REFLECTION

1. THE TRUTH ABOUT REJECTION

2. THE TRUTH ABOUT HAPPINESS
Developing the Whole
Person
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. DISCUSS THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG
PHYSIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE,
PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND HIS/HER
THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIOR;
2. EVALUATE HIS/HER THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND
BEHAVIOR; AND
3. SHOW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOUGHTS,
FEELINGS, AND BEHAVIORS IN ACTUAL LIFE.
WHAT IS HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT?

HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
IS A PROCESS OF SELF –
ACTUALIZATION AND LEARNING
THAT COMBINES AN
INDIVIDUAL’S MENTAL,
PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL
AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
 MIND AND BODY DUALISM OF
DESCARTES
THEORY OF DUALITY (RENE DESCARTES) –
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF THINGS IN A
SIMPLE, DUAL MODE.
- PEOPLE PERCEIVE THINGS AS DUAL IN
CHARACTER.
• MIND AND BODY
• MALE AND FEMALE
• YIN AND YANG
• LIFE AND DEATH
 HOLISM AND GESTALT

HOLISM (GENERAL JAN C. SMUTS) – THE

TENDENCY IN NATURE TO FORM
WHOLES WHICH ARE GREATER THAN
THE SUM OF THE PARTS THROUGH
CREATIVE EVOLUTION.
GESTALT (CHRISTIAN VON EHREHFELS)
– THE WHOLE DIFFERS FROM THE SUM
OF ITS PARTS.
 THINK OF ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF A WHOLE
THAT IS GREATER THAN
THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.
 THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
• PHYSIOLOGICAL – THE PHYSICAL
ATTRIBUTES INCLUDING THE FIVE
PHYSICAL SENSES.
• COGNITIVE – THE INTELLECTUAL
FUNCTIONS OF THE MIND.
• PSYCHOLOGICAL – HOW THINKING,
FEELING, AND BEHAVING INTERACT
AND HAPPEN IN A PERSON.
• SOCIAL – THE MANNER BY WHICH AN
INDIVIDUAL INTERACTS WITH OTHER
INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF
INDIVIDUALS.
• SPIRITUAL – THE ATTRIBUTE OF A
PERSON’S CONSCIOUSNESS AND
BELIEFS, INCLUDING THE VALUES
AND VIRTUES THAT GUIDE AND PUT
MEANING INTO A PERSON’S LIFE.
• UNDERSTANDING A PERSON
HOLISTICALLY MEANS THAT
ONE ASPECT CANNOT BE SEEN
IN ISOLATION FROM THE
WHOLE PERSON.
 BASIC DRIVES AND AFFECT
BASIC HUMAN DRIVES –
BIOLOGICALLY RELATED SUCH AS
HUNGER AND THIRST.
AFFECT – THE VARIOUS
EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES SUCH AS
EMOTIONS, MOODS, AND AFFECTIVE
TRAITS.
 WHAT IS EMOTION?

- DEFINED BY SMITH AS A DESCRIPTIVE

TERM REFERRING TO VARIATIONS IN
LEVEL OF AROUSAL, AFFECTIVE
STATE OR MOOD, EXPRESSIVE
MOVEMENTS, AND ATTITUDES.
SIX BASIC EMOTIONS THAT HUMAN
BEINGS EXPERIENCE (PAUL EKMAN)
• HAPPINESS
• SADNESS
• FEAR
• ANGER
• SURPRISE
• DISGUST
PHYSICAL RESPONSES

•FASTER HEARTBEAT
•BLUSHING
•SWEATING
•HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
 ATTITUDE AND
BEHAVIOR
ATTITUDE IS A RESULT OF A PERSON’S
EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIENCE WITH
ANOTHER PERSON, OBJECT, IDEA,
BEHAVIOR, OR SITUATION BASED ON
HIS/HER VALUES AND BELIEF SYSTEM.
 WHAT IS BEHAVIOR?

BEHAVIOR IS A
MANIFESTATION OR ACTING
OUT THE ATTITUDES AN
INDIVIDUAL HAS.
 My
Attitude

Your My
Behavio Behavio
r r

Your
Attitude
CAN ATTITUDE BE
CHANGED?

• BEHAVIOR CHANGES ATTITUDES.

 VALUES
VALUES – A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS THAT
ADHERES TO THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF
HUMAN EXISTENCE.
UNIVERSAL VALUES (UNITED NATIONS)
• PEACE
• FREEDOM
• SOCIAL PROGRESS
• EQUAL RIGHTS
 POSITIVE FILIPINO
VALUES
• BAYANIHAN • RESPECT FOR
ELDERS
• CLOSE
• REMEDYO
FAMILY TIES
ATTITUDE
• RESILIENCY
• UTANG NA
• HOSPITALITY LOOB
 NEGATIVE FILIPINO
VALUES
• BAHALA NA • GAYA-GAYA
ATTITUDE ATTITUDE

• COLONIAL • MANANA HABIT

MENTALITY • NINGAS-COGON
• CRAB • TSAMBA LANG
MENTALITY ATTITITUDE
• FILIPINO TIME
•VALUES ARE INFLUENCED
BY GENDER, AGE, SOCIAL
BACKGROUND, AND
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT .
•WHAT VALUES ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU?
•WHAT VALUES DO FILIPINO
COMMONLY ADHERE TO?
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING 
ACTIVITY 5: ASSESS ASPECTS
OF YOUR PERSONALITY
INSTRUCTION: DRAW A CIRCLE ON A BLANK SHEET
OF PAPER AND DIVIDE THE CIRCLE INTO 5
SEGMENTS. IN EACH SEGMENT YOU WILL WRITE
SOME DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF
1. Physical AS
YOURSELF Self:FOLLOWS:
Describe yourself. Include descriptions of
your height, weight, facial appearance, and quality of skin,
hair and descriptions of body areas.
2. Intellectual Self: Include here an assessment of how well
you reason and solve problems, your capacity to learn and
create, your general amount of knowledge, your specific
areas of knowledge, wisdom you have acquired, and
insights you have.
3. Emotional Self: Write as many words or phrase about typical
feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try to
avoid, feelings you especially enjoy, feelings from your past and
present, and feelings which are associated with each other.
4. Interactional Self: Include descriptions of your strengths and
weaknesses in intimate relationships and relationships to friends,
family, classmates and strangers in social settings. Describe the
strengths and weaknesses which your friends and family have
noticed. Describe what kind of son or daughter, brother or sister you
are.
5. Spiritual Self or Life Force: Write words or phrases which tell
about how you feel in this area. This could include your feelings
about yourself and organized religion, reactions about your spiritual
connections to others, feelings about your spiritual development and
history. Think about your spiritual routine.