Personal Development (For Grades 11-12 – SHS STUDENTS)
Can also be a pre-study learning material for Understanding the Self (College
Subject)
CLASS NOTES/DISCUSSION
Personal Development
- The “self” is the union of elements that make up your unique traits as a person,
your personality
Elements – also called as dimensions: mental, physical, social, spiritual, emotional
Self-Concept – how someone thinks about, evaluates, or perceives themselves
3 Components of Self-Concept
1. Self-Image – refers to how you see yourself. Important to psychological
dimension. Doesn’t necessarily coincide with reality
2. Ideal Self – refers to how you wish you could be, Consist of our goals and
ambitions
3. Self-Esteem – refers to how much you value yourself
5 Aspects of Life
1. Physical – physical features/attributes
2. Intellectual – way of learning
3. Emotional – typical feelings
4. Interactional – relationship with others
5. Spiritual – spiritual level and routines
Cognitive Triangle
, Thoughts
What we think affects how we
feel and act
Actions Emotions
What we do affects how we How we feel affects what we
think and feel think and do
Event Thoughts Emotions Actions
Break Up Am I not enough? I feel regretful Reflect and have
because he didn’t time with others
fight for our love
Terminal Illness I have a lot of goals I feel sad and Rest well and follow
and dreams to miserable because doctor’s instructions
achieve so why I don’t have enough and orders
me? time to do the
things I love
Graduated Wow! I graduated I feel delighted and Celebrate, rest for a
even if it was hard contented because while, and find a job
during online class I graduated with
flying colors
3 Zones in Life:
1. Comfort Zone – where we feel safe
2. Courage Zone – where we should live; failures are teachers; learning from
mistakes
3. Crazy Zone – failures are practices; not learning from mistakes
Robert Havighurts’s Developmental Tasks
1. An adolescent must adjust to a new physical sense of self
2. An adolescent must adjust to new intellectual abilities
3. An adolescent must adjust to increase cognitive demands at school
4. An adolescent must develop expanded verbal skills
Can also be a pre-study learning material for Understanding the Self (College
Subject)
CLASS NOTES/DISCUSSION
Personal Development
- The “self” is the union of elements that make up your unique traits as a person,
your personality
Elements – also called as dimensions: mental, physical, social, spiritual, emotional
Self-Concept – how someone thinks about, evaluates, or perceives themselves
3 Components of Self-Concept
1. Self-Image – refers to how you see yourself. Important to psychological
dimension. Doesn’t necessarily coincide with reality
2. Ideal Self – refers to how you wish you could be, Consist of our goals and
ambitions
3. Self-Esteem – refers to how much you value yourself
5 Aspects of Life
1. Physical – physical features/attributes
2. Intellectual – way of learning
3. Emotional – typical feelings
4. Interactional – relationship with others
5. Spiritual – spiritual level and routines
Cognitive Triangle
, Thoughts
What we think affects how we
feel and act
Actions Emotions
What we do affects how we How we feel affects what we
think and feel think and do
Event Thoughts Emotions Actions
Break Up Am I not enough? I feel regretful Reflect and have
because he didn’t time with others
fight for our love
Terminal Illness I have a lot of goals I feel sad and Rest well and follow
and dreams to miserable because doctor’s instructions
achieve so why I don’t have enough and orders
me? time to do the
things I love
Graduated Wow! I graduated I feel delighted and Celebrate, rest for a
even if it was hard contented because while, and find a job
during online class I graduated with
flying colors
3 Zones in Life:
1. Comfort Zone – where we feel safe
2. Courage Zone – where we should live; failures are teachers; learning from
mistakes
3. Crazy Zone – failures are practices; not learning from mistakes
Robert Havighurts’s Developmental Tasks
1. An adolescent must adjust to a new physical sense of self
2. An adolescent must adjust to new intellectual abilities
3. An adolescent must adjust to increase cognitive demands at school
4. An adolescent must develop expanded verbal skills
