LESSON 1

INTRODUCTION TO
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Prepared by
Mr. Benedict B. Diaz, LPT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At any point of the learning period, students are able
to
 Explain in his or her own words the definition of
Personal Development
 Describe the psychological basis of Personal
Development
 Relate the concept of Personal Development in his
or her own experiences as an adolescent
 Express his or her own spiritual and religious
beliefs and how these influence his or her own
personal development
WRITTEN WORK
#1
Directions: Write a
200-word essay about
the changes that you
experienced as you pass
through puberty.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
1. Growth
It refers to measurable changes in
size, physique and body composition,
and various systems of the body,
whereas maturation refers to progress
toward the mature state.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
2. Development
It is about the body changing and
adapting over time, so all the parts
work more effectively and
efficiently together. 
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
3. Maturity
It implies an adult like quality in
thought and behaviour.
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PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
4. Environment
It is a world outside ourselves
that causes contact and interaction
with the external world. It also
influences growth and
development.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
5. Heredity
These are inborn traits passed on
by the generation of offsprings
from both sides of the biological
parents’ families
 PRINCIPLES OF
GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
1. Cephalocaudal
This principle describes the
direction of growth and development.
The head region starts growth at first,
following by which other organs
starts developing. 
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GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
2. Proximodistal
The spinal cord develops before
outer parts of the body. The child’s
arms develops before the hands, the
hands and feet develops before the
fingers and toes. 
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GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
3. Orthogenic
This means that development of
more difficult tasks begins with the
mastery of simple tasks first. In other
words, one stage of development lays
the foundation for the next stage
of development. 
 WHEN DO YOU THINK
MAN STARTED
THINKING ABOUT THEIR
OWN DEVELOPMENT?
PLATO
Plato argued that
building character, as
much as, intelligence is
what education is all
about.
CONFUCIUS
The great Chinese being
will always desire to
become the “superior man”,
not just to his peers and
followers, bit to himself.
RELIGIONS
It influenced the way of life
of people in terms of self-
discipline, meditation,
prayers, physical exercise
and creative acts of
expression.
WHAT IS THE
PSYCHOLOG
Y BEHIND
THESE
CONCEPTS?
HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

Abraham Maslow Carlo Rogers

 HUMANISTIC
PSYCHOLOGY
Maslow Theorized the five stages of
human development based on a
hierarchy of need
Rogers theorized that “the
individual has within himself the
capacity and the tendency, latent if
not evident to move forward
maturity.”
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
 POSITIVE
PSYCHOLOGY
It was proposed by Martin Seligman
He stresses that positive psychology
created balance with humanistic
psychology
Human has its good and positive
nature as well as its inadequacies and
weaknesses (Peterson, 2006)
LET’S TALK ABOUT
ADOLESCENCE…
ADOLESCENCE
According to scientists and
psychologist, adolescence may
differ in pegging the exact age of
adolescence.
CORPUZ, LUCAS, BORABO, AND
LUCIDO (2010)
1. Early Adolescence
2. Middle Adolescence
3. Late Adolescence
WHEN DOES
ADOLESCEN
CE START?
ADOLESCENTS…
Undergo biological changes
Show stronger reasoning ability
Divert their center of relationship