PERDEV Module 1: Knowing and Understanding Oneself PDF

PERDEV Module 1: Knowing and Understanding Oneself Ideal Self - The self that you aspire/want to be. Actual Self - The actual you or the one that you actually see. - The self that you are born to have. Self-concept - Refers to awareness of yourself. Self-knowledge - Derived from...

PERDEV Module 1: Knowing and Understanding Oneself Ideal Self - The self that you aspire/want to be. Actual Self - The actual you or the one that you actually see. - The self that you are born to have. Self-concept - Refers to awareness of yourself. Self-knowledge - Derived from social interactions that provide insights into how others react to you. Skills that will greatly increase the efficiency of any person. - Determination -- Allows you to focus on achieving a specific goal without bring distracted. - Self-confidence -- appears in the process of personal development as a result of becoming aware of yourself. - Persistence -- keeps you moving forward regardless of the problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. - Managing stress -- helps fight stress that arise in daily life. - Problem-solving skills -- they help cope with the problems encountered with a lack of experience. - Creativity -- allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action. - Generating ideas -- it helps you to achieve goals using new, original, unconventional ideas. **Three kinds of people in this world:** - Moviegoer -- watches the movie of his/her life, admires some parts and criticizes others. Actor - Realizes she is the actor and she can control a big part of her life. - They wish the movie would end in another way \-- but realize that they have no say in such things. Scripwriter - Actually creates the entire movie from her mind. - She determines what she will say and do, and how the movie will end. - She has enormous control over her life and sees to it that the movie will turn out beautiful. "You create your own destiny" -- bro. bo sanchez Module 2: Developing the whole person 1. Physical self -- Description of your height, weight, facial appearance and quality of skin and description of body areas. 2. Intellectual self -- how well you reason and solve problems, your capacity to learn and create your general amount of knowledge, specific areas of knowledge, wisdom you have acquired. 3. Emotional self -- typical feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try to avoid, feelings you especially enjoy, feelings from your past and present, and feelings which are associated with each other. 4. Sensual self -- what sense do you use most -- sight, hearing, speaking, smelling, touching? 5. Interactional self -- Desribe the strength and weaknesses which your friends and family have notices. 6. Nutritional self -- How do you nourish yourself? What do you like and dislike? 7. Contextual self -- could be in the areas of maintenance of your living environment, reaction to light, temperature, space weather, colors, sound, and seasons and your impact on the environment. 8. Spiritual self -- include your feelings about yourself and organized religion. Personality -- characteristics patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that makes a person unique, - Thoughts -- what we think affects what we feel and act. - Feelings -- how we feel affects what we think and do. - Behavior -- what we do affects how we feel and think. - Personality derives from the Latin word "persona", which means mask. **Characteristics of Personality** 1. Personality is unique in individual. 2. It impacts behavior and action. 3. Refers to persistent qualities of individual. 4. The result of social interactions. 5. Always dynamic. 6. Determines our reasoning, thinking, and actions. Personality is not determined by a single factor, but by an accumulation of many factors. Some of those factors are psychological, while others are physical, biological, and hereditary. **Biological factors** - Brain -- father and son adopt almost the same type of brain stimulation. - Physical factor -- it involves height, color, health status and beauty of the person. - Heredity factor -- factors affect the physical features, intelligence level, attentiveness, gender, temperament, various inherited diseases and energy level. **Social Factors** - The society that we live in, the environment, the community are all included in this factor. - Socialization starts with the contact between a mother and infant. **Cultural Factors** - The culture in which one lives in, traditional practices, norms, customs, etc. are determinants of personality. - The faith, religion and beliefs are also very important. **Situational Factors** - Change a person's behavior and response from time to time. - Can be commonly observed when a person behaves and exhibits different traits and characteristics. **Module 3: Developmental Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence** Human Development -- Focuses on human growth and changes across the lifespan. **Characteristics of Developmental Stagesof a Human** - Pre-natal (Conception to Birth) -- Age when heredity endowments and sex are fixed and all body features, both external and internal are developed. - Infancy (Birth to 2 years) -- Foundation age when basic behavior are organized, and many ontogenetic skills are developed. - Early Childhood (2 to 6 years) -- Pre-gang, exploratory and questioning. - Late Childhood (6 to 12 years) -- Gang and creativity age when self-help skills, social skills, school skills, and play are developed. - Adolescence (Poverty to 18 years) -- Transition age when childhood to adulthood. - Early Adulthood (18 to 40 years) -- Age of adjustment to new patterns of life. - Middle Age (40 years to retirement) -- Transition age when adjustments to initial physical and mental decline are experienced. - Old age (Retirement to Death) -- When increasingly rapid physical and mental decline are experienced. **Module 4: The Challenges of Middle and Late adolescence** Physical Development - Most girls have completed the physical changes related to puberty by age 15. - Boys are still maturing and gaining strength, muscle mass, and height and are completing the development of sexual traits. Emotional Development - May stress over school and test scores. - Is self-involved (may have high expectations) - Seeks privacy and time alone. - Is concerned about physical and sexual attractiveness. - May complain that parents prevent him or her from doing things independently Social development - shifts in relationship with parents from dependency and subordination to one - that reflects the adolescent's increasing maturity and responsibilities in the family - and the community, - Seeks friends that share the same beliefs, values, and interests. - Friends become more important. - Explores romantic and sexual behaviors with others. - May be influenced by peers to try risky behaviors (alcohol, tobacco, sex). Mental Development - Becomes better able to set goals and think in terms of the future. - Has a better understanding of complex problems and issues. - Starts to develop moral ideals and to select role models Encouragement -- the key ingredient for improving your relationships with others. - We discourage in five general ways: - We set standards that are too high for others to meet because we are overly ambitious. - We focus on mistakes as a way to motivate change or improved behavior. - We make constant comparisons (self to others, siblings to one another). - We automatically give a negative spin to the actions of others. - We dominate others by being overly helpful, implying that they are unable to do it as well. **Erik Erikson: Eight Stages of Development** Psychosocial development -- refers to the emotional and psychological changes across the life cycle. **Psychosocial stages** - **Stage 1 -- Trust vs. Mistrust** - Children are completely dependent on others. - Trust: dependable & reliable - Mistrust: undependable, unpredictable & dangerous. - **Stage 2 -- Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt** - Autonomy: Secure and confident self. - Shame: Inadequacy, self-doubt. - **Stage 3 -- Initiative vs. Guilt** - Initiative and guilt should be balance to have moral judgment - Initiative: Creative and constructive - Guilt: Always being wrong, failed to explore world. - **Stage 4 -- Industry vs. Inferiority** - Children's have to cope with new social and academic demands. - Industry: Sense of competence - Inferiority: Weak sense of self, incapable to take responsibility - **Stage 5 -- Identity vs. Role confusion** - Children learn a number of different roles. - Identity: Who we are - Role confusion: Ego diffusion - **Stage 6-- Intimacy vs. Isolation** - Start of families - Intimacy: Strong relationship - Isolation: Loneliness - **Stage 7 -- Generativity vs. Stagnation** - Primary developmental task is one of contributing to society and helping to guide future generation. - Generativity: Social involvement, parenting - Stagnation: material possession, physical well-being, non-productive. - **Stage 8 -- Integrity vs. Despair** - In the last stages of life individuals look back over their lives and judged them. - Integrity: feeling of wisdom and meaning - Despair: Regret, bitterness