Personal growth Flashcards
Personal growth according to Ryff
Extent to which an individual makes use of their personal talents and continues to develop their potential.
Three ways that personal growth occurs
Without awareness
With awareness
With intentionality
Adverse childhood experiences
Can cause resilience, such as stress-resistance and post traumatic growth
Common forms of post traumatic growth
Improved relationships
Changes in worldviews
Enhanced coping
Identification of new possibilities for one’s life
How can we grow our human capacities
Dedicated effort, trying new strategies, and seeking support
Positive relationships
How supportive relationships promote PG
Study of thinking about positive, negative, or neutral relationships. Then they are offered two jobs, one that was easy and paid well, and another that paid less good and needed more work but would help long term career development. Supportive relationships where much likely to choose company B personal growth over company A
Gibbs’ reflective cycle
Framework for learning form experience which involves reflective practices.
Description, Feeling, Evaluation, Analysis, Conclusion, Action plan.
