perdev assessment#1 Flashcards
It is also called Self Development
It is a process of discovering oneself by realising one’s potential and capabilities that are shaped over time either by studying in a formal school or through environmental factors.
Personal Development
one of its meanings is recorded in the Greek encyclopaedia of knowledge called
“The Suda” - fortress or stronghold
is an old maxim or aphorism (know your limits) which in time has been used in varied literature and consequently gained different meanings.
Know thyself
He is a greek philosopher
“An unexamined life is not worth living”
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”
“To find yourself, think for yourself”
Socrates
“Read thyself” from his work The Leviathan
A person is engaging himself/herself to reading books
- emphasised that a person learns more by studying oneself
Thomas Hobbes
Is one’s abstract and general idea about him/herself particularly toward his/her unique personality and his/her own perception about his/her set of values, point of views and behavior.
Self Concept
a french philosopher that focuses on identity, interest, intellect, passion, and feelings
Rene Descartes
He is the father of modern philosophy
Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes
a french philosopher that focuses on
identity, interest, intellect, passion, and feelings
defines it as “progressive series of changes that occur in a predictable pattern as the result of interactions between biological and environmental factors.
This means developing through the many changes that occur
Human Development
he defines it as “progressive series of changes that occur in a predictable pattern as the result of interactions between biological and environmental factors.
Neil J. Salkind (2004)
Self-concept has ———- aspects as enumerated by ——– namely
three aspects, sincero
This means that self concept can only be acquired as soon as the person——- how to mingle with others and so this indicates that self-concept is influenced by the person’s environment and can be a product of the person’s socialization.
Learned
This means that a person may hear other people’s point of view regarding him/her but will keep on believing that what he/she thinks of himself/herself is always the right one.
Organized
As an individual grows older, he/she continues to encounter problems or challenges that may reveal his/her self-concept in that particular time or situation.
Dynamic
Sigmund Freud’s PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY
what date
(1856-1939)
Freud believed that adult personality problems were the result of early experiences in life.
He believed that we go through five stages of ————- development and that at each stage of development we - experience pleasure in one part of the body than in others.
Sigmund Freud’s PSYCHOSEXUAL THEORY (1856-1939)
Are parts of the body that have especially strong pleasure-giving qualities at particular stages of development.
EROGENOUS ZONES OR PLEASURE AREAS
main point of psychosexual theory ,
each area or zone is important to develop a healthy personality.
Satisfaction
Is characterized by attachment to a particular object or activity that may affect development.
Fixation
5 Stages of Fixation according to Sigmund Freud
- ORAL STAGE
- ANAL STAGE
- PHALLIC STAGE
- LATENCY STAGE
- GENITAL STAGE
Oral Pleasure through MOUTH: eating, sucking, chewing, mouthing, chewing and biting.
ORAL STAGE ( Birth - 18 months )
Anal Pleasure to release tension through the
ANUS= eliminating and retaining feces and toilet training.
ANAL STAGE ( 18 months - 3 years
Pleasure through GENITALS.
The child starts to recognize what it means to be a boy or girl with their physical differences.
PHALLIC STAGE ( 3-6 years )
Attachment of boy to his mom.
OEDIPUS COMPLEX
Attachment of girl to her dad.
ELECTRA COMPLEX