Developing the Whole Person: Module 3

• Module 3 is about Developing the Whole Person

Objectives:

• The relationship among physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual, and social development should be discussed to understand your thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
• Thoughts, feelings, and behavior should be evaluated
• The connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in actual life situations should be shown

Understanding a Whole Person:

• Whole person development refers to the holistic development of a person's actions and behaviors.
• Whole person emphasizes a person's complete aspects or totality
• To understand the perception of a person as a whole organism, philosophical theories such as Dualism and Holism will be discussed.

Dualism and Holism:

• Dualism and Holism describe the ideas of mind and body
• Dualism considers mind and body
• Holism believes in just the physical aspect

Mind and body of Descartes:

• Rene Descartes is a modern philosopher
• Descartes influenced mankind's thinking with his theory of duality

Yin Yang Symbol:

• Ancient Chinese philosophy has a concept where opposite forces are seen as interconnected and counterbalancing.
• Could be positive or negative
• Everything in life contains two opposites, and to maintain balance, a way to work harmoniously with both sides is needed

Holism and Gestalt of Smuts:

• General Jan C. Smuts was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher
• Smuts wrote about holism in his book Holism and Evolution
• The holistic concept is something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more than or different from the combination of parts; broadly, the general quality or character of something

Five Various Aspects of Human Person:

• Physiological: physical attributes including the five physical senses
• Cognitive: intellectual functions of the mind (thinking, recognizing, reasoning, analyzing, projecting, synthesizing, recalling, and assessing).
• 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

Five Core Values:

• Integrity: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles and uprightness
• Accountability: the fact or condition of being responsible
• Discipline: the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience
• Diligence: carefulness and persistent effort or work
• Perseverance: persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

Ten Basic Human Values:

• Shalom H. Schwartz is associated with the basic human values
• Self-Direction: independent thought and action; choosing, creating, and exploring
• Stimulation: excitement, novelty, and challenge in life
• Hedonism: pleasure and sensuous gratification for oneself
• Achievement: personal success through demonstrating competence according to social standards
• Power: social status and prestige, and control or dominance over people and resources
• Security: safety, harmony, and stability of society, of relationships, and of self
• Conformity: excitement, novelty, and challenge in life
• Tradition: respect, commitment, and acceptance of the customs and ideas that traditional culture or religion provide the self
• Benevolence: preserving and enhancing the welfare of those with whom one is in frequent personal contact
• Universalism: understanding, appreciation, tolerance, and protection for the welfare of all people and of nature