Knowing and Understanding Oneself during Middle and Late Adolescence Personal Development

Question 1

It refers to the process of improving oneself in various aspects of life, including but not limited to, physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual well-being.

Answer 1

Personal Development

Question 2

It involves setting goals, acquiring new skills, developing strengths, overcoming weaknesses, and enhancing self-awareness.

Answer 2

Personal Development

Question 3

Your reasoning ability, problem
solving skills, specific areas you are good at, or the wisdom you gained from your experience.

Answer 3

Intellectual Self

Question 4

How you feel most of the time, feelings you don’t want to experience, and the emotions you want to improve.

Answer 4

Emotional Self

Question 5

Your physical image, such as complexion, height, weight, and hair.

Answer 5

Physical Self

Question 6

Your spiritual connection to your religion and your spiritual relationship with other people.

Answer 6

Spiritual Self

Question 7

How well you get along with people with different attitudes and personalities.

Answer 7

Social Self

Question 8

The stage wherein we tend to build a socially constructed sense of self.

Answer 8

Adolescence

Question 9

Our sense of self is influenced by how others view us.

Answer 9

Socially Constructed Sense of Self

Question 10

A question that leads to a
better self-awareness.

Answer 10

Who am I?

Question 11

Once in our lives, someone might have said to us ______________.

Answer 11

“Be yourself!” or “Be true to
yourself!”

Question 12

Is a state of having knowledge about our existence as unique individuals who are able to recognize our values, beliefs, traits, behaviors, and feelings.

Answer 12

Self-awareness

Question 13

It is a never-ending journey as
there are still things that we
do not know much about
ourselves.

Answer 13

Self-awareness

Question 14

It is a technique that helps people improve self-awareness,
interpersonal relationships and opportunities for personal development by giving or receiving feedback on each other’s strengths, weaknesses, and blind spots.

Answer 14

Johari Window

Question 15

They developed the Johari Window.

Answer 15

Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham (1955)

Question 16

The name _____ is formed by combining their first names.

Answer 16

Johari

Question 17

The four quadrants of the Johari Window:

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1. Arena
2. Blind Spot
3. Facade
4. Unknown

Question 18

The Known Self. This form of the self is what you and others see in
you.

Answer 18

Arena

Question 19

The Blind Self. These are our actions and behaviors that others know about us but are not aware of. These can be positive or negative and may include hidden strengths, potentialities, or areas for improvement.

Answer 19

Blind Spot

Question 20

The Hidden Self. We hide things that are private about ourselves. These may include feelings, ambitions, and opinions that we
choose to hide due to fear of negative reactions from others.

Answer 20

Facade

Question 21

This form of self is not known to others and not known to self.
This includes skills, behaviors, undiscovered talents, etc. that are unknown to us and others.

Answer 21

Unknown

Question 22

It is our general awareness about ourselves, the image that we have of ourselves. This image is influenced by our interactions
with other people specifically those who are important to us.

Answer 22

Self-Concept (Carl Rogers)

Question 23

The three parts of our self-concept are:

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1. Actual Self
2. Ideal Self
3. Self-esteem

Question 24

It is our self-image, the one we actually see including attributes
like our physical characteristics, personality traits, and social roles.

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Actual Self

Question 25

It is what our actual self is built on. It is the actual genuine information that we have about our motivations, strengths, or weaknesses.

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Self-knowledge

Question 26

It is the self that we aspire to be. The one we hope will possess the characteristics that we want to have.

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Ideal Self

Question 27

It is our overall subjective sense of value or personal worth. That is how we feel about our strengths and weaknesses.

Answer 27

Self-esteem

Question 28

“Part of taking charge of our future is to write a script of our life according to how we want it to be.”

Answer 28

Bo Sanchez

Question 29

According to Bo Sanchez, there are three kinds of people living on this planet:

Answer 29

1. Moviegoer
2. Actor
3. Actor-scriptwriter

Question 30

The people who only watch, admire, and criticize the movie of their lives. They are the ones who have no control over their lives except to just comment, react, and criticize.

Answer 30

Moviegoer

Question 31

They do not just watch the movie of their lives, they act and can control how they portray the character. However, they don’t have the control over the script.

Answer 31

Actors

Question 32

They do not only watch, do not only act, but they create the whole movie. They realize they have huge control over their life and see to it that the movie will turn out to be amazing and beautiful.

Answer 32

Actor-scripwriters