Senior High School

Personal Development
Module 1:
Knowing Oneself

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 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 11/12
Module 1: Knowing Oneself
Second Edition, 2021

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Region I

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 SHS
Personal Development
Module 1:
Knowing Oneself

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 Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear
learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities,
questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you
to understand each lesson.

Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you
step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.

Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in

each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module
or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better
understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer
the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each
activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.

In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are
also provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on
how they can best help you on your home-based learning.

Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on
any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises
and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.

If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in

answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher
or facilitator.

Thank you.

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 Target

Adolescence is the time when young people start to ask questions about
themselves, about their future, and even about their religious and political beliefs.
During the adolescent stage of development, the young person grapples with his or
her identity. This may seem very philosophical to some, but to know oneself is the
first step in personal development. One philosopher stated “Knowing others is
intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength,
mastering yourself is true power.
In the previous lesson, you have learned the different aspects of human
development, three factors affecting or influencing human development, personal
development by which psychology serves as a foundation, school of thoughts or
theories that were developed, transition period of adolescence and other influence of
personal development which is spiritual and religious.
This module will help you realize that in knowing thy self will continually lead
you more to develop yourself better as you learn to accept your strengths and
weaknesses as a person. Personal development modules’ ultimate aim is greater self-
knowledge that will lead to higher alignment between these two personality domains:
the actual self and the ideal self.
At the end of your learning journey in this module, you are expected to:
1. explain that knowing yourself can make you accept your own self-concept,
personal effectiveness, strengths, and limitations, and in dealing with others
better, and your uniqueness. (EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-1.1)
2. determine how characteristics, habits, and experiences becomes unique to every
person (EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-1.2); and
3. share your own unique characteristics, habits, and experiences.

(EsP-PD11/12/KO-Ia1.2)
Subtasks:
1. define the categories of self-concept;
2. compare some skills that will greatly increase the efficiency of a person and
what makes a person unique;
3. choose always what is best for you to become unique and a better person;
4. distinguish one’s strengths and weaknesses and use their talents for the good
of the community; and
5. value oneself as a unique person

To excite your eagerness as you start with

this topic, please answer the given pre-
test in a separate sheet of paper.

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 Lesson
Self-Concept
1

Jumpstart

Activity 1: Self-Concept Inventory

Directions: Take a look at your own self-concept and answer the following self-
concept inventory in a separate sheet of paper. Give yourself a rating
using the scale: O = Very Weak; 1 = Weak; 2 = somewhat weak or
somewhat strong; 3 = Strong; 4 = Very Strong

_____ 1. I have strong sex appeal.

_____ 2. I am proud of my physical figure.
_____ 3. I am physically attractive and beautiful/handsome.
_____ 4. I exude with charm and poise.
_____ 5. I am easy to get along with.
_____ 6. I can adjust to different people and different situations.
_____ 7. I am approachable; other people are at ease and comfortable with me.
_____ 8. I am lovable and easy to love.
_____ 9. I am a fast learner who can understand with one instruction.
_____10. I am intelligent.
_____11. I have special talents and abilities.
_____12. I can easily analyze situations and make right judgements.
_____13. I can be trusted in any transaction.
_____14. I have a clean conscience and carry no guilty feeling.
_____15. I have integrity and good reputation.
_____16. My friends and classmates can look up to me as a model worth emulating.
_____17. I can express my ideas without difficulty.
_____18. I talk in a persuasive manner that I can easily get people to accept what I
say.
_____19. I can express my ideas in writing without difficulty.
_____20. I am a good listener.
_____21. I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when faced with trouble.
_____22. I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.
_____23. I feel and act with confidence.
_____24. I am a mature person.

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Scoring: Copy this table in a separate sheet of paper. Write your score opposite each
number and get the subtotal.

Physical appeal Human relations Intelligence

1 ______________
2 ______________
3 ______________
4 ______________
Subtotal:
Character
13 ______________
14 ______________
15 ______________
16 ______________
Subtotal:
5 _______________ 9 _____________
6 _______________ 10 _____________
7 _______________ 11 _____________
8 _______________ 12 _____________
Subtotal: Subtotal:
Communications Maturity
17 _______________ 21 _____________
18 _______________ 22 _____________
19 _______________ 23 _____________
20 _______________ 24 _____________
Subtotal: Subtotal:

Guide Questions:
1. How did you find the activity?
2. Did you rate yourself correctly and promptly?
3. What did you discover about yourself after doing the activity?
4. You notice that there are gradual changes about yourself, do you accept and
agree what you are now as a person?

Rubrics:
4 3 2 1
Development of Ideas were Ideas may be Ideas Ideas were
Ideas clearly evident, but were poorly
organized, on the present developed
point and organization but vague
supported of thoughts
with valid need to be
reasons strengthened
Elaboration Well written Well written Awkward Poor
and fully and most writing writing
elaborated points style and with little
points with elaborated points are to no
clear and with clear general. specific
accurate details Errors are details
information also
present.

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 Discover

Imagine yourself looking into a mirror. What do you see? Do you see your ideal
self or your actual self? Your ideal self is the self that you aspire to be. It is the one
that you hope will possess characteristics like that of a mentor or some other worldly
figure. Your actual self, however, is the one that you see. It is the self that has
characteristics that you were nurtured or in some cases, born to have.
The actual self and the ideal self are two broad categories of self-concept. Self-
concept refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that negotiates these
two selves. In other words, it connotes first the identification of the ideal self as
separate from others and second is that it encompasses all the behaviors evaluated
in the actual self that you engage in to reach the ideal self.
It is believed that the words “Know Thyself” which were written at the entry of
the oracle at Delphi by seven Greek philosophers, statesmen and lawgivers became
the cornerstone of Western philosophy.
> For Socrates, the most important thing to pursue was self -knowledge and
admitting one’s ignorance is the beginning of true knowledge.
> For Plato, one of Socrates’ students, the beginning of knowledge is self- knowledge.
> Other ancient philosophers from other culture saw the wisdom in knowing oneself.
> The ancient Hindu writings Upanishads confirmed “Enquiry into the truth of the
“Self” is knowledge”.
> The Persian poet Rumi ruminated “Who am I in the midst of all this thought
traffic?” and
> The American poet Walt Whitman celebrated his “Self” as a “simple and separate
person.”

The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is derived from

social interactions that provide insight into how others react to you. The actual self
is who we are. It is how we think, how we feel, look, and act. The actual self can be
seen by others but because we have no way of truly knowing how others view us, the
actual self is our self-image.

The ideal self, on the other hand, is how we want to be. It is an idealized
image that we have developed over time based on what we have learned and
experienced. The ideal self could include components of what our parents have
taught us, what we admire in others, what our society promotes, and what we think
best interests us.

How to know oneself? We must define first the concept of the “Self”. In
philosophical terms, it is the being which is the source of a person’s consciousness.
It is the agent responsible for an individual’s thoughts and actions. Based on this
definition, the “Self” is an intangible entity that directs a person’s thoughts and
actions. It is outside the physical realm of the person.

The “Self” is the essence of a person: his thoughts, feelings and actions,
experiences, beliefs, values, principles, and relationships. The “Self’ includes a
person’s life purpose, meaning and aspirations.

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 If the “Self” is defined as the cognitive and affective representation of one’s
identity, it is then defined in terms of human characteristics such as behavior and
thought.
Personal Effectiveness

Personal effectiveness means making use of all the personal resources-talents,

skills, energy, and time to enable you to achieve goals.

Our personal effectiveness depends on our innate characteristics-talent and

experience accumulated in the process of personal development. Talents first are
needed to be identified and then developed to be used in a particular subject area
(science, literature, sports, politics, etc.)

Experience includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of

cognitive and practical activities.

Knowledge is required for setting goals and defining an action plan to achieve
them and risk assessment.

Skills also determine whether real actions are performed in accordance with
the plan. If the same ability is used many times in the same situation, then it
becomes a habit that runs automatically, subconsciously. Here are some skills that
will greatly increases the efficiency of any person who owns them:

1. Determination. It allows you to focus only in achieving a specific goal without

being distracted by less important things or spontaneous desires. It may be
developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.
2. Self-Confidence. It appears in the process of personal development as a result of
getting aware of yourself, your actions and their consequences. Self-confidence is
manifested in speech, appearance, dressing, gait, and physical condition. To
develop it, you need to learn about yourself and your capabilities, gain positive
attitude and believe that by performing right actions and achieving right goals you
will certainly reach success.
3. Persistence. It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging obstacles-
problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It reduces the costs of overcoming
obstacles. It can also be developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.
4. Managing Stress. It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the
environment and other people. Stress arises from the uncertainty in an unknown
situation when a lack of information creates the risk of negative consequences of
your actions. It increases efficiency. In the actively changing environment.
5. Problem-solving skills. They help cope with the problems encountered with a lack
of experience. It increases efficiency by adopting new ways of achieving goals when
obtaining a new experience.
6. Creativity. It allows to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action that
no one has tried to use. It can lead to decrease or an increase of costs. But usually,
the speed of action is greatly increased when using creative tools.
7. Generating ideas. It helps you achieve goals using new, original, unconventional
ideas. For generating idea, you can use a method of mental maps which allows
you to materialize, visualize and scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn
contributes to the emergence of new ideas.

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 Build on Your Strengths and Work on Your Weaknesses
Instead of giving up or indulging in self-pity, take action. Go for speech
lessons, get skills upgrading, attend personality development sessions or
whatever appropriate remedies to your perceived weakness.

Instead of simply focusing on your weaknesses, recognize your own

talents and abilities, build on them and utilize them to your greatest advantage.
This is where you can build your name and popularity.

Build on your
strengths and work on
your weaknesses.

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 Explore

Activity 2: My Banner- The Treasure Within Me

Directions: In a separate sheet of paper, replicate the diagram and write down the
following:

1 and 2 two things I do very well

3 and 4 my two greatest achievements in life
5 what in myself am I proudest of
6 my happiest moment
7 positive words that my friends use to describe me
8 a personal goal that I have already achieved
9 three blessing for which I am most thankful to God
10 three of my positive qualities
11 difficulties, challenges, and problems that I was able to solve
and overcome

7- Positive words that my friends use to describe me

8- A personal goal that I have already achieved

9 three blessing
11- difficulties,
for which I am
challenges, and most thankful to
problems that I 10- three of
God
was able to solve my positive
and overcome qualities

1 3 My two greatest
5-What in achievements in life.
Myself am I
proudest of

6-My happiest moment 4

2 Two things I do
very well. 7-Positive words that my friends used to
describe me

8-A personal goal that I have already achieved

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Reflection

Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, write your reflection regarding your

banner by answering the questions below.
1. What do you consider as your weaknesses, abilities, and talents?
2. What are the remedies you will take to improve or compensate for
your weakness?
3. How can you further enrich your assets and strengths?
4. Where and how do you use it to your best advantage?

Rubrics

4 3 2 1
Development Ideas were Ideas may be Ideas Ideas were
of Ideas clearly evident, but were poorly
organized, the present developed
on point and organization but vague
supported of thoughts
with valid need to be
reasons strengthened
Elaboration Well written Well written Awkward Poor
and fully and most writing writing
elaborated points style and with little
points with elaborated points are to no
clear and with clear general. specific
accurate details Errors are details
information also
present.

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 Deepen

Activity 4: The Importance of Me!

Direction: Compose a song of two stanzas about “The Value of Oneself”. Write
your composition on a separate short coupon bond.
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Rubrics
4 3 2 1
Development Ideas were Ideas may be Ideas Ideas
of Ideas clearly evident, but were were
organized, the present poorly
on point organization but developed
and of thoughts vague
supported need to be
with valid strengthened
reasons
Elaboration Well written Well written Awkward Poor
and fully and most writing writing
elaborated points style and with little
points with elaborated points to no
clear and with clear are specific
accurate details general. details
information Errors
are also
present.

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 Lesson
“I am Unique”
2

Jumpstart
Activity 1: Expand your Horizon!
Materials Needed: Pencil or Ballpen and Sheet of Paper
Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, draw the illustration below and write
words or group of words that corresponds with the main theme or word in the center
of the mind mapping. Elaborate your answer why this word/s is/are related to the
main subject.

UNIQUENESS

Elaborate
Figure 1.2 Mind Mapping
1. ______________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________________________
6. _______________________________________________________________________________
7. _______________________________________________________________________________
8. _______________________________________________________________________________
9. _______________________________________________________________________________
10.______________________________________________________________________________

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 Discover

Knowing oneself basically is an advantage to understand the inner and outer

you. But understanding why every person is unique ignites our tolerance and
acceptance with each other.

Uniqueness is defined in different ways and here are some of the collective
definitions:

1. Being the only one or SOLE.

2. A person who has distinct characteristics.
3. The quality of being unique or unusual in some special way.
4. A state or condition wherein someone or something is unlike anything else in
comparison.

These definitions provide us a vivid thought that each of us possesses

peculiarity or differentiation from each other.

Jack Nollan (2020) of A Conscious Rethink.com coined 10 Things that Make

a Person Unique. These include (1) PERSONALITY that stretches from the day a
person started to see and experience life in the world leading to gathering
information, knowledge, acquiring skills, possessing emotional responses, and
making choices differently from other people; (2) ATTITUDE that becomes the anchor
of becoming either positive or negative in life, perceiving how people act in front of
you, and an offshoot of your emotional landscape; (3) EXPERIENCES that shape you
on how you act and behave today. If you experienced negative, you tend to behave
anxious or defensive; however, some would deal with it as a motivator while
experiencing positive that improves your senses in understanding the world; (4)
HABITS that normally we do everyday in our lives such as our eating habit, personal
hygiene practices, meditation exercises, and trying new things. Cliché’ but as they
always say and globally accepted and favored, “You are what you do, not what you
say you’ll do” and that makes you unique from others; (5) CREATIVITY such as
dancing, painting, singing, producing useful things out of scrap materials, defining
beauty in a different way and perspective makes you unique; (6) PERSPECTIVE
saying that no other people understands the world as you do because they do not
live like exactly 24 hours beside you. Your experience is not the same with others’,
your body of knowledge is not the same as theirs. That is why the gaps are filled from
each own unique perspective to continuously develop and improve; (7) TASTE that
is a unique facet of you because you have different likes and dislikes from other
people; (8) GOALS that are set in different manners depending on how you create
steps and procedures in achieving those; (9) HOBBIES that improves your personal
growth and mental health such as gardening, cooking, and gaming; and (10)
PASSION that provides direction toward a goal or experience that will allow us to
leave a unique mark in this world such as involvement in philanthropic activities like
giving and supporting people in need.
These 10 things that make people unique from others greatly show that
individuals have their own set of characteristics that can be shown to the world.

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 Problem arises due to the limitation of widening each horizon in accepting and
facing people worldwide. In the United States of America, some people who
experienced discrimination were reported due to individual differences such as in
race, religion, color of the skin, hobbies, language, and personality. In the Philippine
setting, one of the primary social issues in terms of difference is the acceptance of
what we call as categorized in the LGBTQ community seeking for equality in work,
school, and facilities.

Diversity is also one term that is parallel of being unique. It has been a major
advocacy of some in the world since we differ in culture, tradition, and belief
particularly on how we perceived ourselves individually based on who nurtured us
and the nature or location that we are in .

"Diversity" means more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference.

(JPantaleo, 2020) Diversity is a set of conscious practices that involve:
• Understanding and appreciating interdependence of humanity, cultures, and
the natural environment.
• Practicing mutual respect for qualities and experiences that are different from
our own.
• Understanding that diversity includes not only ways of being but also ways of
knowing;
• Recognizing that personal, cultural and institutionalized discrimination
creates and sustains privileges for some while creating and sustaining
disadvantages for others;
• Building alliances across differences so that we can work together to eradicate
all forms of discrimination.

In a specific sense of being a unique person, Big Five, and the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator can guide you in determining your personality traits or characteristics
by Costa and McRae (1992).

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 IG FIVE
Low Scores High Scores
1. Extroversion – the Loner Joiner
ability to socialize and Quiet Talkative
belongingness is his Passive Active
concern. Reserved Affectionate
2. Agreeableness – Suspicious Trusting
possessing trust and Critical Lenient
openness to others. Ruthless Soft-hearted
Irritable Good-natured
3. Conscientiousness – Negligent Conscientious
the possession of Lazy Hard-working
mind setting and goal Disorganized Well Organized
oriented. Late Punctual
4. Neuroticism – a Calm Worried
person who Even-tempered Temperamental
experiences anxiety, Comfortable Self-Conscious
and emotionally and Unemotional Emotional
physical conscious.
5. Openness to Down-to-Earth Imaginative
Experience – a Uncreative Creative
person who goes with Conventional Original
the flow, widening Uncurious Curious
horizons, and being
resourceful.

These personality traits as one measurement in determining our own personal

characteristics can be easily memorized and identified with an acronym of OCEAN.
The table is subdivided into 2 scores which include lower scores and higher scores.
Low score means you do not possess the dimension and high score means you have
the dimension as your characteristic. For example, if you tend to determine if you
possess extroversion in a rating of 1-5 with which 1 is the lowest and 5 is the highest,
let’s say when you rate yourself in the score of 1 in this dimension then it shows that
you may be identified as being a lonely person, quiet, passive, or reserved. The same
as with other dimensions. In this manner, you can easily categorize your
characteristics as a person.

The summation of being a unique one has been advantageous not only to
oneself but with other people leading towards Understanding, Tolerance, and
Acceptance. These 3 things fused together to help each other perceive ourselves as
an individual with different characteristics, habits, and experiences.

The basic concept of understanding is when we know ourselves and our ability
to understand the feelings of others, and vice versa, tolerance is associated with
willingness to accept behavior and beliefs that are different from your own with fair,
objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race,

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religion, nationality, etc. differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry, although you
might not agree with or approve of them such as in the example of religion where
scriptures are not alike with the religion that you have, and acceptance is simply the
process of assenting or recognizing a process or condition without attempting to
change, protest, or exit. (Fish, Jefferson M. 2014).

With the existence of being a unique one, how could you possibly share your
own characteristics, habits, and experiences confidently? Now, you may stand in the
mirror and reflect after answering the question “Who am I?” from the previous lesson.
Now , you can tell to yourself, “I know that I am a sole being. I know what I am
capable of. I know the things that make me relaxed and comfortable. I know that I
am molded because of what I have experienced. And with these, I understand others.”

You have enhanced your knowledge now

with the new learnings you have acquired.
You may now explore!

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 Explore

Activity 2: Uniqueness at its finest!

Materials Needed: Pencil or Ballpen and Sheet of Paper

Directions: Using the Venn diagram, identify the unique characteristics of you and
your closest friend by writing in the larger portion of the circle and
identify your similarities in the overlapping portion. Answer the follow-
up questions below. (See Rubrics)

What
makes What makes
What makes
us the him/her
me unique?
same? unique?

MY FRIEND
ME

Follow-Up Questions:

1. Why is there a need to determine differences among other people?

2. If given a chance to create a slogan of knowing oneself, what would it
be and why?

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Rubrics

5 4 3 2 1
Development Ideas were Ideas may be Ideas Ideas were No idea
of Ideas clearly evident but were poorly presented
organized, the present developed
on point and organization but vague and lack
supported of thoughts details
with valid need to be
reasons strengthened
Elaboration Well written Well written Awkward Poor No
and fully and most writing writing specific
elaborated points style and with little details
points with elaborated points are to no
clear and with clear general. specific
accurate details Errors are details
information also
present.

We have learned that uniqueness is something that

we possess as a person. In this activity, it also
incorporates the relevance of knowing other people
and some points of likeness to accentuate
understanding.

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The lessons that you engaged in will help you now in applying knowledge and
skills later in a real-life scenario.

Activity 3: It should be like this!

Materials Needed: Paper or Ballpen and Sheet of Paper

Directions: Below are spiels that sometimes being uttered by different people
because it’s either due to their emotional contest and situation. As an individual who
is already aware why understanding, acceptance, and tolerance is a vital component
and summation of uniqueness, how can these scenarios be corrected in an
appropriate manner? Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper .

Uttered It should be like this.

“Why is it that you are afraid to fail? I

think you are not brave enough”.

“Oh! You were like a gangster, so

embarrassing to others!”
“In our religion, what you eat right
now is a sin for us”.

“You know what, black people should

not be socializing with white American,
and you do not belong here”.

“It is ok to be late than never”.

Rubrics:
Criteria Score per item
Exceptionally and accurately corrected 5
Admirable and mostly accurate 3
correction.
Acceptable and fair correction. 2
Attempted to answer but incomplete. 1

Reference: Garcia, Maricel. 2016. Personal Development Teacher’s Guide. Lipa City, Batangas,
Scolaire Publishing

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 Gauge

Part I. Multiple Choices

Directions: Read the question and write your answer in a separate sheet of
paper. Write only the letter of the best answer for each item.
1. What it means to make use of all the personal resources-talents, skills, energy
and time, to enable you to achieve life goal.
A. Personal ambition B. Personal effectiveness
C. Personal Diversity D. Personal Problem
2. These two words were written at the entry of the oracle at Delphi by seven Greek
philosophers, statesmen, and lawgivers, became the cornerstone of Western
philosophy.
A. I Myself B. Go Yourself
C. Be Yourself D. Know Thyself
3.Among the following terms, what skills of an efficient person is manifested in
speech, appearance, dressing, gait, and physical condition.
A. Creativity B. Determination
C. Managing Stress D. Self Confidence
4.One of Socrates’ students who says “the beginning of knowledge is self-
knowledge”.
A. Aristotle B. Plato
C. Plato D. Smith
5.The following states the definition of Self Except:
A. It is the being, which is the source of a person’s consciousness.
B. It is the agent responsible for an individual’s thoughts and actions.
B. It is more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference.
D. Is an intangible entity that directs a person’s thoughts and actions.
6. Which of the following skills of efficient person that helps combat stress that
arises in daily life from the environment and other people?
A. Determination B. Generating Ideas
C. Managing Stress D. Problem-Solving Skills

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7. Which the following confirmed, “Enquiry into the truth of the “Self” is
knowledge”?
A. The ancient Hindu writings Upanishads
B. The American poet Walt Whitman
C. The Persian poet Rumi
D. Plato, Socrates’ student
8. An awareness of yourself refers to your ____.
A. Beauty B. Emotion C. Knowledge D. Self-concept
9. This includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of cognitive
and practical activities.
A. Ability B. Experience C. Knowledge D. Skills
10.The following statements are definition of Uniqueness Except:
A. Lack of experience
B. Being the only one or SOLE.
C. A person who has distinct characteristics.
D. The quality of being unique or unusual in some special way.
11. Possessing this may differ depending on how people treat you and with the
situation you are in to.
A. Personality B. Attitude C. Passion D. Habits
12. It becomes our outlet and improves our mental state such as collecting
memorabilia and art craft.
A. Attitude B. Personality C. Taste D. Hobbies
13. How can goals become achievable?
A. If there is vague steps and procedures.
B. If there is clear systems that are being followed.
C. If you already know yourself.
D. If somebody understands you.
14. Which of the following is TRUE about being a neurotic?
A. A person who is imaginative and creative.
B. A person who always go with the flow.
C. A person who always trust somebody else.
D. A person who is emotional in every situation.
15. Which of the following is TRUE about being passionate?
A. You look for materials that would fill the gap of contentment.
B. You look for your correct perspective.
C. You look for activities that make you satisfied when you did.
D. You look for your own likes in wearing clothes and accessories

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1. B
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. D
15. C
Answer Key
References
Book Materials:
1. Personal Development (Rex Bookstore)
By: Ricardo Rubio Santos

2. Personal Development
Department of Education
Republic of the Philippines

Printed Materials:
Santos, Ricardo R. (2016). Personal Development First Edition (pp14-21). Rex Book
Store, Inc. Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Garcia, Maricel P. (2016). K to 12 Personal Development Teacher’ Guide. Scolaire
Publishing. Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines

Journal:
Tayob (2004) and Strack (2006). Maintaining Apartheid or Promoting Change
(p.85), Differentiating Normal & Abnormal Personality 2 nd Edition (p.66)

Website

http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-self-concept-in-psychology-definition-
lesson-quiz.html
http://study.com/academy/lesson/ideal-self--vs-real-self-defintion-lesson-
quiz.html

http://www.chrysalisdevelopment.com/page6/page4/page4.html
http://www.learning-mind.com/7-basic-personal-effectiveness-skills

A Conscious Rethink. Jack Nollan website. Retrieved July 21, 2020 from
https://www.aconsciousrethink.com
Diversity. J Pantaleo website. Retrieved July 21, 2020 from
https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/diversity/definition/html
Merriam-Webster website. Retrieved July 22, 2020 from https://www.merriam-
webster.com/thesaurus/uniqueness
Cambridge Dictionary website. Retrieved July 22, 2020 from
https://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/uniqueness
Psychology Today website. Retrieved July 22, 2020 from
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/lookinh-in-the-cultural-
mirror/2014002/tolerance-acceptance-understanding

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