Personal

Development
KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING
ONESELF DURING MIDDLE AND LATE
ADOLESCENCE

RETCHELYN L. VILLON, LPT - SHS TEACHER

II
MATERIALS • JOURNAL/
NOTEBOOK
FOR • PORTFOLIO
PERDEV:
 ASSESSMENT
POINTS GRADE AND GRADING
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SYSTEM:
RUBRICS - used to
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evaluate the quality of
your outputs, whether
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done individually or in a
group.
LEARNING
COMPETENCIES
ESP-PD11/12KO-IA-1.1
Explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her
strengths and limitations and dealing with others
better.

ESP-PD11/12KO-IA-1.2
Share his/her unique characteristics, habits and
experiences.
YOUR TARGETS
EXPLAIN ABOUT SELF-CONCEPT: PERSONAL
STRENGTHS AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS;

DEMONSTRATE TALENT/SKILLS; AND

REFLECT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING

ONESELF IN DEALING WITH OTHERS AND IN
increasing efficiency.
KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING
ONESELF DURING MIDDLE AND
LATE ADOLESCENCE
“To know thyself is
the beginning of
wisdom.”
- Socrates
 Take a moment and ask yourself,

“Who am I?”
TRY THIS!
TASK 1: Instructions: Identify what is asked or described in each
item. Write the letter of the correct answer on your journal.

1. This is an individual perception of our behavior, abilities and unique

characteristics.

A. Self-image
B. Self-esteem
C. Ideal Self
D. Self-concept
2. This is how much you value yourself.
A. Self-image
B. Self-esteem
C. Ideal Self
D. Self-concept

3. The following are true about self-concept, except

A. unique to the individual
B. can be positive or negative
C. remains the same over time
D. has a powerful influence on one’s life
4. This is making use of all the personal resources – talents, skills,
energy and time, to enable you to achieve life goals.
A. Personal effectiveness
B. Self-awareness
C. Self-concept
D. Productivity

5. Your knowledge and how you manage yourself impacts directly on

your persona effectiveness.
A. True
B. False
6. The following are the keys to improve your personal performance,
except
A. being self-aware
B. making the most of your strengths
C. learning new skills and techniques
D. fixed behavior
Items 7 to 10. Which of the following are benefits of self-concept? There
are four correct answers.

A. Over-analyze situations
B. Resistance to social pressure
C. Self-control
D. Better decision-making
E. Understanding of others
F. Deviated attitude
Instructions: Copy and answer the
following in your journal.
1. To what extent does the result of your inventory
reflect your real self?

2. Talk about how you see yourself. Answer the

question, “WHO AM I?”.
THERE IS INDEED A BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU
SEE in yourself (real self-image)
and what is projected in the eyes of
others (your social image).
SELF-CONCEPT
is the way people think about themselves. As
a global understanding of oneself, self-
concept shapes and defines who we are, the
decisions we make, and the relationships we
form.
Self-concept is our individual perceptions of
our behavior, abilities, and
unique characteristics—a mental picture of
who you are as a person.
Self-concept
(1) is unique to the individual;
(2) can be positive or negative;
(3) has emotional, intellectual,
and functional dimensions;
(4) changes with the environmental
context;
(5) changes over time; and
(6) has a powerful influence on
one’s life.
three different
parts of self-concept:

Self-image, or how you see yourself.

Each individual’s self-image is a mixture of different attributes

including our physical characteristics, personality traits, and social
roles. Self-image doesn't necessarily coincide with reality.
three different
parts of self-concept:

Self-esteem, or how much you value yourself.

A number of factors can impact self-esteem, including how we

compare ourselves to others and how others respond to us. When
people respond positively to our behavior, we are more
likely to develop positive self-esteem. When we compare
ourselves to others and find ourselves lacking, it can have a
negative impact on our self-esteem.
three different
parts of self-concept:

Ideal self, or how you wish you could be.

In many cases, the way we see

ourselves and how we would like to see ourselves do not quite
match up.
If there is a mismatch between how you see
yourself (your self-image) and
what you’d like to be (your ideal self) then this
is likely to affect how much you value yourself
(self-esteem).

Therefore, there is an intimate relationship

between self-image,
ideal self and self-esteem.
 Be the Best
Version of You
Make yourself proud and achieve whatever
goals you have in your mind
According to Carl Rogers,
the degree to which a
person's self-concept
matches up to reality is
known as congruence and
incongruence
 Incongruence
A person’s ideal self may not be consistent with what

actually happens in the life and experiences of the person.

Hence, a difference may exist between a person’s ideal self

and actual experience. This is called incongruence.

 Congruence
a person’s ideal self and actual experience are consistent or

very similar, a state of congruence exists. The development

of congruence is dependent on unconditional positive

regard. Rogers believed that for a person to achieve self-

actualization they must be in a state of congruence.

Why is self-concept
important?
Knowing who you are
will help you feel that
you have worth and
value in this world.
What are the benefits
of Self-Concept?
HAPPINESS.
You will be happier when you can
express who you are. Expressing
your desires will make it more
likely that you get what you want.
LESS INNER CONFLICT.
When your outside actions are in
accordance with your inside
feelings and values, you will
experience less inner conflict.
BETTER DECISION-MAKING
When you know yourself, you are able to
make better choices about everything, from
small decisions like which sweater you’ll buy
to big decisions like which partner you’ll
spend your life with. You'll have guidelines
you can apply to solve life’s varied problems.
SELF-CONTROL
When you know yourself, you understand
what motivates you to resist bad habits and
develop good ones. You'll have the insight to
know which values and goals activate your
willpower.
RESISTANCE TO SOCIAL
PRESSURE.
When you are grounded in your
values and preferences, you are less
likely to say “yes” when you want to
say “no.”
TOLERANCE AND
UNDERSTANDING OF OTHERS.
Your awareness of your own foibles
and struggles can help you empathize
with others.
VITALITY AND PLEASURE.
Being who you truly are helps you
feel more alive and makes your
experience of life richer, larger, and
more exciting.
 Personal
Effectiveness
means making use of all the personal resources-
talents, skills, energy and time, to enable you to
achieve life goals.
Your knowledge of yourself
and how you manage
yourself impacts directly on
your personal effectiveness.
 Being self-aware, making the most of
your strengths, learning new skills and
techniques and behavioral flexibility are
all keys to improving your personal
performance.
Our personal effectiveness depends on
our innate characteristics – talent and
experience accumulated in the process
of personal development.
Talents first are needed to be identified
and then developed to be used in a
particular subject area (science,
literature, sports, politics, etc.).
 Experience includes
knowledge and skills that we acquire in
the process of cognitive and practical
activities.
 Knowledge
is required for setting goals, defining an
action plan to achieve them and risk
assessment.
 Skills
also determine whether real actions are
performed in accordance with the plan. If
the same ability is used many times in the
same situation, then it becomes a habit that
runs automatically, subconsciously.
 Here are some skills
that will greatly
increase the efficiency
of any person who
owns them:
 Determination.
It allows you to focus only on achieving a
specific goal without being distracted by less
important things or spontaneous desires. It
may be developed with the help of self-
discipline exercise.
 Self-confidence.
It appears in the process of personal development, as a result of getting aware of yourself,

your actions and their consequences. Self-confidence is manifested in speech, appearance,

dressing, gait, and physical condition. To develop it, you need to learn yourself and your

capabilities, gain positive attitude and believe that by performing right actions and

achieving right goals you will certainly reach success.

 Persistence.
It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging
obstacles – problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It
reduces the costs of overcoming obstacles. It can also be
developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.
Managing stress.
It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the
environment and other people. Stress arises from the
uncertainty in an unknown situation when a lack of
information creates the risk of negative consequences of
your actions.
 Problem-solving skills.
They help cope with the problems encountered with a lack of
experience. It increases efficiency by adopting new ways of
achieving goals when obtaining a new experience.
 Creating.
It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific
action that no one has tried to use. It can lead to a decrease
or an increase of costs, but usually the speed of action is
greatly increased when using creative tools.
 Generating ideas.
It helps you achieve goals using new, original, unconventional ideas. Idea is a

mental image of an object formed by the human mind, which can be changed

before being implemented in the real world. For generating ideas, you can use a

method of mental maps, which allows you to materialize, visualize and scrutinize

all your ideas, which in turn contributes to the emergence of new ideas.
LET’S APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE
LEARNED!
Copy and answer these questions in your
journal.
1. Why is knowing yourself important? _______________________
2. When you think about your relationships, what do you think is
more important: IQ (your intellectual ability) or EQ (your ability
to recognize, manage and understand emotions)? Explain.
______________________________
3. What does personal effectiveness mean to you? ___________
4. How can you achieve personal effectiveness? ______________
Knowing who you are helps define your values, which,
in turn, helps you make decisions that are in line with
those values.
Self-discovery is fundamental to our success and
happiness.

Developing personal efficiency is quite difficult to

achieve. It requires commitment and effort but the
benefits are worth it.
PORTFOLIO OUTPUT NO. 1: I’M PROUD OF
MY TALENT / SKILL

Reflect on the talent or skill (dancing, singing,

cooking, drawing, public speaking, writing, critical
thinking and the like) you are most proud of and
share it. You have two options on how to flaunt it.
Choose only one based on your available resources
Option 1. VIDEO
1. Using your smart phone, record a video
showing your talent or skill.
2. Your presentation should be 3 minutes
to 5 minutes.
3. You need to do the following sequence
in your presentation:
a. Start with an introduction of yourself
(name, age, family, address, and hobbies).
b. Briefly talk about your talent or skill.
c. Showcase your talent or skill thru a
demonstration.
d. End your presentation with an inspiring
quote about talent/skill and then thank
your viewers.
4. Your performance will be graded using the
following criteria:

35% - Content (clear demonstration of the topic)

35% - Organization (sequence of information is logical)
20% - Creativity (content and presentation is original)
10% - Production (well-planned with smooth
transitions and excellent sound)
5. Note: 5% of the total score will be
automatically deducted if performance time
exceeds time allotted.

6. Submit the video.

Option 2. 300-WORD ESSAY
1. On your journal, you are to talk about your talent or skill creatively. Do
this by following the steps below:
a. Give a brief introduction of yourself (name, age, family, address, and
hobbies).
b. Talk about your talent or skill by answering the following questions:
b.1. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill?
b.2. Does your talent come out naturally or you have worked hard to
develop this?
b.3. Does your talent or skill give you opportunities in school and in the
community? Share how and in what way you were able to make use of it.
c. End your essay with an inspiring quote about talent or skill.
2. Your performance will be graded using the rubrics for
individual work attached on this module.

3. Make sure your essay includes the 3 main parts:

introduction, body and conclusion. You must compose
an essay of not less than 300 words.

4. Note: 5% of the total score will be automatically

deducted if your essay is less than 300 words.