Mabinay Science High School
Personal
Development
Module 1: Knowing and Understanding oneself
during Middle and Late Adolescence
Brixler L. Patris
SST-1
Introduction
*Personal Development is a lifelong process.
*This is a very interesting course, and can become the most personally
rewarding for you, because the subject matter for this course is YOU.
*This course shall make you take a deeper look at yourself and
analyze your development changes (your skills and traits) which can
help you meet the various tasks that you must undertake at this point
in your life.
*It shall provide you with some techniques to meet stress and other
mental health issues with one’s strengths and coping powers.
Introduction
*The course shall also give you the chance to analyze your
relationships with your family, friends and significant others.
*Finally, the PERDEV course shall help you take a stock of where
you are in your career development and how to get to where you
want to be.
Materials for Perdev
*Journal or notebook for PERDEV (notetaking, writing down your
reflection, insights, comments and opinions.
*PORTFOLIO (will be collected at the end of the semester ) teacher will
give a grade based on the completeness and quality of your work.
OBJECTIVES
1. Explain about SELF-CONCEPT, PERSONAL STRENGTHS and
DEVELOPMENT NEEDS;
2. Demonstrate talent/skills; and
3. Reflect on the importance of knowing oneself in dealing with others
and in increasing efficiency.
To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom. -
Socrates
Knowing yourself is beyond knowing your
favorites.
It is a long-term process and you may need to
meet the world for you to find yourself.
First Activity:
*You need ¼ sheet of paper.
*Talk about how you see yourself by
answering the question, “WHO AM I?”
Knowing yourself is beyond knowing your
favorites.
OBJECTIVES
1. Explain about SELF-CONCEPT, PERSONAL STRENGTHS and
DEVELOPMENT NEEDS;
2. Demonstrate talent/skills; and
3. Reflect on the importance of knowing oneself in dealing with others
and in increasing efficiency.
SELF-CONCEPT – is our individual
perceptions of our behavior, abilities, and
unique characteristics-a mental picture of who
you are as a person.
*Unique to the individual
*Can be positive or negative
*has emotional, intellectual and functional
dimensions
*changes with the environmental context
*changes over time
*has a powerful influence on one’s life.
KEEP THIS IN MIND
SELF-CONCEPT – is the way people think
about themselves. It shapes and defines who
we are, the decisions we make, and the
relationships we form.
CARL ROGERS (humanist psychologist)
believed that there were three different parts
of self-concept
1. SELF-IMAGE
2. SELF-ESTEEM
3. IDEAL SELF
1. SELF-IMAGE - how you see yourself.
(mixture of physical characteristics,
personality traits, and social roles) Doesn’t
necessarily coincide with reality.
2. SELF-ESTEEM - how much you value
yourself. A number of factors can impact self-
esteem, including how we compare ourselves
to others and find ourselves lacking, it can
have a negative impact on our self-esteem.
2. IDEAL SELF - how you wish you could be.
The way we see ourselves and how we would
like to see ourselves do not quite match up.
What will happen if there is a mismatch
between your self-image and your ideal self?
Answer: It is likely to affect how much you
value yourself. Therefore, there is an intimate
relationship between self-image, ideal self
and self-esteem.
According to Carl Rogers
“the degree to which a person’s self-concept
matches up to reality is known as congruence
and incongruence.”
Incongruence – a difference may exist
between a person’s ideal self and actual
experience.
Congruence – a person’s ideal self and actual
experience are consistent or very similar.
Why is self-concept important?
Knowing who you are will help you feel that
you have worth and value in this world.
When you accept yourself who you are, it will
be easier for others to accept you.
BENEFITS of SELF-CONCEPT
1. Happiness
2. Less Inner Conflict
3. Better decision making
4. Self-control
5. Resistance to social pressure
6. Tolerance and understanding of others
7. Vitality and pleasure.
BENEFITS of SELF-CONCEPT
1. Happiness –you will be happier when you
can express who you are. Expressing your
desires will make it more likely that you
get what you want.
BENEFITS of SELF-CONCEPT
2. Less Inner Conflict – When your outside
actions are in accordance with your inside
feelings and values, you will experience less
inner conflict.
BENEFITS of SELF-CONCEPT
3. Better decision making – when you know
yourself, you are able to make better choices
about everything from small decisions like
which sweater you’ll buy to big decisions like
which partner you’ll spend your life with.
Ou’ll have guidelines you can apply to solve
life’s varied problems.
BENEFITS of SELF-CONCEPT
4. Self-control – you understand what
motivates you to resist bad habits and develop
good ones. You’ll have the insight to know
which values and goals activate your
willpower.
BENEFITS of SELF-CONCEPT
5. Resistance to social pressure – when you
are grounded in your values and preferences,
you are less likely to say “yes” when you
want to say “no”.
BENEFITS of SELF-CONCEPT
7. Vitality and pleasure – being who you are
truly are helps you feel more alive and makes
your experience of life richer, larger and more
exciting.
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Means making use of all the personal
resources (talents, skills, energy and time, to
enable you to achieve life goals.
Our personal effectiveness depends on our
innate characteristics.
Talents are needed to identified and then
developed to be used in a particular subject
are (science, literature, sports, politics etc)
Experience includes knowledge and skills that
we acquire in the process of cognitive and
practical activities.
Knowledge is required for setting goals,
defining an action plan to achieve them and
risk assessment.
Skills also determine whether real actions are
performed in accordance with the plan.
Here are some skills that will greatly increase
the efficiency of any person who owns them:
1. Determination
2. Self-confidence
3. Persistence
4. Managing stress
5. Problem-solving kills
6. Creativity
7. Generating ideas
TASK 2: SELF-CONCEPT
Copy and answer these questions in 1 whole
sheet of paper.
1. Why is knowing yourself important?
2. When you think about your relationships,
what do you think is more important: IQ
or EQ? Explain.
3. What does personal effectiveness mean to
you?
4. How can you achieve personal
effectiveness?
