Personal Development

• Personal development is the process by which an individual grows intellectually, emotionally, socially or spiritually
• the whole nature / character of a person

  personality
• the act or process of growing or causing something to grow over a period of time

  development
• he created a taxonomy of 16 personalities

  raymond cattell
• growth of the body, brain, motor and sensory skills, and physical health

  physical development
• capacity to learn, speak, understand, reason, and create

  cognitive development
• social interactions with people, emotions, attitudes, self-identity, personality, beliefs, and values

  psychosocial development
• inborn traits passed by generations

  heredity
• 3 factors of heredity

  1. physical
  2. mental
  3. emotional
• the world outside of ourselves

  environment
• how environment influences human development

  1. nutrition
  2. housing
  3. climate
  4. culture
  5. pollution
  6. bacterial diseases
• natural progression of the brain and body

  maturation
• human thinking and behavior that serves as a foundation for personal development

  psychology
• 2 proponents of human psychology

  1. Abraham Maslow
  2. Carl Rogers
• hierarchy of needs

  Abraham Maslow

  1. self-actualization
  2. esteem
  3. love and belonging
  4. safety
  5. physiological needs
• according to him, the individual has within himself the capacity and tendency to move forward toward maturity

  Carl Rogers
• a person's motivation to reach his own potential

  self-actualization
• transition period between childhood and early adulthood

  adolescence
• • 10-13 years old
  • change in physical characteristics
  • developed abilities to think and learn

  early adolescence
• • 14-16 years old
  • urgency for freedom (independence)
  • change in voice, increased appetite and need for sleep
  • new thinking skills through humor
  • worrying what others think

  middle adolescence
• • 17-20 years old
  • physically and emotionally mature
  • considers others' point of view
  • could gain financial independence
  • future goals are defined
  • seek committed relationships and intimacy

  late adolescence
• the agent responsible for an individual's thoughts and actions

  self
• 3 quotients

  1. intelligence quotient
  2. emotional quotient
  3. adversity quotient
• genetics

  nature
• experiences, culture, upbringing

  nurture
• proponent of holistic development

  General Jan C. Smuts
• involves all parts of a person

  holistic development
• 5 aspects of a whole person

  1. physical
  2. social
  3. spiritual
  4. mental
  5. emotional
• 3 domains of human development by Papalia and Feldman in 2012

  1. Physical Development
  2. Cognitive Development
  3. Psychosocial Development
• 3 Aspects by which Human Development is Influenced

  1. Heredity
  2. Environment
  3. Maturation