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• physical development which covers the growth of the body and the brain, motor and sensory skills, and even physical health;
• cognitive development, which covers our capacity to learn, to speak, to understand, to reason, and to create;
• psychosocial development, which includes our social interactions with other people, our emotions, attitudes, self-identity, personality, beliefs, and values.
• • Heredity or the inborn traits passed on by the generations of offsprings from both sides of the biological parents' families.
• • Environment is the world outside of ourselves and the experiences that result from our contact and interaction with this external world.
• • Maturation is the natural progression of the brain and the body that affects the cognitive (thinking and intelligence), psychological (emotion, attitude, and self-identity), and social (relationships) dimensions of a person. The influence of physical maturation over a person's development is most pronounced during his or her childhood and adolescence stages.
• "personal" is defined as:

  belonging or relating to a particular person; made or designed to be used by one person;

  someone whose job involves working for or helping a particular person; and of, relating to, or affecting a particular person.
• "personality," on the other hand, is defined as:

  • the set of emotional qualities, ways of behaving, etc., that makes a person different from other people;
  • attractive qualities (such as energy, friendliness, and humor) that make a person interesting or pleasant to be with;attractive qualities that make something unusual or interesting;
  • distinction or excellence of personal and social traits; also a person having such quality; and
  • a person of importance, prominence, renown, or notoriety.
• the word "development" is defined as:

  • the act or process of growing or causing something to grow or become larger or more advanced;
  • the act or process of creating something over a period of time; and
  • the state of being created or made more advanced.
• Personal development may be defined as a process in which persons reflect upon themselves, understand who they are, accept what they discover about themselves, and learn (or unlearn) new sets of values, attitudes, behavior, and thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as human beings.
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to Theorize the Five Stages of Human Development:

  • SELF-ACTUALIZATION

  • ESTEEM

  • LOVE/BELONGING

  • SAFETY

  • PHYSIOLOGICAL
• Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and early adulthood.
• • Early adolescence - between 10 and 13 years
• • Middle adolescence - between 14 and 16 years
• • Late adolescence - between 17 and 20 years