PER DEV Flashcards
Is a major category of academic disciplines, concerned with society, and the relationships among individuals within the society. The study of human society.
Social Science
It involves mental, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual growth that allows a person to live a productive and satisfying life within the customs and regulations of their society.
Personal Development
3 Domains of Human Development
- Physical development
- Cognitive development
- Psychosocial development
It involves growth changes and changes of the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, health and wealness.
Physical Development
It involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning and creativity.
Cognitive development
It involves emotions, personality, and social relationships.
Psychosocial development
3 factors that influence Human Development
- Heredity
- Environment
- Maturation
Also called as inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their o spring.
Heredity
It is the social and cultural forces
that shape the life of a person or
a population.
Environment
is the process by which we change, grow, and develop
throughout life. Developmental psychologists look at many di erent types of throughout the lifespan.
Maturation
It is the study of human thinking and behavior. It serves as the foundation of personal development.
psychology
defined personal dev’t as “the process of striving to be the best that you can be in order to reach and realize your full potential. It is a journey of self-discovery, self-improvement, and self-realization.
Zorka Hereford
An american psychologists who studied positive human qualities, and the lives of the exemplary people
In 1954, he created the
Hierarchy of Needs and
expressed his theories in his
book, Motivation and
Personality.
theorized the five stages of
human development based on
hierarchy of needs, peaking in
what he termed as
“self-actualization”.
Abraham Harold Maslow (April
01, 1908-June 08, 1970)
Breathing, food, water, sex,
sleep, homeostasis, excretion.
Physiological
Security of body, employment.
Resources, morality, family,
health, property.
Safety
Friendship, family, sexual
intimacy.
Love or Belonging
Self esteem, confidence,
achievement, respect of others,
respect by others.
Esteem
Morality, creativity, spontaneity,
problem solving, acceptance of
facts.
Self- actualization
An American psychologist who
theorized that “the individual
has within himself the capacity
and the tendency, latent if now
evident, to move forward toward
maturity.
Carl Rogers
It is the transitional phase of
growth and dev’t between
childhood & early adulthood.
The physical body undergoes
growth spurts at this time, for
both male and female, leading
toward physical maturity.
Adolescence
“The typical age range is from, and this stage of development has some predictable physical
milestones.”
12 to 18 years
Adolescence starts with the
biological changes called as
Puberty
Adolescence is a time for rapid ???
Cognitive Development
- adolescents experience the beginning stages of puberty.
-they experience significant physical growth and increased sexual interest. - they have limited interest in the future, they develop deeper moral thinking during the early adolescence stage.
- Early adolescence is when the
separation from childhood begins.
Early Adolescence (Ages 10-14)
- puberty is completed for males and females.
- Physical growth slows for
females but continues for males. Adolescents in this stage of development experience numerous social and emotional changes including increased self-involvement and an increased drive for independence.
-Middle adolescence is a time of
increasing sexual development, and self-centeredness.
Middle Adolescence (Ages 15-17)
- they experience fewer physical development and more cognitive development.
- they gain the ability to think about ideas rationally, delay gratification, plan for the future, and gain a firm sense of identity.
Late Adolescence (Ages 18-24)
is the period of several years in which rapid physical growth and
psychological changes occur, culminating in sexual maturity.
Puberty
- became the cornerstone of
Western Philosophy. - Socrates (c. 469 BC – 399 BC)
was a classical Greek
philosopher and one of the
founders of Western philosophy.
“Know Thyself”
-“the most important thing to pursue was self knowledge, and Knowing Oneself admitting one’s ignorance is beginning of true knowledge.
-“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Socrates
-“believed that the beginning of knowledge is self-knowledge.”
Plato and Xenophon
It is the union of elements
namely: the body, thoughts, feelings or emotions, & sensations that constitute or show the individuality and identity of a person.
Self
-“It is the essence of a person’s thoughts, feelings & actions, experiences, beliefs, values, principles, and relationships.”
Psychology, Sociology, and Religion
- It is a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses that usually lasts less than 60 seconds
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)formerly known as electroshock therapy and often referred to as shock treatment.
