RM Lesson 1 Knowing Oneself
RM Lesson 1 Knowing Oneself
Division of Iloilo
PAVIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Evangelista St., Pavia Iloilo
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
READING MATERIAL
Introduction
Personal Development shall make you take a deeper look at yourself and analyze your
developmental changes, your skills and traits which can help you meet the various tasks that
you must undertake at this point in your life. It shall provide you with some techniques to meet
stress and other mental health issues with one’s strengths and coping powers. The course shall
“He who knows others is also give you the chance to analyze your relationships with your family, friends and significant
wise; he who knows himself others. Finally, the PERDEV course shall help you take stock of where you are in your career
is enlightened.” -Lao Tzu
development and how to get to where you want to be.
Topic: • Personal development starts with knowing oneself. Knowing yourself deeply is crucial for
LESSON 1 KNOWING understanding how your actions and beliefs impact you and others. It's fundamental to
ONESELF becoming an effective and successful person in various aspects of life, including your career
and relationships. Additionally, self-awareness gives you a sense of purpose, enhances
Content Standard: relationships, helps you leverage your natural strengths, and boosts your confidence.
The learners demonstrate an
understanding of • The word “self” is popularly and generally defined as what an individual sees, perceives
himself/herself during middle
and defines oneself apart from others. To know oneself, one must distinguish the three
and late adolescence
dimensions of self apart from each other.
Components of Attitude
1. Affect. In psychology, "affect" refers to emotions or feelings that are directed towards oneself, the environment, or others.
2. Cognition. This term describes how we think. It includes all levels of thoughts, whether about ourselves, our surroundings, or
even our imaginations and perceptions.
3. Behavior. Behavior is the manifestation of our attitudes. Without a clear attitude, our emotions (affect) and thoughts (cognition)
wouldn’t have a solid foundation and would seem baseless.
Johari Window
Personality
Attitude is one representation of personality. Personality is the enduring combination of traits, patterns, and
characteristics that distinguish one person from another (Bergner, 2020). Personality traits reflect people’s
characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors. There are so many ways to know our
personality type and discovering oneself. The Johari Window is one helpful tool in discovering the self.
This allows you a review of yourself, the things you know and still do not know and what others see of you.