Self-Development

Developing the
Whole person
Personal Development
Learning Competencies

At the end of the lesson, the Lasallian learners are expected to:
a) Discuss the relationship among physiological, cognitive,
psychological, spiritual and social development to understand
his/her thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
b) Evaluate his/her thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
c) Show the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviors
in actual life situations.
Thoughts

THOUGHTS are mental cognitions

that includes our ideas, opinions
and beliefs about ourselves and
the world around us. Thinking is
a private process that cannot be
observed directly, but could be
measured through written tests of
cognitive and thinking skills.
Feelings

FEELINGS are usually caused by

physical sensations experienced
by the body as a reaction to a
certain external stimulus.
Emotions such as happiness,
sadness, anger, or fear, are
internal states that we
experience subjectively.
Behavior

BEHAVIOR is an outward
manifestation or an acting out of
the attitudes an individual has.
Behavior can either be overt or
covert.
Behavior

Overt behavior are actions which

are visible and can be seen
directly, such as physical
movements and verbal
statements.
Behavior

Covert behavior are actions that

can be observed directly. It can
only be inferred by an observer
or reported by the person under
study.
Holism

This refers about seeing things as

a whole and as something bigger
than the sum of its parts. It is to
understand people as to see them
in their totality.
Holistic Development

In order to understand why

people do the things they do and
think the way they think, holism
proposes that it is necessary to
look at the entire person. Rather
than focus on just one aspect of
the problem, it is necessary to
recognize that various factors
interact and influence each other.
Physical development

Defined as the progress of an

individual's control over his own
body. It is a process of physical
growth in which the aspects of
an individual increase. This also
includes the physical attributes
including the five physical
senses.
Cognitive development

The intellectual functions of the

mind: thinking, recognizing,
reasoning, analyzing, projecting,
synthesizing, recalling and
assessing.
Psychological development

This refers to how thinking,

feeling and behaving is used to
interact and happen in a person.
This includes one's psychological
health and well-being.
Social development

Focuses on the manner by which

an individual interacts with other
individuals or groups of
individuals. It most often refers
to how an individual develops
friendships and other
relationships, as well as how they
handle conflict with others.
Spiritual development

Refers to the attribute of a

person's consciousness and
beliefs, including values and
virtues that guide and put
meaning into a person's life.
Physical and neurobiological
development

On the physical aspect, an

individual starts growing into a
full-fledged mature human being
from infancy. The processes
involved are regulated by our
genes. Without our unique
genetic makeup as human beings,
we would not be what we are
right now.
Physical and neurobiological
development

The most significant change that

a human being has to go through
occurs during the stage of
puberty. A stage where the body
matures in all aspects especially
with its sexual characteristics.
Physical and neurobiological
development

While the brain, grows rapidly

but matures slower and it also
goes through various stages of
building connections. Active
processes usually happens when
we were younger.
Cognitive development

According to Jean Piaget, an

individual goes through different
stages of intellectual
development.
Cognitive development

Stage One: Sensorimotor Stage

This stage is mainly focused on
learning how to interact with
your environment. Learning to
understand that object/s continue
to exist even you cannot see
them.
Cognitive development

Stage Two: Preoperational Stage

A child uses symbols (words and
images) to represent objects but
does not reason logically. There
is also a lack of sympathy.
Cognitive development

Stage Three: Concrete

Operational Stage
A child can think logically. They
begin to process other individual's
perception, thoughts and feelings
and realize that they have an
opinion or perception of their
own.
Cognitive development

Stage Four: Formal Operational

Stage
An adolescent can reason
abstractly and think in
hypothetical terms.
Moral development

Lawrence Kohlberg expanded

further and devised levels with
two stages each regarding ones
moral development.
Moral development
Level One: Preconventional
Morality
Stage 1: Obedience and
One's code of morality is not Punishment Orientation
personal but is instead shaped
externally, implying that our
morality at this level is based on Stage 2: Individualism and
the standards of adults and the Exchange
consequences of obeying or
disobeying the rules they have
set.
Moral development

Level Two: Conventional Morality

Begins to internalize the learned
moral standards they have with
their valued role models.
Reasoning is derived from the
norms of a particular group.
Stage 3: Good Interpersonal
Relationships
Stage 4: Maintaining Social
Order
Moral development

Level Three: Postconventional Stage 5: Social Contract and

Morality Individual Rights

An individual's basis of his or her

morality rests on
self-chosen principles. Stage 6: Universal Principles
Socioemotional development

Things spiral a bit more out of

control when puberty starts in
the individual. Hormones spike up
causing mood swings, growth
spurts, a new variety of emotions
and emotional degrees, and the
like.
Socioemotional development

Adolescents begin to be more

conscious with their looks and
actions with high regard to what
their peers think and feel.
Spiritual development

You may encounter your spiritual

side through sensations or
perceptions that inform you that
there is a higher being or
greater good, a higher order or
presence, a higher meaning or
purpose in the universe for
humans to connect with and
decipher.
Economic development

Refers to the material resources

the person possesses or strives to
possess with the assumption that
it could support or fill his/her
personal needs.
Self-integration

Humans are not just social

beings, or spiritual beings, or
mere physical beings. Rather, it
is a totality of these aspects.
Self-integration

The process of integration starts

from awareness to acceptance
and ultimately, the fulfillment of
the WHOLE PERSON. It is a
lifelong endeavor.
Self-integration

The highest development of a

person is therefore achieved in
relation to the completeness of
the integration among the
different aspects of development.
Always aim to become the

Whole person