Objectives: At the end of the chapter, you
are expected to:
1. Understand and explain in your own words
what personal development is.
2. Understand and explain the psychological basis
of personal development
3. Relate concept of personal development to
your own experiences as an adolescence
4. Express your spiritual and religious beliefs and
how these influence your personal
development.
Three aspects of human or
domain of human development
1. Physical development-which covers
the growth of the body and the
brain, motor and sensory skills, and
even physical health.
2. Cognitive development-which
covers our capacity to learn, to
speak, to understand, to reason,
and to create.
Cont.
Physiological development- which
includes our social interactions with
other people, our emotions,
attitudes, self identity, personality,
beliefs, and values.
Three factors that affect human
development
1. Heredity-the traits, passed on by the
generations of offsprings from both sides of
biological parent’s family.
2. Environment- the world outside ourselves and
the experiences that result from our contact and
interaction with his external world.
3. Maturation- is the natural progress of the brain
and the body that affects the cognitive,
psychological, and social dimension of a person.
Personality development - the
process by which a person's
personality traits, such as their
thoughts and behavior patterns,
form and change over time.
Personal development- is a process
in which persons reflect upon
themselves understand who they
are, accept what they discover
about themselves, and learn or
unlearn new sets of values, attitudes,
behavior, and thinking skills to reach
the fullest potential as human being.
Psychology- the study of human
thinking and behavior, serves as
foundation of development.
Two proponents of humanistic
psychology
1. Abraham Maslow- Theorized the five
stages of development based on the
hierarchy of needs. (self –actualization)
2. Carl Rogers- in his psychotherapy
practice, theorized that the individual
has within himself has the capacity and
the tendency to move forward toward
maturity.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Martin Seligman
•Martin Seligman is widely considered the
founder of positive psychology:
• Seligman coined the term "positive psychology"
in 1998. He was concerned that mainstream
psychology focused too much on disease and
disorders, rather than well-being, resilience,
and recovery.
Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi- one of the
proponents of the positive
psychology.
Positive psychology
Positive psychology- stresses that human
nature has its good and positive strength,
as well as its inadequacies and
weaknesses.
Positive psychology- it is the scientific
study of the strength and virtues that
enable individuals and communicate to
thrive. (University of Pennsylvania)
Personal Development and
Adolescence
Adolescence – is the transition
period between childhood and
early childhood.
Philippine context ( Corpuz, Lucas,
Borabo and Lucido)
Early Adolescence- between 10-
13 yrs.old
Middle Adolescence- between 14-
16 yrs. old
Late Adolescence- between 17-20
yrs. old
Adolescence starts with biological
changes which is called puberty
period.
Spirituality and Religious Beliefs
in Personal Development
It depends upon on what kind of beliefs a
person has.
Answer the following questions:
1. What do you think is the effect of
heredity in your personality?
2. Do you agree that the things you
inherit from your parents will always
be a help for you to develop as a
person? Cite an example.
