Chapter 1 - Introduction to Personal Development Flashcards
(43 cards)
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3 Aspects/Domains of Human Development (Papalia & Feldman, 2012)
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- physical development
- cognitive development
- psychosocial 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 development
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- covers our capacity to learn, to speak, to understand, to reason, and to create
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cognitive development
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- includes our social interactions with other people, our emotions, attitudes, self-identity, personality, beliefs. and values
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psychosocial development
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- covers the whole lifespan of human existence in relation to the 3 domains
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human development
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- is one’s own development and growth within the context of the 3 aspects of human development
- a process in which persons reflect upon themselves, understand who they are, accept what they discover about themselves, and learn new sets of values, attitudes, behavior, and thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as human beings
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personal development
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Human development is also influenced by: (3)
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- Heredity
- Environment
- Maturation
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- the inborn traits passed on by the generations of offsprings from both sides of the biological parents’ families
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Heredity
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- the 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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- is the natural progression of the brain and the body that affects the cognitive (thinking and intelligence), psychological (emotion, attitude, and self-identity), and social (relationships) dimensions of a person.
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Maturation
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- skills like table etiquette, how to sit properly and walk with grace, how to dress up appropriately, and how to communicate better
- deal with oneself and how one relates with others
- has given birth to many related businesses that span the globe
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Personality development
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- belonging or relating to a particular person
- made or designed to be used by one person
- someone whose job involves working for or helping a particular person
- of, relating to, or affecting a particular person
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personal
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- the set of emotional qualities, ways of behaving, etc. that makes a person different from other people
- attractive qualities (energy, friendliness, and humor) that makes a person interesting or pleasant to be with
- attractive qualities that make someh=thing unusual or interesting
- distinction or excellence of personal and social traits; also a person having such quality
- a person of importance, prominence, renown, or notoriety
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personality
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- the act or process of growing or causing something to grow or become larger or more advanced
- the act or process of creating something over a period of time
- state of being created or made more advanced
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development
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- is very complex
- there’s no singular school of thought in any form of scientific study, including psychology, which can completely and satisfactorily define it
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Human nature
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- have the sole capacity to reflect upon itself, and in the process, develop self-awareness, become motivated, and then desire to grow and change for the better
- prompted to mature and improve until it reaches its desired level of development
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Human beings
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The evolution of the understanding of human development may have started eons ago when the first ___ ____ walked the face of the earth.
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Homo sapiens
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____ who drew figures on their cave walls attempted to narrate their experiences such as ____
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Cavemen
hunting
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- he argued that building character, as much as intelligence is what education is all about
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Plato
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2 popular philosophies at the Human Potential Movement in the 1960’s
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- existentialism
2. humanistic psychology
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- in this philosophy, the great Chinese being will always desire to become the “superior man,” not just to his peers and followers, but also to himself most especially
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Confucian philosophy
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- the study of human thinking and behavior, serves as a foundation for personal development
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Psychology
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- the school of thought that gave birth to the contemporary understanding of personal development started during the fluorishing of ____ and ____ psychology in the 1950’s, which dealt with personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one’s fullest potentials
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humanistic and positive
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- 2 proponents of humanistic psychology
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- Abraham Maslow
2. Carl Rogers
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- he theorized the 5 stages of human development based on a hierarchy of needs, peaking in what he termed as "self-actualization"
- was a psychologist who studied positive human qualities and the lives of exemplary people
Abraham Harold Maslow
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- in his psychotherapy practice, "the individual has within himself the capacity and the tendency, latent if not evident, to move forward toward maturity."
Carl Rogers
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- year when humanistic psychology waned
late 1970's
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- a noted psychologist and president of the American Psychological Association
- realized how psychology, after the 2nd World War, puts more emphasis on diagnosing, treating, and preventing psychological disorders and therefore focusing on a disease model of human nature.
Martin Seligman
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- this was created in 1954 and expressed theories in the book Motivation and Personality
Hierarchy of Human needs
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to Theorize the Five Stages of Human Development
1. Self-Actualization
2. Esteem
3. Love/Belonging
4. Safety
5. Physiological
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- a person's motivation to reach his or her full potential
| - morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem-solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts
Self-Actualization
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- self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, respect by others
Esteem
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- Friendship, Family, Sexual Intimacy
Love/Belonging
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- security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the family, of health, of property
Safety
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- breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion
Physiological
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- these 2 helped refocus the emphasis of psychology from a disease model toward what is good and positive about human persons and their desire to achieve their full potentials
Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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- also created a balance between what humanistic psychology emphasized: that human nature is basically good, while adding that human nature includes both the positive and the negative aspects
- stress that human nature has its good and positive strengths, as well as its inadequacies and weaknesses
Positive psychology
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- defines that positive psychology as the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive
Positive Psychology Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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- is the transition period between childhood and early adulthood
- between ages of 11 or 12, lasting to 18
Adolescence
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- authors Corpuz, Lucas, Borabo, and Lucido (2010) defined the 3 stages of adolescence
1. Early adolescence (10-13)
2. Middle adolescence (14-16)
3. Late adolescence (17-20)
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- adolescence starts with the biological changes called
Puberty
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- Feist and Rosenberg (2012) infer that during adolescence, young people will start asking about abstract questions about (3)
1. Politics
2. Religion
3. Beliefs
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Different Religious perspectives (5)
1. Buddhism
2. Christianity
3. Hinduism
4. Islam
5. Judaism
