Personal Development

• SELF


  One's personality or ego. What is manifested by one's consciousness and behavior. Constitutes the personal identity with its ways of perceiving, thinking, feeling, valuing, and behaving.
• PERSONALITY


  How an individual distinctly thinks and behaves in different situations. Came from the Greek word persona which means putting on a mask.
• GORDON ALLPORT


  • A psychologist who espoused the uniqueness of each individual. Focused on understanding and measuring personality in terms of traits, concluding that there are 4500 different traits (the most).
• RAYMOND CATTELL


  • He conducted research on personality traits and concluded that there are 16 basic dimensions. His main goal was to predict a person's future behavior. He defined traits as reaction tendencies that are somewhat temperament parts of the personality.
• CATTELL'S PERSONALITY TRAITS


  • Surface Traits - Traits that are readily observable by others. Can be unstable or temporary, may weaken or strengthen depending on the situation.
  • Source Traits - Core of the personality. Most important and fundamental trait.
• ROBERT MCCRAE and PAUL COSTA


  • Narrowed down the 16 traits to the Big Five. It became universal and widely agreed upon dimension of personality called the Five-Factor Trait Theory.
• MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI)
• ENNEAGRAM


  An asian tool for knowing one's personality type. Makes one aware of their strengths and blind spots.
• CARL ROGERS


  • In his Person-Centered Theory, he mentioned two subsystems within the self: the self-concept and the ideal self. Self Concept - The way we consciously see ourselves. Ideal Self - The self we aspire to be. Self-Concept Clarity - Clear and confidently defining an individual's self-concept.
• KNOWING ONESELF THROUGH OTHERS

  Using others judgments and perceptions.
• FIVE AREAS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Physiological - Physical changes in the body and movement. Puberty.
  • Emotional
  • Social - inborn capacity to relate to others, to connect, and to feel belongingness.
  • Cognitive - person's intellectual abilities (thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and values)
  • Spiritual - A glimpse of the "inner guide"of one's beliefs and values for discovering meaning in life. Evident in puberty.
• SELF


  One's personality or ego. What is manifested by one's consciousness and behavior. Constitutes the personal identity with its ways of perceiving, thinking, feeling, valuing, and behaving.
• PERSONALITY


  How an individual distinctly thinks and behaves in different situations. Came from the Greek word persona which means putting on a mask.
• EMOTIONS


  Responses that generate biochemical reactions in bodies, changing the physical state.
• GORDON ALLPORT


  • A psychologist who espoused the uniqueness of each individual. Focused on understanding and measuring personality in terms of traits, concluding that there are 4500 different traits (the most).
• FEELINGS


  Reactions to emotions
• RAYMOND CATTELL


  • He conducted research on personality traits and concluded that there are 16 basic dimensions. His main goal was to predict a person's future behavior. He defined traits as reaction tendencies that are somewhat temperament parts of the personality.
• ATTITUDE


  Personal stance that one develops from previous, personal experiences. 3 Components: Affective, Behavioral, Cognitive
• CATTELL'S PERSONALITY TRAITS


  • Surface Traits - Traits that are readily observable by others. Can be unstable or temporary, may weaken or strengthen depending on the situation.
  • Source Traits - Core of the personality. Most important and fundamental trait.
• ROBERT MCCRAE and PAUL COSTA


  • Narrowed down the 16 traits to the Big Five. It became universal and widely agreed upon dimension of personality called the Five-Factor Trait Theory.
• MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI)


  A tool for knowing one's personality type.
• ENNEAGRAM


  An asian tool for knowing one's personality type. Makes one aware of their strengths and blind spots.
• CARL ROGERS


  • In his Person-Centered Theory, he mentioned two subsystems within the self: the self-concept and the ideal self. Self Concept - The way we consciously see ourselves. Ideal Self - The self we aspire to be. Self-Concept Clarity - Clear and confidently defining an individual's self-concept.
• KNOWING ONESELF THROUGH OTHERS

  Using others judgments and perceptions.
• FIVE AREAS OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Physiological - Physical changes in the body and movement. Puberty.
  • Emotional - Responses that generate biochemical reactions in bodies, changing the physical state. Feelings - Reactions to emotions.
  • Social - Inborn capacity to relate to others, to connect, and to feel belongingness.
  • Cognitive - Person's intellectual abilities (thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and values). Attitude - Personal stance that one develops from previous, personal experiences. 3 Components: Affective, Behavioral, Cognitive.
  • Spiritual - A glimpse of the "inner guide" of one's beliefs and values for discovering meaning in life. Evident in puberty. Belief - Ideal one judges to be true. Values - Subjective judgments.
• ALBERT BANDURA


  • Personality as the interaction of many factors that affect a person (thoughts, feelings, and body characteristics, behavior, environment). Children are active information processors. People are self-regulating, proactive, and self-reflecting.
• BELIEF


  Ideal one judges to be true
• VALUES


  Subjective judgments
• SELF-EFFICACY


  How effective do I see myself to be? A person gains control over outside factors by altering their perception. Bases for One's belief in self efficacy: Mastery of experiences or past performances, Social modeling or vicarious experience, Social persuasion, Physical and emotional stress.
• TABULA RASA - People are born with a blank slate (Myers, 2008). People learn their behaviors from their environment.
• ALBERT BANDURA


  • Personality as the interaction of many factors that affect a person (thoughts, feelings, and body characteristics, behavior, environment). Children are active information processors. People are self-regulating, proactive, and self-reflecting.
• BURRHUS FREDERICK SKINNER


  • One is the sum total of behavior that were rewarded by their environment. Behavior changes based on rewards and punishments.
• SELF-EFFICACY


  How effective do I see myself to be? A person gains control over outside factors by altering their perception. Bases for One's belief in self efficacy: Mastery of experiences or past performances, Social modeling or vicarious experience, Social persuasion, Physical and emotional stress
• ALBERT BANDURA


  • Having a nurturing environment with positive models result to positive judgmental processes. Modelling - the people that one looks up to can influence their identity, beliefs, and values.
• TABULA RASA
• PEOPLE WITH HIGH SELF-EFFICACY ARE MUCH MORE CONFIDENT.
• BURRHUS FREDERICK SKINNER


  • One is the sum total of behavior that were rewarded by their environment. Behavior changes based on rewards and punishments.
• ALBERT BANDURA


  • Having a nurturing environment with positive models result to positive judgmental processes.
• MARIA LOURDES LLANEZA - RAMOS

  • Filipino professor and psychologist. Developed an Asian - Transpersonal approach to growing self. Lotus Flower- symbol of "self" rises from the mud and brings joy. Each one has an inner garden of dreams and aspirations that need to be cultivated into a bigger and fuller self. Factors: Presence, Openness, Awareness, Acceptance, Understanding, Freedom, Choice.
• MODELLING


  The people that one looks up to can influence their identity, beliefs, and values.