PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPING
THE WHOLE PERSON
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

• IT REFERS TO BODY CHANGES SUCH AS GROWTH, GROSS AND FINE

MOTORS SKILLS ENHANCEMENT AND BIOLOGICAL MATURITY.
• PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGE CAUSED BY THE RELEASE OF HORMONES IS
CALLED PUBERTY PHASE
- IT BEGINS IN EARLY ADOLESCENTS. THESE CHANGES ARE FOR INSTANCE,
BREAST DEVELOPMENT FOR FEMALES AND FACIAL HAIR FOR MALES.
- THESE CHANGES MAKE YOUNG ADOLESCENTS FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
• PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AFFECTS YOUNG ADOLESCENT’S EMOTIONAL,
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THAT IS NORMAL.
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

• THIS REFERS TO THE INCREASED ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND

MATTERS AND REASON OUT.
• THIS IS NOT CONSPICUOUS BUT INTENSE.
• YOUTH TEND TO SHOW CURIOSITY AND DISPLAY WIDE ARRAY OF INTEREST.
• FOND OF CONVERSING ACTIVELY PASSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND
PREFER SHARING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
• GRASP ABSTRACT PROCESSES. DEVELOP PROGRESS FROM CONCRETE
LOGICAL OPERATIONS TO HIGHER DEVELOPMENT OF ABILITIES SUCH AS
TESTING HYPOTHESIS, ANALYZING AND SYNTHESIZING DATA AS WELL AS
THINKING REFLECTIVELY.
• APPRECIATE HIGHER LEVEL SENSE OF HUMOR.
MORAL DEVELOPMENT

• THIS REFERS TO THE ABILITY OF MAKING PRINCIPLED CHOICES AND ON HOW TO TREAT
OTHERS.
• MOST ATTITUDES, BELIEFS AND VALUES OF YOUNG ADOLESCENTS REMAIN AS THEY GROW
OLD.
• THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT CAN RESULT INTO
THE ENHANCEMENT OF YOUNG ADOLESCENT’S TO THINK ANALYTICALLY, REFLECT AND
INTROSPECT.
• TEND TO BE FAIR AND IDEAL. THEY TRANSFORM FROM SELF-CENTERED TO CONSIDERING
OTHER FEELINGS’ PROSPECTIVE.
• GENDER AFFECTS HOW YOUTHS FACE PROBLEMS. MALES VIEW DILEMMAS THROUGH
JUSTICE LENS WHILE FEMALES USE AND INTERPERSONAL CARE PERSPECTIVE.
• THEY START TO LOOK INTO MORAL ISSUES IN THE SHADES OF GRAY.
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

REFERS TO IDENTITY FORMATION:

1. INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY – THIS IS WHEN THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES

THROUGH TASKS AND SKILLS THEY PERFORM WELL.
2. IDENTITY VS IDENTITY – THIS IS WHEN THEY EXPLORE AND EXPERIMENT
THROUGH VARIOUS ROLES AND EXPERIENCES. THE DEGREE OF
EXPLORATION DEFINES THE IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT.
• IN THIS STAGE, THEY ARE INTO SEEKING THEIR OWN SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY
AND UNIQUENESS.
• FEEL FOR PEER APPROVAL, ADULT IDENTITY AND ACCEPTANCE.
• AS THEY SEARCH FOR IDENTITY, THE FEELING VULNERABILITY ARISES AS
THEY BECOME AWARE TO THEIR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SELF AND OTHERS.
• EARLY ADOLESCENTS ARE INTENSE AND UNPREDICTABLE. TEND TO BE MOODY,
RESTLESS, ERRATIC AND ANXIOUS.
• SELF-CONSCIOUS AND SENSITIVE TOWARDS CRITICISM.
• DURING THIS STAGE, SELF-ESTEEM ARISES AND IMPROVES WHILE SELF-
COMPETENCE IN ACADEMIC SUBJECTS DECLINE.
• THEY ALSO LIKELY TO BE MELLOW DRAMATIC, EXAGGERATE PALTRY MATTERS
AND SPEAKING OUT NAIVE OPINIONS.
• THEY USUALLY MAKE CHOICES WITH NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE THAT THEIR EXPERIENCES, FEELINGS AND PROBLEMS ARE UNIQUE.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
• IT REFERS TO THE MATURITY OF INTERACTION WITH INDIVIDUALS OR
GROUP.
• THIS STAGE IS WHERE THEY LONG TO BE IN A PEER GROUP AND
EXPERIENCE CONFLICTING LOYALTIES TOWARDS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
• THEY TEND TO MIMIC BEHAVIORS FROM OTHERS TO BE ACCEPTED. THEY
ARE TORN BETWEEN BEING ACCEPTED AND UNIQUE.
• THIS STAGE IS WHERE THEY MEET CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND EXPERIENCE
ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL ATTRACTION TOWARDS OTHERS.
• BULLYING ALSO STARTS TO BE VISIBLE.
• THEY ALSO START TO BE REBELLIOUS TOWARDS THEIR PARENTS AND YET
STILL DEPEND ON THEM.
• THEY EXAGGERATE REACTIONS TOWARDS ISSUES. WHEN THEY FEEL THE
FEELING OF REJECTING, THEY SEEK THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THEIR
PEER GROUP.
• THESE CHANGES ARE NATURAL AND MUST BE APPRECIATED.
• ACCEPTANCE MEANS DEVELOPMENT AND EVENTUALLY, THESE CHANGES
WILL BE A HELP TO COPE BETTER WITH THEIR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.