INTRODUCTION TO PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS
[Link] up my decision-making process
2. manage my tendency to over react to
criticisms and stress
3. improve communication with others
[Link] and be open to others’ feedback
3 aspects or domains of human development
1. Physical development –body, brain, motor, sensory skills
- physical health
2. Cognitive development - capacity to learn,
speak, understand, reason, and create.
3. Psychosocial
development –
social interactions
with other people,
emotions, attitudes,
self-identity,
personality, beliefs,
and values.
How does the age and stage of development of a
person influence his or her personal development?
FACTORS AFFECTING/INFLUENCING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT:
1. Heredity /inborn traits
2. Environment- experiences
3. Maturation -cognitive, psychological, social dimensions
influence of physical maturation over a person’s
development is most pronounced during his childhood
and adolescence stages.
ALTHOUGH SIMILAR TO MANY
OTHER LIVING ORGANISMS
birth, growth, development,
regeneration, and death
x human beings -morecomplex
capabilities
self-awareness
analytical thinking Capabilities that
self-evaluation distinguish human
species from
Motivation rest of physical
decision-making world.
reflective thought.
Mere survival instincts
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, behaviour, and
thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as
human beings.
PSYCHOLOGY - study of human thinking & behaviour
- foundation for personal development
THE 2 PROPONENTS OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY:
Abraham Maslow- 5 stages of human development
based on a hierarchy of needs, peaking in what he
termed as “self-actualization,”
Carl Rogers- “the individual has within himself the
capacity and the tendency, latent if not evident, to
move forward toward maturity
MASLOW'S
HIERARCHY
M ORALITY ,
C REATIVITY, Abraha m HaroldMaslow (April 1, 1908- Junes, 1970)
SPOMTAMEITY,
was a psychologist who studied positive
OF NEEDS PROBLEM SOLVMI G ,
LACI< OF PREJUDICE,
ACCEPTAMCE OF FACTS
human qualities and the lives of exempla
ry people. In 1954, M aslow cre a te d the
(sELF-ACTU ALIZATION) Hierarchy of Human Needs and
expressed his theories in hisbook,
ABRAHAM SELf- ES't'EEM,COtilflDEMCE, Motivation and Personality.
ACHIEVEMEM, 1'RESPECT Of
MAS\.OW O1'HERS, RESPECT 8>' OTHERS . :-,;
.. f
( ESTEEM )
Self-Actualization-A person's
FRIEt-l0 SHIP, FAMILY, m otiva tion to reach his or
SEXUAL l t-lTIMACY
her full potential. As shown
in Maslow 's Hierarchy of
( LOVE/BELONGING ) Needs, a person's basic
needs must be met
SECURITY Of BODY , Of EMPLOYMEMT , Of before self-actualiza
RESOURCES, Of M ORALl't'Y, Of THE FAM ILY, tion can be
Of HEALTH, Of PROPERTY
achieved.
( SAFETY )
81lEATHltil,G FOOD , WATER. sex. SLEEP.
HOMEOSTASIS, EXCltE't'IOtil
( PHYSIOLOGICAL )
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY
• progress is often disrupted by failure to meet
lower level needs
• Life experiences= fluctuate between levels of
the hierarchy.
• not everyone will move through the hierarchy
in a uni-directional manner.
• In Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, where do
you find yourself? What do you have to do
to fulfill your needs so that you can move
closer towards self-actualization?
Carl Rogers’ Personality Theory
feelings of self-worth = self-actualization
• high self-worth =confidence and positive feelings about him
or herself, faces challenges, accepts failure and unhappiness
at times; open with people.
• low self-worth =avoid challenges, not accept that life can be
painful and unhappy at times ; defensive
Positive regard= feel valued, respected, treated with affection &
loved
• Unconditional positive regard
• Conditional positive
constantly seeks approval.
• How is personal development linked to
psychology?
• How can positive Psychology help you
become happier?
THANK YOU!
