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• Human development


  Focuses on human growth and changes across the lifespan including physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality, and emotional growth
• The study of human developmental stages is essential to understanding how humans learn, mature and adapt
• Humans go through various stages of development throughout their lives
• The human being is either in a state of growth or decline, but either condition imparts change
• Some aspects of our life change very little over time, are consistent; other aspects change dramatically
• By understanding these changes, we can better respond and plan ahead effectively
• Developmental Tasks Theory

  Development is continuous throughout the entire lifespan, occurring in stages, where the individual moves from one stage to the next by means of successful resolution of problems or performance of developmental tasks
• Developmental tasks are those that are typically encountered by most people in the culture where the individual belongs
• If the person successfully accomplishes and masters the developmental task, he feels pride and satisfaction, and consequently earns his community or society's approval
• If the individual is not successful at accomplishing a task, he is unhappy and is not accorded the desired approval by society, resulting in the subsequent experience of difficulty when faced with succeeding developmental tasks
• This theory presents the individual as an active learner who continually interacts with a similarly active social environment
• Havighurst's bio psychosocial model of development

  The developmental tasks at each stage are influenced by the individual's biology (physiological maturation and genetic makeup), his psychology (personal values and goals) and sociology (specific culture to which the individual belongs)
• Seven developmental tasks a Filipino adolescent needs to learn

  • Developing occupational skills
  • Self-reliance
  • Ability to manage their finances
  • Social responsibility
  • Mature work orientation
  • Personal responsibility
  • Positive attitude towards work
• Additional list of developmental tasks and skills a Filipino should acquire

  • Being courageous in standing up and being different from your friends
  • Developing self-esteem
  • Being true to yourself and avoiding the tendency to please others
  • Learning how media and advertising are trying to influence your thinking and feelings
  • Becoming aware, critical, and being involved with social issues
  • Embracing healthy lifestyle
  • Developing your spirituality
• Personal relationships


  Close connections between people, formed by emotional bonds and interactions
• Relationships are not static; they are continually evolving, and to fully enjoy and benefit from them we need skills, information, inspiration, practice, and social support
• Family


  Two or more persons who are related by birth, marriage, or a adoption and who live together as one household
• Characteristics of a family

  • Support, mutual trust, regular interactions, shared beliefs and values, security, and a sense of community
• Friendship


  A close tie between two people that is often built upon mutual experiences, shared interests, proximity, and emotional bonding
• The average person has about six close ties, though some have more, and many have only one or none
• Online friends do not count toward close ties - research indicates that a large online network is not nearly as powerful as having a few close, real-life friends
• Romantic partnerships

  Close relationships formed between two people that are built upon affection, trust, intimacy, and romantic love
• We usually experience this kind of relationship with only one person at a time
• Family legacy

  A social, emotional and spiritual legacy passed on from parent to child
• Passing on a positive, affirming legacy is so important and a negative legacy can be so destructive
• If we don't intentionally pass a legacy consistent with our beliefs to our children, our culture will pass along its own, often leading to a negative end
• Passing on a spiritual, emotional and social legacy is a process, not an event
• We are responsible for the process, God is responsible for the product
• Emotional legacy

  An enduring sense of security and stability nurtured in an environment of safety and love
• A negative emotional legacy hinders our ability to cope with the inevitable struggles of life
• A strong emotional legacy


  • Provides a safe environment in which deep emotional roots can grow
  • Fosters confidence through stability
  • Conveys a tone of trusting support
  • Nurtures a strong sense of positive identity
  • Creates a "resting place" for the soul
  • Demonstrates unconditional love
• Social legacy

  The insights and social skills necessary to cultivate healthy, stable relationships
• Key building blocks of children's social legacy

  • Respect, beginning with themselves and working out to other people
  • Responsibility, fostered by respect for themselves, that is cultivated by assigning children duties within the family, making them accountable for their actions, and giving them room to make wrong choices once in a while
  • Unconditional love and acceptance by their parents, combined with conditional acceptance when the parent discipline for bad behavior or actions
  • The setting of social boundaries concerning how to relate to God, authority, peers, the environment and siblings
  • Rules that are given within a loving relationship
• Spiritual legacy

  Attitudes and beliefs about spiritual matters from one source or another
• Parents who successfully pass along a spiritual legacy to their children model and reinforce the unseen realities of the godly life
• Passing a spiritual legacy means more than encouraging our children to attend church, as important as that is
• If their parents are loving, affirming, forgiving and yet strong in what they believe, children will think of god that way
• Career

  The combination and sequence of roles played by a person during the course of a lifetime
• Job


  A position an individual holds doing specific duties
• Occupation

  Similar work for which people have similar responsibilities and for which they develop a common set of skills and knowledge