Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region II – Cagayan Valley
Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (1st Quarter)

Name: __________________________________ Grade Level: ______________
Date: ___________________________________ Score: __________________

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Knowing and Understanding Oneself during Middle and Late Adolescence
Background Information

SELF-CONCEPT
Imagine yourself looking into a mirror. What do you see? Do you see your ideal self or
your actual self? Your ideal self is the self that you inspire to be. It is the one that you hope will
possess characteristics similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly figure. Your actual self,
however, is the one that you actually see. It is the self that has characteristics that you were
nurtured or, in some cases, born to have.
The actual self and the ideal self are two broad categories of self-concept. Self-concept
refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that negotiates these two selves. In other
words, it connotes first the identification of the ideal self as separate from others, and second, it
encompasses all the behaviors evaluated in the actual self that you engage in to reach the ideal
self.
The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is derived from social
interactions that provide insight into how others react to you. The actual self is who we actually
are. It is how we think, how we feel, look, and act. The actual self can be seen by others, but
because we have no way of truly knowing how others view us, the actual self is our self-image.
The ideal self, on the other hand, is how we want to be. It is an idealized image that we
have developed over time, based on what we have learned and experienced. The ideal self could
include components of what our parents have taught us, what we admire in others, what our
society promotes, and what we think is in our best interest.
There is negotiation that exists between the two selves which is complex because there
are numerous exchanges between the ideal and actual self. These exchanges are exemplified in
social roles that are adjusted and re-adjusted and are derived from outcomes of social
interactions from infant to adult development. Alignment is important. If the way that I am not
aligned with how I want to be, the incongruence, or lack of alignment, will result in mental
distress or anxiety. The greater the level of incongruence between the ideal self and real self, the
greater the level of resulting distress.

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PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Personal Effectiveness means making use of all the personal resources-talents, skills,
energy and time, to enable you to achieve life goals.
Your knowledge of yourself and how you manage yourself impacts directly on your
personal effectiveness. Being self-aware, making the most of your strengths, learning new skills
and techniques and behavioral flexibility are all keys to improving your personal performance.
Our personal effectiveness depends our innate characteristics – talent and experience
accumulated in the process of personal development. Talents first are needed to be identified and
then developed to be used in a particular subject are (science, literature, sports, politics, etc.).
Experience includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of cognitive and
practical activities.
Knowledge is required for setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve them and risk
assessment.
Skills also determine whether real actions are performed in accordance with the plan. If
the same ability is used many times in the same situation, then it becomes a habit that runs
automatically, subconsciously. Here are some skills that will greatly increase the efficiency of
any person who owns them:
1. Determination. It allows you to focus only on achieving a specific goal without
being distracted by less important things or spontaneous desires. It may be developed
with the help of self-discipline exercise.
2. Self-confidence. It appears in the process of personal development, as a result of
getting aware of yourself, your actions and their consequences. Self-confidence is
manifested in speech, appearance, dressing, gain positive attitude and believe that by
performing right actions and achieving right goals you will certainly reach success.
3. Persistence. It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging obstacles –
problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It reduces the cost of overcoming
obstacles. It can also be developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.
4. Managing stress. It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the environment
and other people. Stress arises from the uncertainty in an unknown situation when
lack of information creates the risk of negative consequences of your actions. It
increases efficiency in the actively changing environment.
5. Problem-solving skills. They help cope with the problems encountered with a lack of
experience. It increases efficiency by adopting news ways of achieving goals when
obtaining a new experience.
6. Creativity. It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action that
no one has tried to use. It can lead to a decrease or an increase of costs, but usually
the speed of action is greatly increased when using creative tools.
7. Generating Ideas. It helps you achieve goals using new, original, unconventional
ideas. Idea is a mental image of an object formed by the human mind, which can be

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changed before being implemented in the real world. For generating ideas, you can
use a method of mental maps, which allows you to materialize, visualize and
scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn contributes to the emergence of new ideas.
These are just some, but the most important personal effectiveness skills which make
the achievement of any goal easier and less costly.

Learning Competency:

Week 1, Quarter 1

1.1 explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her strengths and
limitations and dealing with others better; and
1.2 his/her unique characteristics, habits, and experiences

Objectives:

1. explain that knowing yourself can make you accept your strengths and limitations and
dealing with others better; and
2. share your unique characteristics, habits and experiences.

COURSE REQUIREMENT
You should have a journal or notebook for PERDEV, in which you will write your
reflections, insights, comments and opinions. You should also have a portfolio, a long brown
envelope. This is where you will store all the reflections and other written materials and artworks
which you do at home.

TASK 1
SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY

Directions. Take a look at your own self-concept and answer the following self-concept
inventory in journal. Give yourself a rating using the scale: 0 = very weak; 1= weak; 2=
somewhat weak or somewhat strong; 3= strong; 4 = very strong

___1. I have a strong sex appeal.

___2. I am proud of my physical figure.
___3. I am physically attractive.
___4. I exude with charm and poise.
___5. I am easy to get along with.
___6. I can adjust to different people and different situations.
___7. I am approachable; other people are at ease and comfortable with me.
___8. I am lovable and easy to love.

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___9. I am a fast learner, can understand with one instruction.
___10. I am intelligent.
___11. I have special talents and abilities.
___12. I can easily analyze situations and make right judgments.
___13. I can be trusted in any transactions.
___14. I have a clean conscience and carry no guilty feeling.
___15. I have integrity and good reputation.
___16. My friends and classmates can look up to me as a model worth emulating.
___17. I can express my ideas without difficulty.
___18. I talk in a persuasive manner that I can easily get people to accept what I say.
___19. I can express my ideas in writing without difficulty.
___20. I am a good listener.
___21. I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when faced with trouble.
___22. I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.
___23. I feel and act with confidence.
___24. I am a mature person.

Scoring: Copy this table in your journal. Write your score opposite each number and get the
subtotal.

Physical Appeal Human Relations Intelligence

1. _________ 5. __________ 9. __________
2. _________ 6. __________ 10. __________
3. _________ 7. __________ 11. __________
4. _________ 8. __________ 12. __________
Subtotal: Subtotal: Subtotal:
Character Communications Maturity
13. __________ 17. __________ 21. __________
14. __________ 18. __________ 22. __________
15. __________ 19. __________ 23. __________
16. __________ 20. __________ 24. __________
Subtotal: Subtotal: Subtotal:

Note: For this activity under TASK 1, use your journal note.
How do you perceive yourself?
Look at the results of your self-concept inventory and answer the following questions.
1. In what areas do you consider yourself strong (with score 14-16 or somewhat weak (score of 10-
13) and very weak (below 10)
2. Are there qualities you consider as your weaknesses but other people consider as your strength?
What are these? Check with your sibling or parent.
Example: A lady can say “I’m ugly” yet other consider her very charming. Or conversely, one can have
the illusion of saying “I am very intelligent or competent” when most of his ideas sound unreasonable or

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illogical to most of the people. There is indeed a big difference between what you see in yourself (real
self-image) and what is projected in the eyes of the others (your social image).
3. How realistic is your self-image?
4. To what extent does it reflect your real self?

TASK 2
MY BANNER – THE TREASURE WITHIN ME

Directions. In the spaces indicated by numbers, write down the following

1 and 2 two things I do very well
3 and 4 my two greatest achievements in life
5 what in myself am I proudest of
6 my happiest moment
7 positive words that my friends use to describe me
8 a personal goal that I have already achieved
9 three blessings for which I am most thankful to God
10 three of my positive qualities
11 difficulties, challenges and problems that I was able to solve and
overcome

Journal Reflection from my Banner

Write about your banner in your journal note.

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1. What do you consider weaknesses, abilities and talents?
2. What are the remedies you will take to improve or compensable for your weakness?
3. How can you further enrich your assets and strengths?
4. Where and how do you use it to your best advantage?

Criteria for Scoring Journal Reflection

CRITERIA 5 3 2
Content Explained clearly and Answer shows basic Answer does not
displays an extensive knowledge of what is show any knowledge
knowledge of what is asked. of communication
asked process
Organization Ideas are thoroughly, Ideas are partially Ideas are not
logically and organized. organized.
coherently organized

Reflection
Write your answers in your journal note.
1. What have you discovered in yourself?
2. What are your core strengths?
3. What are the qualities you want to hone and improve on?

Answer Key

Responses may vary.

References

Learner’s Material: Personal Development. Published by the Department of Education

Prepared by:

CHRISTIAN CASILA CUARESMA

Personal Development Teacher
Bagabag National High School

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