CALDWELL ADVENTIST ACADEMY

R.T. LIM BOULEVARD, ZAMBOANGA CITY

“The School for Future Leaders”
A.Y. 2022-2023
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

CONCEPT NOTES IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 11

Lesson 3: Holistic Development

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

Evaluate his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviour;

Show connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in a person’s holistic development.

An adolescent is constantly changing. You may not be aware of this, but for every second that passes,
your whole body changes. These changes occur simultaneously and are never-ending. As adolescents
mature, your social circles keep getting wider and wider. Your body begins to change. Your brain processes
new ideas. Your faith and morals evolve as they are exposed to the realities of life. Your emotions change
from simple feelings like being happy and sad into being ecstatic and melancholic.

Adolescence is known as a period of change for young people. Changes experienced in this period
are rapid and sudden compared to other stages of a person’s development is a transition from childhood
to adulthood accompanied by physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development that is brought about
by hereditary means and environmental influences. Adolescence is divided into three stages:

Developmental Stage Age

Early Adolescence approximately 10 to 13 years old
Middle Adolescence approximately 14 to 16 years old
Late Adolescence approximately 17 to 19 years old

Each developmental stage in adolescence is characterized by different milestones in the physical,

cognitive and socioemotional domain.

A. Physical development would refer to changes in the size, appearance, functions and physical
capacities of an individual.
B. Cognitive development pertains to different intellectual abilities and thought processes.
C. Socioemotional development talks about regulation and management of emotions and feelings,
interpersonal skills and different aspects of behavior.

Holistic Development - means the development of intellectual, mental, physical, emotional, and social
abilities in a child so that he or she is capable of facing the demands and challenges of everyday life.

“Holism” - General Jan C. Smuts defined holism as the tendency in nature to form wholes which are
greater than the sum of the parts through creative evolution.

Five Areas of Personal Development

A. Physiological Development
This includes the five senses and other physical characteristics including the changes in the
body and the development of skills related to mobility or movement.

B. Cognitive Development
There are two things to remember when studying this component: cognition and
cognitive processes.
  Cognition. The American Psychological Association described cognition as the processes of
knowing which includes remembering, attending, and reasoning. It also involves the contents of
these processes like memories and concepts.

 Cognitive processes include the higher mental processes like memory, language, perception,
problem-solving, and abstract thinking.

 The cognitive component of an individual refers to the mental processes or the

intellectual functioning of the mind. The intellectual skills and abilities of a person are shown
through the attitudes, values, beliefs, and thoughts. The ability to think, recall, recognize,
analyze, reason, synthesize, evaluate, and assess are under the domain of this component.

Attitude - This is one of the aspects that is influenced by mental skills. An attitude entails how the person
perceives events, how a person feels about these events, and a person’s evaluation of whether an event is
helpful or not.
C. Social and Emotional Development
This is described as our inherent or innate capability and needs to reach out and form
relationships with other people. Social development also studies the similarities and differences in
social groups. These are examined to render explanations about the behavior of a person as an
individual and as a member of a particular group or society.

 Emotions are responses that create biochemical reactions in the body. These reactions change the
physical state.

 Feelings are the mental reactions and association to emotions. They are subjective because they
are influenced by personal beliefs, experiences, and memories. A feeling attributes or labels a
meaning to emotions.

D. Spiritual Development
Spiritual development is characterized by the discovery and experience of the inner guide
that steers the values and beliefs of a person.

 Values. They are the judgment that people make about issues, people, or things. They are
subjective because their formation is shaped by their upbringing and life experiences.

 Virtue. It is the quality that echoes or reflects the values.

E. Psychological Development
This aspect covers all of the other four areas. The changes that have developed in each area
are explained based on how they relate to human behavior. In short, this is why it can explain how
the cognitive beliefs, emotional responses, and observable behavior work against or for each other.

 Mind/Body Connection. The mind/body connection means that your thoughts, beliefs, feelings,
and attitudes affect the body either in a positive or negative way. A healthy mind means having a
healthy body as well.

CALDWELL ADVENTIST ACADEMY

 R.T. LIM BOULEVARD, ZAMBOANGA CITY
“The School for Future Leaders”
A.Y. 2022-2023
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
WORKSHEET IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 11
Name: Date:
SCORE
Grade & Section: Resources:
Ricardo Rubio Santos, © 2019. 2nd edition. Personal
Development. ISBN 978-971-23-9882-7
Topic: Holistic Development
ACTIVITY

DIRECTION: Identification. Write the correct answer.

______________________________1. What area of personal development is characterized by the discovery and

experience of the inner guide that steers the values and beliefs of a
person?
______________________________2. What area of personal development covers all of the other four areas?
______________________________3. What is described as our inherent or innate capability and needs to reach
out
and form relationships with other people?
______________________________4. What is the processes of knowing which includes remembering, attending,
and
reasoning?
______________________________5. What means the development of intellectual, mental, physical, emotional,
and
social abilities in a child so that he or she is capable of facing the
demands and
challenges of everyday life?

DIRECTION: Answer correctly the following questions.

1. What is holistic development?

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2. What the five areas of personal development?

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3. What is their connection?

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 What’s On Your

DIRECTION: Choose at least two of the situations below then share your real thoughts, feelings and the
behavior that you will surely show or express if you were in the actual situation. Then explain the
connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

1. 2. 3. 4.

Picture No. __________

Answer.

Picture No. __________

Answer.

Real Life Situation

In three sentences, write the importance of mind/body connection and its relationship to mental health?