Knowing and Understanding

Oneself during Middle and

Late Adolescence
GROUP 1
Big Question :

How can understanding yourself

pave the way to self-acceptance and
better relationship with others?
 OBJECTIVES

01 02 03
explain that knowing yourself Share your unique
can make you accept your Start and maintain a
strengths and limitations and
characteristics, habits
and experiences; and, journal.
dealing with others better;
 EARLY
ADOLESCENCE

(10-13 years old) is the beginning stages of

puberty where both sexes experience
significant physical growth and increased
sexual interest.
 MIDDLE
ADOLESCENCE
(14-16 years old) is a stage where puberty is
already completed. In this stage, both sexes
continue to experience growing capacity for
abstract ideas. This is also where numerous
social and emotional changes occur.
 LATE
ADOLESCENCE
(17-19 years old) is a mark of the final
preparations for adult roles. The
developmental demands of the late
adolescence extend up to the
period of young adulthood.
 Reading: SELF-CONCEPT
IMAGINE YOURSELF LOOKING INTO A MIRROR. WHAT DO YOU
SEE? DO YOU SEE YOUR IDEAL SELF OR YOUR SELF?

Ideal self
 is the self that you aspire to be.
 It is the one that you hope will possess characteristics
similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly figure.

Actual self
 Is the one that you actually see.
 It is the self that has characteristics that you were
nurtured or, in some cases, born to have.
Self-Concept
 Refers to your awareness of yourself.
 It is the construct that negotiates these two selves.

 First - Identification of the ideal self as separate from others.

 Second - Behavior evaluated in the actual self that you engage in

to reach the ideal self.

Self-knowledge
 Is derived from social interactions that insight into how others react to
you.
Social roles
 Derived from outcomes of social interaction from infant to adult
development.

 Alignment is important
 The way that I am (actual self)
 The that want to be (ideal self)

Incongruence
 Lack of alignment
 Result in mental distress or anxiety
 Portfolio Output No.1 – Talent/Variety Show Presentation
Your group shall have a presentation in front of the class. The
leaders of each group (including yours) shall rate your group based on the
following criteria:
Originality (30 %)
Creativity/resourcefulness (30 %)
Teamwork (30 %)
Audience impact (10 %)
for a maximum of 100 %

Compute the average of ratings for your group and write this average rating for
your presentation in your journal. Write about your experience as a group
leader/member in this activity.
 Reading: PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Personal effectiveness - means all the personal resources – talents, skills, energy and time, to
enable you to achieve life goals.

Being self-aware, making the most of your strength, learning new skills and
techniques and behavioral flexibility are all keys to improving your personal
performance.

Depends on our innate characteristics – talent and experience

accumulated in the process of personal development.

Experience includes knowledge and skill that process of cognitive and practical activities.

Knowledge is setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve risk assessment.

Skills also determined whether real actions are performed in accordance with the plan.
Portfolio Output No.1 – Talent/Variety Show Presentation
Your group shall have a presentation in front of the class. The
leaders of each group (including yours) shall rate your group based on the
following criteria:
Originality (30 %)
Creativity/resourcefulness (30 %)
Teamwork (30 %)
Audience impact (10 %)
for a maximum of 100 %

Compute the average of ratings for your group and write this average rating for
your presentation in your journal. Write about your experience as a group
leader/member in this activity.
 Reading: PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Personal effectiveness - means all the personal resources – talents, skills,
energy and time, to enable you to achieve life goals.

Being self-aware, making the most of your strength, learning new skills and
techniques and behavioral flexibility are all keys to improving your personal
performance.
Depends on our innate characteristics – talent and experience
accumulated in the process of personal development.
Experience includes knowledge and skill that process of cognitive
and practical activities.

Knowledge is setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve risk

assessment.
Skills also determined whether real actions are performed in
accordance with the plan.
1. Determination – It allows you to focus only on achieving a specific
goal without being distracted by less important things or
spontaneous desires.

2. Self - Confidence – it appears in the process of personal

development, as a result of getting aware of yourself, your
actions and their consequences.

3. Persistence – It makes you keep moving forward regardless of

emerging obstacle – problems, laziness, bad emotional state,
etc.
4. Managing stress – It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the
environment and other people.

5. Problem-solving skills – They help cope with the problems

encountered with a lack of experience.

6. Creativity – It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a

specific action that no one has tried to use.

7. Generating ideas – It helps you achieve goals using new,

original, unconventional ideas.
 Reading: BUILD ON YOUR STRENGHTS AND WORK ON
YOUR WEAKNESSES
Most failures emanate from weaknesses
- Recognized but not given appropriate attention or remedy.
- weaknesses in communications,
- personality or ability.

Instead of giving up or indulging in self-pity, take action.

- Go for speech lessons,
- get skills upgrading,
- attend personality development sessions or remedies
perceived weakness.

Instead of simply focusing on your weakness,

- recognize your own talents and abilities, build on them,
utilize them to your greatest advantage.
Ex: Jose Feliciano and other blind
singers did not brood over their
physical handicap. They
recognized to have a golden voice
to enrich that talent and now he
won the international fame in the
field of music.
Portfolio Output No.2 – Journal Reflection from My banner

Write about your banner.

1. What do you consider as your weaknesses, abilities
and talents?
2. What are the remedies you will take to improve or
compensate for your weakness?
3. How can you further enrich your assets and strengths?
4. Where and how do you use it to your best advantage?
Reading: Story: YOU NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR
FUTURE
There are three kinds of people in this world:
1. Moviegoer – This person watches the movie of their lives, admires some parts
and criticizes others. They do nothing else. The moviegoer feels she has
absolutely no control of their lives. Moviegoers are the most pathetic, miserable
people in the world.

2. Actor – This person does not only watch the movie of her life. She actually
realizes she’s the actor – and can control a big part of her life. She can actually
make or break the movie – by how well she delivers her lines and how she
portrays her character. Actors are happy bunch, realizing they’re the start of the
show and enjoy some level of control. They wish the movie would end in another
way – but realize that they have no say in such things.

3. Scriptwriter – This person does not only watch, and she doesn’t only act,
but she actually creates the entire movie from her mind. She determines
what she will say, what she will do, and how the movie will end. She
realizes she has enormous control over her life, and sees to it that the
movie of her life will turn out beautiful.
Reading: THE POWER OF JOURNAL WRITING:
UNFOLDING YOUR OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY
The purpose of journal writing is to help you become the Scriptwriter of your life.
There are four (4) practical reasons to maintain a journal:

1. It is cost-efficient and available. Emotional stress can be dealt in many ways like
talking to a friend over a cup of coffee, eating, travelling. Shopping, painting and
many more but writing is the most inexpensive. Notebook and pens are easy to
find, available and do not cost so much.

2. It is preventive and pro-active. Writing yields self-awareness. When you write, you
can discover your strengths and limitations. You will know what your reactions are
in different situations and what better ways to prevent, avoid, or face your fears.

3. It is creative and productive. Journal writing expounds your imagination. You can
see various dimensions of your problem, different points of view and better
solutions.
4. Lastly, it is personal and private. Unless you want to share your stories, you have
the choice to keep them to yourself. Writing is your time alone. It is your way of
loving yourself. You will not be judged by your writing.
You just need one (1) notebook to maintain a personal
journal. You may use there questions as you write in
your journal:
1. How do you find this day? What are the positive things that happened? What
are those things that made you irritated or upset?
2. As you reflect the ups and downs of your day, what may be the greatest lesson
you can learn from them? What action have you done well and what action you
can do better?
3. What do you really want in life? What do you want to achieve for yourself, your
family, your community, and your country?

4. As you close the day, what are the small and big things you are thankful of?
Who are the people that made your day extra special?
Processing: Write your answer in your personal journal.

1. What have you discovered in yourself?

2. What are your core strengths?
3. What are the qualities you want to hone and improve on?
THANK YOU