PERDEV WEEK 1

• Personal development is a process where individuals reflect upon themselves, understand who they are, accept what they discover, and learn new sets of values, attitudes, behavior, and thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as human beings

  
• Personality is a set of emotional qualities and behaviors that make a person different from others, reflecting personal or social traits
• Development is the act or process of growing or causing something to grow or advance, creating something over time
• In adolescence, personal development occurs in stages:

  • Early Adolescence: 10 to 13 years old
  • Middle Adolescence: 14 to 16 years old
  • Late Adolescence: 17 to 20 years old
  • Adolescence starts with the biological changes called puberty, leading to physical maturity
• Self-concept is influenced by both biological inheritance and environmental factors, resulting in two kinds of self:

  • Ideal Self: the self one aspires to be, possessing characteristics similar to a mentor or other figure
  • Actual Self: the self one actually sees, influenced by learning and environmental factors
• The Johari Window model is a four-quadrant grid used for self-awareness and developing relationships with others:

  • Open Area (Quadrant 1): things known about oneself and by others
  • Blind Area (Quadrant 2): things unknown to oneself but known by others
  • Hidden Area (Quadrant 3): things known to oneself but not to others
  • Unknown Area (Quadrant 4): things unknown to oneself and others
• Ways to get to know oneself include:

  • Introspection or Self-Analysis
  • Keeping a Self-Reflective Journal
  • Being Self-Aware
  • Self-Affirmation