Lesson 1: Personal Development

Question 1

The 3 factors influencing Human Development

Answer 1

Heredity, Environment, and Maturation

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Physical Development

Question 3

Our capacity to learn, speak, to understand, to reason, and to create.

Answer 3

Cognitive Development

Question 4

A type of development that includes our social interactions with other people, our emotions, attitudes, self-identity, personality, belief and values.

Answer 4

Psychosocial Development

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Heredity

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Environment

Question 7

Is the NATURAL progression of the BRAIN and the BODY that affects the cognitive (thinking and intelligence), Psychological (emotional, attitude, and self- identity), and social (relationship) dimensions of a person.

Answer 7

Maturation

Question 8

A process in which people reflect upon themselves, understand who they are, accept what they discover about themselves, and learn (or unlearn) new sets of values, attitudes, behavior and thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as human beings.

Answer 8

Personal Development

Question 9

Is the study of human thinking and behavior, serves as a foundation for personal development

Answer 9

Psychology

Question 10

Dealt with personal growth and meaning as a way of reaching one’s fullest potential

Answer 10

Humanistic Psychology and Positive Psychology (1950)

Question 11

2 Proponent of Humanistic Psychology

Answer 11

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Question 12

_____ assumes that the whole person is constantly being motivated by one need or another and that people have the potential to go toward psychological health or self-actualization.

Answer 12

Hierarchy of needs

Question 13

Illustrate the Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs

Answer 13

From top to bottom

Self-Actualization
Esteem
Love and Belonging
Safety Needs
Physiological Needs

Question 14

Creating a balance between humanistic psychology emphasized: that human nature is basically good

Answer 14

Positive Psychology

Question 15

The transition period between childhood and early adulthood

Answer 15

Adolescence

Question 16

Three stages of Adolescence

Answer 16

Early adolescence - 10 -13 yrs old
Middle adolescence - 14 - 16 yrs old
Late adolescence - 17 - 20 yrs old

Question 17

The 3 aspects of human development

Answer 17

physical, cognitive, and psychosocial

Question 18

The foundation of personal development.

Answer 18

Psychology