CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION TO
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
 3 ASPECTS OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Covers the growth of the body and the brain,

motor and sensory skills, and even physical
health.
 COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

• Covers our capacity to learn, to speak, to

understand, to reason, and to create
 PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Includes our social interactions with other

people, our emotions, attitudes, self –
identity , personality, beliefs and values.
 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
• Covers the whole life span of human existence in relation to three
domains.
 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
• One’s own development and growth within the context of the three aspects
of human development.
 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT influenced the
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• Heredity – or the inborn traits passed on by generations of offspring from
both sides of the biological parent’s families.
• Environment- is the world outside of ourselves and the experiences that
result from our contact and interaction with this external world.
• Maturation – natural progression of the brain and the body that affects the
cognitive, psychological and social dimension of a person.
 “personal” , “personality”,
“development”
• Personal –belonging or relating to a particular person
• Personality – defined as the set of emotional qualities, ways of behaving,
etc. that makes a person different from other people.
• Development – the act or process of growing or causing something to
grow or become large or more advanced.
 Personal Development
• Defined as a process in which persons reflect upon themselves, understand
who they are, accept what they discover and about themselves and learn
new sets of values, attitudes, behavior and thinking skills to reach their
fullest potential as a human being.
 Origins of Personal Development
• The evolution of the understanding of human development may have
started eons ago when the first Homo Sapiens walked face of the earth.
• Even during the early times to a human development and civilization there
was already an attempt to link individual development with social
responsibility.
• Evolved into Human Potential Movement in the 1960’s influenced by the
popular philosophies at that time.
 PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
• Psychology – study of human thinking and behavior serve as a foundation
for personal development.
• Two proponents of humanistic psychology were Abraham Maslow and
Carl Rogers. While Maslow theorized the five stages of Human
Development based on Hierarchy of Needs peaking in what he termed as
“self actualization, carl rogers in his psychotherapy practice and theorized
that “individual has within himself the capacity and the tendency latent if
not evident, to move forward toward maturity.
 Personal Development in Adolescence
Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and early adulthood.
Scientist and psychologist may slightly differ in pegging at the exact age of
adolescence. It is widely believed to be between ages 11 or 12 and lasting
about 18 years of age
 3 stages of adolescence as:
• Early Adolescence- between 10 and 13 years of age.
• Middle Adolescence- between 14 and 16 years of age.
• Late Adolescence – between 17 and 20 years of age.
 Spirituality and Religious Beliefs in Personal
Development
• During adolescence , young people will start asking abstract questions.
1. Politics
2. Religion
3. Belief
 Different Religious Perspective
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism
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