prowess

9) Which of the following statements best describes managing one’s reactions in a given situation?

A) Reacting to emotions in a way that is disrespectful, intense and impulsive.

B) Knowing when, where, and how to express yourself.

C) Knowing what to say and how to behave around.

D) Reacting to emotions in a way that is respectful, sober and cool.

10) Being aware of one’s emotions means:

A) labels one’s emotions and feelings as good or bad

B) understands that a person unpredictable, emotions and feelings change.

C) understands that a person needs to work on its emotions.

D) helps manage emotions and understands how other people feel.

 Lesson 4
Coping with Stress in Middle and Late Adolescence

Let’s do the following activity

1) What school activities do you feel anxious or worried about? How did you cope with that feeling?

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2) How does stress affect your studies?

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3) What are the causes of stress among teenagers? Discuss them briefly.

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4) How did you effectively handle or cope from stress?

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Answer the following questions succinctly.

1) What causes Kristine’s poor academic performance for the second quarter of the academic year?

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2) If you were Kristine’s classmate and friend, what would you do to comfort and help her out of misery?

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Try to answer the following questions succinctly.

1) What would you recommend or suggest to cope with stress?

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2) How would you react to this statement by Lou Holtz: “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you
carry it”?

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Lesson 5
The Powers of the Mind
Let’s check what you have learned!

Instruction: Write the word True if the statement is correct and the word False if otherwise. Answers should be
written on the blank provided before each number.

__________ 1) The right hemisphere of the brain controls the muscles in the left side of the body.

__________ 2) Brain lateralization is the process in which sensory information from the right side of the body
crosses over the left side of the brain.

__________ 3) Most people are either right-handed or left-handed but there are different degrees of handedness
because some use one had for jobs that require skill and the other hand for jobs that involve reaching.

__________ 4) The brain hemispheres communicate with each other through a thick band of 200-250 million
nerve fibers called “corpus callosum”.

__________ 5) Human person has two brains.

__________ 6) The brain hemisphere is known to specialize some behaviors.

__________ 7) The smaller band of nerve fibers that connects parts of the cerebral hemispheres is called “anterior
commissure”.

__________ 8) Sensory information from the right side of the body crosses over to the right side of the brain.
__________ 9) Damage to one side of the brain will affect the opposite side of the body.

__________ 10) Functions related to the left side of the brain include understanding and use of language (listening,
reading, speaking and writing), memory for spoken and written language, analysis of information in detail, and
motor control of the right side of the body.

Let’s Check How Much You Understand!

Mark calculates and solves mathematical problems quickly and accurately. In fact, he was the school’s
representative in the Division Level Math Olympiad in 2019 and bagged the First Place in the Senior High School
category. Subsequently, he portrays well as an actor in a school’s theatrical presentation and obtained a three-in-
all turns in the blind audition at ABS-CBN in 2019 when he rendered an amazing Pinoy version of “Dance with my
Father”. Indeed, Mark is a mathematician and an artist.

1) How will you classify Mark? Is he more of a left or right-brained student? Why?

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2) Which functions do the right-handed differ from that of the left-handed students or individuals? Explain briefly.

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3) What was the result of your handedness test? If you are a left-handed, how will you develop the functions and
other specialized skills in your right hemisphere to be an ambidextrous? Draw your personal plan to enhance your
brain functions.

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 Lesson 6
Emotional Intelligence

Discuss your answers with your classmates and teachers during the face-to-face or online conferences or
discussions

1) Are you comfortable with the New Normal Education Set-up? If yes/no, why?

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2) How do you develop rapport?

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3) How does my background affect who I am today?

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4) What weaknesses and worries do I have in my relationship with myself and my significant others?

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5) What do I like about myself? What do I like about people?

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Mrs. Reyes said that emotional intelligence is the person’s ability to identify and manage emotions and the
emotions of others. It is, generally, said to include 3 skills: emotional awareness, the ability to identify your
emotions and emotions of others; the ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and
problem-solving; and, the ability to manage emotions, including the ability to regulate your own emotions and the
ability to cheer up or calm down another person. Emotional intelligence is sometimes called emotional quotient.
It is the person’s ability to understand, use, and manage our emotions. This helps us build strong relationships and
make good decisions, and deal with difficult situations.

Answer the questions below succinctly.

1) What is meant by emotional awareness?

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2) Why do we need to understand how other people feel about us, about the situations and about the things
around them?

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3) Why do we manage our own emotions and that of others?

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Answer the following briefly:

1) How do you feel about writing on your freedom wall? Why?

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2) If there is something you would like to write again. What would that be and why?

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To measure your mastery of the module, give your insights on the following:

1) Discuss the different signs of stress.

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2) Are you a left or right-handed individual? How do you describe yourself based on brain lateralization?

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3) How emotionally intelligent am I?

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Jake was dating with Trish for two years as a couple and they tend to get to know each other well. The relationship
was welcomed by Trish’s parents and immediate relatives. However, everything has changed when Trish’s
childhood exboyfriend arrived from Australia. Kristoff’s decision to continue his studies in a state university in
Cagayan de Oro City has affected the relationship. Jake knew that Trish was still in love with Kristoff. Everything
turned up-side-down. Jake has lost interest in school, he performed poorly in academic and isolated himself from
his groups and classmates. He was so disintegrated. He was drinking alcohol, easily got angry at anything without
reasons, lost appetite, got confused and irrational. Oftentimes, he was in trouble with Trish. Trish was hurt badly
and wanted to get out from the situation

Let’s check if you can apply what you have learned.

1) As a friend and classmate, how will you comfort Jake?

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2) If you were Jake, how will you cope with the predicament he was experiencing with?

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3) Do you consider Jake an emotionally immature person? Why?

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Take this 10-item True or False Test. Write the word True if the statement is correct and the word False if
otherwise. Answers should be written on the blank provided before each number.

__________ 1) Stress is bad if the person’s psychological, physical, and emotional well-being are not managed
well.

__________ 2) Stress is the way a person’s body responds to challenges and gets him ready to face them with
utmost attention, energy and strength.

__________ 3) Physical activity helps in coping up stress.

__________ 4) The right side of the brain controls muscles on the right side of man’s body. __________ 5)
Understanding and use of the language skills are functions related to the left side of the brain.

__________ 6) Conflict and dispute are attributes that make up good mental health.

__________ 7) Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage emotions and the emotions of others.

__________ 8) Emotional awareness is one of the elements or skills of emotional intelligence.

__________ 9) An emotionally intelligent person understands how other people feel and manage emotions.

__________ 10) A person with higher emotional quotient can easily build strong relationships, make good
decisions, and deal with difficult situations.