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Personal Development Flashcards

1
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is the process of improving
oneself

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Personal development

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covers the growth of the body and
the brain, motor and sensory skills, and even
physical health

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Physical

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covers the capacity to learn, to
speak, to understand, to reason and to create

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Cognitive

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includes the social interactions
with other people, our emotion, attitudes, selfidentity, personality, beliefs, and values

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Psychosocial

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the inborn traits passed on by the
generations of offspring from both sides of the
biological parents’ families

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Heredity

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world outside of ourselves and
the experiences that result from our contact
and interaction with this external world

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Environment

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the natural progression of the
brain and the body that affects the cognitive,
psychological, and social dimension of a person

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Maturation

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8
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Is one’s own development and growth within
the context of the three aspects of human
development

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Personal Development

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is defined as belonging or
relating to a particular person

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personal

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is the set of emotional
qualities, ways of behaving that makes a
person different from other people

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personality

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Is the transition period between childhood
and early adulthood

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Adolescence

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  • The essence of a person: thoughts, feelings,
    actions, experiences, beliefs, values,
    principles and relationships
  • It includes a person’s life purpose, meaning,
    and aspirations
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Defining the Self

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  • Your distinctive characteristics of the individual
  • Your over-all self-evaluation and sense of
    individuality
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Self-identity

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  • Your attitude towards yourself
  • How you value yourself, given the negative and
    positive feedback you receive
  • Learned variables
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Self-esteem

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hereditary or genetic make-up influence

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Nature

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environment influence

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Nurture

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  • It can be measured using different kinds of
    tests
  • It is unique and enduring set of behaviors,
    feelings, thoughts, motives, and attitudes that
    characterize a person
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Personality

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18
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about seeing things as a whole and as
something that is bigger than the sum of its
parts

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Holistic

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  • Transcendental life goal. It is a life-long
    pursuit
  • Man is essentially a whole being viewed to
    life to be full of opposites
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eveness

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20
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  • Holds that psychological distress or mental
    problems are caused attention to yourself
  • Looking inside and paying attention to
    yourself
  • With the intention of seeking holistic personal
    development, you hold to lack into key
    aspects of yourself
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Gestalt Theory

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CHALLENGES AND ISSUES AMONG
ADOLESCENTS

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  1. Attitudes and behavior toward sexuality and
    sexual relationship
  2. Academic Challenges
  3. Group belongingness
  4. Health and Nutrition
  5. Role
  6. Values and Beliefs
  7. Career Choice
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period in the human lifespan in which full
physical and intellectual maturity have been attained

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Adulthood

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a period of multiple transactions
involving education, training, employment,
unemployment, and transitions from one living
circumstance

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Adolescence

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24
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Ways to become responsible adolescents prepared for
adult life

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  • Focus on your studies
  • Establish good communication with your
    guardians
  • Think a lot before doing something
  • Stop blaming
  • Be accountable
  • Recognized what occurred
  • Be kind to yourself
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  • Defined as a state of emotional and
    psychological well-being
  • In which an individual is able to use his or her
    cognitive and emotional capabilities
  • To function in society, and meet the ordinary
    demands of life
  • It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also
    helps determine how we handle stress, relate to
    others, and make healthy choices
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MENTAL HEALTH

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  • Defined as a subjective state that emerges from
    a general feeling of satisfaction with oneself
  • It is also described as good health, happiness,
    and prosperity
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Well-being

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27
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“Wellness begins when an individual sees
himself or herself as a growing changing
person.” “High-level wellness means giving care to the
physical self, using the mind constructively,
channeling stress energies positively expressing
emotions effectively, becoming creatively
involved with others, and staying in touch with
the environment.” Who says that?

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(Ardell, 1976)

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28
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“Well being as multidimensional that covers
different aspects. It is not only about having
positive emotions like feeling good or happy but
refers to a number of positive psychological
functioning.” Who says that?

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(Carol D. Ryff, 1989)

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you accept yourself and have
a positive attitude with who you are

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Self-Acceptance

30
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you have warm, trusting,
and satisfying relationship with others

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Positive Relations

31
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you are independent and you resist
social pressures

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Autonomy

32
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you can manage your
environment and maximize the opportunities
available to you

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Environmental Mastery

33
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you strive to have meaning in
your life by setting goals

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Purpose in Life

34
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you commit yourself to
develop your potential, to grow and become the
best person you can be

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Personal Growth

35
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What are the indicators that someone has good mental
health?

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Self-Acceptance
Positive Relations
Autonomy
Environmental Mastery
Purpose in Life
Personal Growth

36
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  • Physiological response to a physical or
    psychological threat
  • It is a normal reaction to anything that can
    disturb our balance
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Stress

37
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  • Is our initial reaction to stress
  • A faster heart rate, muscle tension, or dilation of
    pupil when a person perceives threat in order to
    survive danger
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Fight or Flight Syndrome

38
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Physical Indications of Fight or Flight Response

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  • dilated pupils
  • trembling
  • pale or flushed skin
  • rapid heartbeat and breathing
39
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Common Problems among Adolescents

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  • Problem with Attention
  • Mood Swings
  • Low Self-esteem
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Eating Problems
  • Substance Abuse
40
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the inability to focus
may be temporary. It may due to certain life
events or situations

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Short Attention Span

41
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a
chronic problem with attention, hyperactivity,
and/or impulsivity

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Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder

42
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it would mean fast-shifting
moods and it is quite typical for adolescents,
especially for girls

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Mood Swings

43
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a type of mental disorder
characterized by emotional disturbances that
affect physical, social perceptual, and
cognitive processes of an individual

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Mood Disorder

44
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  • Inability to maximize your talents and skills,
    believing that they do not have what it takes
    to do or perform
  • You think low or poorly yourself, and such
    affects your self-confidence
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Low Self-esteem

45
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anticipating something you are fearful
of, or when faced with difficult situations. It
becomes a problem when it becomes chronic

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Anxiety

46
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– this is a class of disorders
marked by extreme worry and apprehension

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Anxiety Disorder

47
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– serious medical illness that
negatively affects how you feel, the way you
think, and how you act

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Depression

48
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is marked by
persistent sadness despair, and loss of
interest in life activitie

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Major Depressive Disorder

49
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becoming overly conscious
about one’s weight is usually caused by
unhealthy body image and over-concern for
one’s physical looks

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Eating Problems

50
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psychological disorder
wherein the person keeps his/her weight as
low as possible because of faulty thinking that
he/she is fat and would want to be thin as
possible

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Anorexia Nervosa

51
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it is characterized by a cycle of
bingeing or overeating then purging what has
been eaten by vomiting to avoid gaining
weight

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Bulimia

52
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one major reason is social
influence, whether in the form of peer pressure
or conformity

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Substance Abuse

53
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is responsible for mental functioning

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BRAIN

54
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  • Is a major
    structure of the
    hindbrain that is
    located near the
    brainstem
  • Responsible for
    coordinating
    voluntary movements
  • It is also responsible for a number of
    functions including motor skills such as
    balance, coordination, and posture
A

Cerebellum

55
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  • The lower part of the brain that’s connected
    to the spinal cord
  • Responsible for regulating most of the body’s
    automatic functions that are essential for life
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Brain Stem

56
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  • The largest portion of the brain
  • Responsible for the most of the brain’s
    function such as thought and movement
  • It is divided into four areas
A

Cerebrum

57
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– takes charge of our
thoughts, language, memory,
learning, and perception

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Frontal Lobe

58
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it processes your
sense of touch and assembles input
from your other senses into a form
you can use

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Parietal Lobe

59
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located at the back
of the head and are responsible for
visual perception, including color,
form, and motion

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Occipital Lobe

60
Q

theses areas, which
are inside your skull near your
temples and ears, play a role in
managing your emotions, processing
information from your senses, storing
and retrieving memories, and
understanding language

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Temporal Lobe

61
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divides the
cerebrum into two
halves, the left and
right hemispheres

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Sulcus

62
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  • The structure
    that connects
    both hemisphere
  • Bundle of axons,
    that sends message from
    one side to the other
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Corpus Callosum

63
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Left Brain

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  • Important in language functions
  • Analytical thinking
  • Prefer outlines
  • Didactic environments
  • Lecture
  • Reading assignments
  • Logical
  • Detailed
  • Methodical
64
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Right Brain

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  • Geared in holistic thinking, creativity, and
    visuals
  • Use of stories
  • Experiential learning
  • Spatial ability
  • Artistic
65
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it is viewed as the capacity to understand
the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively
when facing challenges

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Intelligence

66
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he believes these innate intelligence are expressed in different sensory modalities

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Howard Gardner

67
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the production of effective novelty through the operation of mental processes

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Creative Thinking

68
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  • It is a visual thinking tool that utilizes
    cognitive functions like memory, learning,
    creativity, and analysis
  • A process that involves a combination of
    imagery, color, and visual-spatial arrangement
  • It helps to store new information, and test
    them
  • It’s a kind of drawing connections between
    the relevant facts or ideas
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Mind Mapping

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