Lesson 1 Introduction To Personal Development
Lesson 1 Introduction To Personal Development
INTRODUCTION TO
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Prepared by
Mr. Benedict B. Diaz, LPT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At any point of the learning period, students are able
to
Explain in his or her own words the definition of
Personal Development
Describe the psychological basis of Personal
Development
Relate the concept of Personal Development in his
or her own experiences as an adolescent
Express his or her own spiritual and religious
beliefs and how these influence his or her own
personal development
WRITTEN WORK
#1
Directions: Write a
200-word essay about
the changes that you
experienced as you pass
through puberty.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
1. Growth
It refers to measurable changes in
size, physique and body composition,
and various systems of the body,
whereas maturation refers to progress
toward the mature state.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
2. Development
It is about the body changing and
adapting over time, so all the parts
work more effectively and
efficiently together.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
3. Maturity
It implies an adult like quality in
thought and behaviour.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
4. Environment
It is a world outside ourselves
that causes contact and interaction
with the external world. It also
influences growth and
development.
BASIC CONCEPTS IN
PERSONALITY
DEVELOPMENT
5. Heredity
These are inborn traits passed on
by the generation of offsprings
from both sides of the biological
parents’ families
PRINCIPLES OF
GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
1. Cephalocaudal
This principle describes the
direction of growth and development.
The head region starts growth at first,
following by which other organs
starts developing.
PRINCIPLES OF
GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
2. Proximodistal
The spinal cord develops before
outer parts of the body. The child’s
arms develops before the hands, the
hands and feet develops before the
fingers and toes.
PRINCIPLES OF
GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
3. Orthogenic
This means that development of
more difficult tasks begins with the
mastery of simple tasks first. In other
words, one stage of development lays
the foundation for the next stage
of development.
WHEN DO YOU THINK
MAN STARTED
THINKING ABOUT THEIR
OWN DEVELOPMENT?
PLATO
Plato argued that
building character, as
much as, intelligence is
what education is all
about.
CONFUCIUS
The great Chinese being
will always desire to
become the “superior man”,
not just to his peers and
followers, bit to himself.
RELIGIONS
It influenced the way of life
of people in terms of self-
discipline, meditation,
prayers, physical exercise
and creative acts of
expression.
WHAT IS THE
PSYCHOLOG
Y BEHIND
THESE
CONCEPTS?
HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY