INTRODUCTION TO

PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Kathrina Denise Labra, RPm

 OBJECTIVES
At the end of discussion, the student should be able to:

Understand and explain in his or her own

words what personal development is;

understand and explain the psychological

basis of personal development;

relate the concept of personal

development in his or her own experience
as an adolescent; and

express his or her own spiritual and

religious beliefs and how these influence
his or her personal development.
 THREE DOMAINS

OF

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

01 covers the growth of the body and the brain,

motor and sensory skills, and even physical
health.

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

02 covers our capacity to learn, to speak, to

understand, to reason, and to create.

PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

03
includes our social interactions with other
people, our emotions, attitudes, self-identity,
personality, beliefs, and values.
 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IS
INFLUENCED BY:

HEREDITARY ENVIRONMENT MATURATION

inborn traits passed world outside natural progression
on by generations ourselves of the brain
WHAT IS
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT ?
 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
 process in which person reflects upon
themselves, understand who they are,
accept what they discover about
themselves and learn new sets of values,
attitude, behavior, and thinking skills to
reach their fullest potential as human
beings.
"Embrace the pace of
your own journey"
process of striving the best that
you can be in order to reach your
full potential. (Zorka Hereford,
Essential Life Skills - A Guide for
Personal Development and Self
Realization.)
HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
dealt with personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one's
fullest potentials.

Abraham Maslow Carl Rogers

 THE

INDIVIDUAL
HAS WITHIN HIMSELF THE CAPACITY
AND TENDENCY TO MOVE FORWARD
TOWARD MATURITY.

Carl Rogers
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE

10 - 13 14 - 16 17 - 20
YRS. OLD YRS. OLD YRS. OLD

Early Middle Late 

Adolescence Adolescence Adolescence
stresses that human nature  has its good
and positive strengths, as well as its
inadequacies and weaknesses (Peterson
2006)
THANK YOU
for your time!

ANY QUESTIONS?