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PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Quarter 1 – Module 1
Self - Development

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Page i
Copy Right ii
Title Page iii
Module 1: SELF – DEVELOPMENT
PAGE
What I Need to Know 1
What I Know 3

Lesson 1: KNOWING ONESELF

What’s New
Activity 1.1.: My Personality Stars 5
What is it 6
What’s More
Activity 1.2.: Wow’s and Wish’s 7
What I Have Learned
Activity 1.3.: This Is Me! 11
What I can Do
Activity 1.4.: I Am the Author of My Life! 12

Lesson 2: DEVELOPING ONESELF

What’s In
Activity 2.1.: How Well Do I know Myself? 14

What’s New
Activity 2.2.: My Developmental Aspects 15
What is it 16

What’s More
Activity 2.3.: My Share of Pie 18
What I Have Learned
Activity 2.4.: All Are Connected! 19
What I can Do
Activity 2.5.: I have the will! I have the Power! 19
Assessment 21
References 23
Answer Keys 24
Sample Rubric 25

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 What I Need to Know

For the Learner

This module will bring you to a personal journey with yourself, allowing
you to make deeper thoughts and give better realizations of your strengths and
let you work on your own weaknesses, as you continue to strive to become a
better person for oneself, for family and the community.

The primary concerns of your personhood are the main content of this
module. To help you attend to your personal growth and give better point of
view in knowing and understanding yourself during the middle and late
adolescence stages in your development as a person.
At the end of Lesson 1, you are expected to:
1. explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept strengths and
limitations in dealing with others better; (EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-1.1)
2. share unique characteristics, habits, and experiences; (EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-
1.2) and
3. maintain a self-reflection journal. (EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-1)

In Lesson 2, you are expected to:

1. discuss the relationship among physiological, cognitive, psychological,
spiritual, and social development to understand own thoughts, feelings,
and behaviors; (EsP- PD11/12DWP-Ib-2.1)
2. evaluate his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; (EsP-PD11/12DWP-
Ib- 2.2) and
3. show the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in
actual life situation. (EsP-PD11/12DWP-Ib-2.3)

To make your journey with this module enjoyable and meaningful, you need
to remember and follow these important steps:
1. Keep a personal journal for all the activities.
2. Read and follow the instructions carefully.
3. Answer the pre-test in order to determine how much you already know
about the lessons in this module.
4. Check whether your answers are correct based on the answer keys that
are made available at the end of this module.
5. Read each lesson and do the activities that are provided for you.
6. Diligently do all the activities to help and guide you in understanding the
lesson.
7. Take the self-test after each lesson to determine how much you understood
the topic.
8. Answer the post-test to measure how much you have learned from the
lessons.
9. Good luck and have fun

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 What I Know

Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer in
the space provided before each number.
___ 1. Nida, a Senior high school student joins school clubs and maximize every
learning. It defines her interest in __________.
A. self-development C. Social roles
B. Self-image D. Sel f - wort h
___ 2. Dione understands her friends more than herself to value relationship.
Distinguish her trait.
A. Being confident C. Being friendly
B. Being diligent D. Being humble
___ 3. Marissa admired her friend Liza and she wanted to be like her. The kind of
self Liza wants to have is her ___________.
A. Actual self C. Other self
B. Ideal self D. Better self
___ 4. Gino knows the things he like and dislike. Distinguish the trait he manifests.
A. Self- concept C. Self-image
B. Self- development D. Se l f -worth
___ 5. It is being careful in our ways in dealing with others and in handling situations,
and seeks for God’s guidance. It relates to _____ self-aspect
A. Emotional C. Moral and spiritual
B. Mental D. Social
___ 6. Lina is a girl who is true to herself and faces everyone with the characteristics
she truly possesses. Lina shows her __________ when she is with others.
A. Act ual self C. Other self
B. Ideal self D. Self-image
___ 7. Candy has personal way of carrying oneself, showing one’s ability, and
capacity in facing others without fear and hesitation. She is _____________.
A. Being confident C. Being friendly
B. Being diligent D. Being humble
___ 8. It is a personal companion for one to write on, with notes to share and reflect
on.
A. Personal Book C. Personal Note
B. Personal Journal D. Personal Paper
___9. A person who value his social aspect, has the ________ characteristics:
I. friendly III. affectionate
II. considerate IV. properly dressed
A. I C. I, II, III
B. II Journal D. I, II, III, IV

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___10. Recommendations you have for a person who desires to learn new things
and creates the best ways in achieving goals.
A. Creativity C. Generating new ideas
B. Determination D. self-trust
___11. When one has focused on achieving goals and is never distracted by less
important things.
A. Creativity C. Generating new ideas
B. Determination D. self-trust
___ 12. Design organized connections of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
I. Act, connect, plan III. Plan, connect, act
II. Connect, act, plan IV. Plan, act, connect
A. I C. III
B. II Journal D. IV
___ 13. When a person values the good in things, rather than having the tendency to
focus on bad things.
A. Being a friendly C. Being tactful
B. Bei ng optimistic D. Being properly dressed
___ 14. It is the ability to do something in showing one’s passion more than
usual capacity.
A. Being knowledgeable C. Bei ng talented
B. Being tactful D. Being skillful
___ 15. John, a Senior High School student does his tasks with alertness and
expertise in any given task given by a teacher. How will you judge John’s response
in doing things?
A. Being knowledgeable C. Bei ng a talented
B. Being tactful D. Being skillful

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 LESSON Knowing Oneself
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Knowing oneself is important for every person to be able to accept one’s

strengths and limitations. It gives us the view on what weaknesses we need to
work on for a better us.

In this lesson, you will uncover your unique characteristics and habits and
appreciate how experiences in life shape your being that will help you in dealing
with others better.

What’s New

Activity 1.1.: My Personality Stars

Directions: In your Journal Notebook, draw your personality stars, and

inside them, write down the different traits which you believe you possess. Your
answers could be based on how you and your family and friends describe you!

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 What is it
Directions: In your Journal Notebook, answer these questions in three (3)
to five (5) sentences:

1. How do I feel after filling in my personality stars?

_.

2. What traits describe me the most?

_.

3. What personality traits I need to work more?

_.

The personality stars you have just filled in shows how well you know
yourself and how others view you as a person. The self is our biggest asset.
How you know yourself speaks one of the important aspects of self –
development. It is called self-concept. It is self-awareness in two wide
characters, the ideal self and the actual self;

Ideal self refers to the self-one desire to be, like the ones we admire
and wish to be in the community from any sector or profession. Your aspiration
of becoming like them is based on the positive qualities you have viewed them.
Your connection with the ones you look up to could want you also to develop
what you see in them, what you learned and experienced from them, including
the things that they promote and most of all, it could also want you to build up
their ways in your thoughts, words and actions.

Actual self tells who you really are with the traits and characteristics
you truly possess. These traits may have been the outcome of how you were
nurtured in the family, developed in school and influenced by the community. It
is your self- knowledge on how you think, how you feel, how you act, and how
you look. These traits are the things seen by others. No matter how people
view each one as a person, one’s knowledge of the actual-self comprises the
self-image. Self-concept affects one's behavior and overall success in any
undertakings.

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 The two aspects of self-concept are both important and must be
evaluated for positive self-development. Ideal-self when improved based on
idolizing someone must be think of and chosen carefully to gain and develop
the positive traits. It must be in tune with the actual-self. The aspect that
requires a great sense of well-being. Having the right attitude, and making the
right choices of things we wanted to develop in us could affect our dealings
with people and things. Positive self-concept contributes to great success.

Trotman/What is Self-Concept in Psychology. Retrieved on November 15, 2018 from

https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-self-concept-in-psychology-definition-lesson-quiz.html/

Heberle/ Ideal Self vs. Real Self: Definition & Difference. Retrieved on November 16, 2018

from https://study.com/academy/lesson/ideal-self-vs-real-self-definition-lesson- quiz.html

What’s More

Activity 1.2.: Wow’s and Wish’s

Directions: Think of the positive self-image you wanted to develop under each
trait. Under the Wow column, list down the positive self-image you wanted to
develop. Under the Wish’s column, list down the ways on how you can develop
them. Write as many as you can in your journal. Answer the questions below in your
personal journal notebook, in three (3) to five (5) sentences:

Wishes
The positive self-image I wanted to My ways of doing them.
develop.
Physical Appeal

Intelligence

Character

Human Relations

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1. How do I feel after listing down the desirable traits I wanted to develop as a
person?

___________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
______________.

2. What are the unique habits and characteristics I wanted to do to attain such
development?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
____________________.

3. In what way I can fully develop myself as a person?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
_________________.

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SELF-AWARENESS

Self-awareness of the traits possessed and the characteristics that need to

be worked on will give a great impact into becoming the best version ourselves.
This contributes to one’s personal effectiveness in dealing with others and in
working towards success. A well-developed personality is the one that builds on
the strength and works on the weaknesses. One tries to learn more about the new
ways and shows good and admirable behavior behind whatever situation they are
in. To be effective, you have to set your personal goals, you have to plan your
actions and be reflective from time to time. Here are some of the personal qualities
that could give great impact to one’s personality:

1. Knowing yourself

A person who knows oneself has the sense of direction and knows
one’s purpose in life. Knowing oneself is recognizing one’s strengths and
weaknesses, including the fears, knowing one’s desire and thoughts in life,
likes and dislikes, habits and individualities as well as the things one can
tolerate in dealing with others and in handling situations.

2. Being confident

Self-confidence is shown in one's personal judgment, ability, and

capacity in responding to situations. It is shown in one's personal way of
carrying oneself, showing one’s ability, and capacity in facing others without
fear and hesitation. With self-confidence one can carry out the things one
wishes to do. This trait is being developed from experiences of having
mastered a particular emotion or activity.

3. Being courteous

A courteous person receives good impression and earns respect.

Courtesy leads to progress, for one gets the support of many who feels the
politeness of a person.

4. Being properly dressed

Proper dressing earns respect. It is important that one should always

consider the occasion, the time, the climate and the season in choosing what
dress to be worn. It reflects the soundness of mind and it tells how ready we
are facing the day. The way you are dressed is the way you’ll be addressed.

5. Being sensitive and know your body language

Sensitive people are cautious in their way in dealing with others and in
handling situations. They easily notice certain details others may accept or

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ignore, and they can be very creative in giving opinions and in showing their
gestures or actions.

6. Having a positive outlook

A positive attitude includes understanding life’s troubles and challenges.

It means being optimistic or having a positive mind in looking for the good in
things, rather than being a negative-minded with tendency to focus on the bad
in things. Positive thoughts and actions create happy community and a better
world.

7. Being tactful in giving your opinions

A person’s tact or carefulness would tell many things about him or her;
the emotional intelligence, respect, self-awareness, thoughtfulness,
compassion, delicacy, honesty, diplomacy, and courtesy in dealing situations.
Being careful in everything is shown when one can give difficult feedback, and
communicate sensitive information, with the right thing and doing the right
action to preserve a relationship.

8. Being a good listener

Being a good listener enriches one's understanding and increases one's

capacity for considering others and situations. It levels up one's awareness
with the outside world by improving one’s thinking while listening. With good
listening, comes the right words, actions and interactions in our day-to-day
lives.

9. Being friendly

Meeting and knowing new people help develop a healthy mental image.
Your interaction with others leads to manifestations and mastery of the five
features of personality; honesty, delicacy, right attitude, kindness and
mindfulness. Start smart with the people you know. Be the friendly you.

10. Being humble

Being humble means giving the way to understand others more. It

doesn't mean one thinks less of oneself. It simply means the person think of
oneself less with a strong sense of valuing the relationship above anything
else. Being humble means showing a high level of self-esteem but not
bragging oneself to others. With humility, one can still feel better, because one
fully knows how to handle oneself well during situations.
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https://www.learning-mind.com/7-basic-personal-effectiveness-skills/

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 1.3.: This Is Me!

Each one of us has the power to choose who we want ourselves to be,
including how we want others to know us. Below is your personal shirt that
would best describe you as a person. Beside it are the choices of personal
qualities you wanted to be written on your shirt as your self-identity.

Directions: In your journal, draw your personal design of shirt. At the

center of the shirt, write the word: This Is Me! Pick your personal qualities and
list them inside the drawn shirt on your journal. Style your own personal shirt.
Answer the given questions below.
This is Me!

1. Choose the emoticon you feel after designing your personal shirt and draw
it on your journal.

2. What have you realized after designing your personal qualities shirt?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________

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 What I can Do

Working for success is setting personal goals in life. Targets set is

best attained with one’s consciousness in the steps undertaken. To be well
directed, one has to identify and list their priorities, including the actions that
one needs to do. Having a journal to write on from time to time is like having a
friend to talk to and share with. It lessens emotional baggage, and it helps in
the discovery of bright ideas in dealing things. It helps a person to get to know
oneself better, allowing to see the different aspects of one’s personality,
making one a proactive person as it widens the view in understanding things.
One can choose the stories one wanted to share without having fears of being
judged as a unique person. It is a special way of expressing and loving oneself.

Activity 1.4.: I Am the Author of My Life!

It is important for a person to set clear goals and important skills each one
wanted to hold or possess as we grow wiser as a person.
Directions:
1. With your journal as your personal companion, trace your hand on a page, as a
symbol of your goals and skills. List down your goals you have envisioned for
yourself at the center of your palm, and on the fingers, list down the skills you
wanted to hold with you to be successful in life.

2. With the following guide questions, make your self-reflections in your

journal notebook.
a. How do I feel after doing the activity?
b. What did I discover in myself?
c. How positive am I as a person?
d. What are the skills I highly possess and how will I go on with the
one that I less possess?
e. Have I set realistic goals?
f. What do I consider as my best key in achieving my goals?

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LESSON Developing the Whole Person
Understanding ones’ thoughts, feelings and behaviors is necessary for every
person to 2
have a healthy interaction with everyone in the community.

In this lesson, you will gain deeper views on the relationship of a persons
physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual and social being, giving you a clearer
picture of the importance of nurturing them as you get along with others.

What’s In

Activity 2.1.: How Well Do I know Myself?

Going over Lesson 1 in Module 1 allows you to gain a confirmation on your

actual self-concept, including the strengths and the personal qualities you wanted to
possess as you mature.
Directions: Imagine you are person holding the circle postings on the wall. In your
journal, draw the two (2) classified circle postings, and on the left circle, write down
the strengths you possess, and on the right circle, write down the personal qualities
mentioned in the previous lesson, that every person has to adopt.

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 What’s New

Activity 2.2.: My Developmental Aspects

Directions: In your journal notebook, draw five (5) circles and label each to
represent the five developmental aspects of yourself. Below is a gallery of words,
details that comprises one’s personhood. Classify each word and list them on the
circles you have drawn on the journal, as to which developmental aspect they
belong.

The following are some details that comprises our personhood. The way we practice
and develop them affects our personality.
Posture love sensitive affectionate
considerate role model intelligent fear
anxiety reflective friendly thinker
virtuous complexion physique righteous behavior
participative anger environmentalist life advocate

body type and size God-fearing happy analyst

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 What is it

Directions: In your Journal Notebook, answer these questions in three (3) to five (5)
sentences:

1. How did I find the activity?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
____________________________.
2. What are my realizations?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
____________________________.
3. In what way my physical being connects with my mental,
emotional, social and spiritual being?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
________________________________.

There are five aspects of each individual person. It influences the

person’s state of well-being. When these aspects are honed or developed well
by a person through the day to day engagements, one will surely attain
success.

PHYSICAL ASPECT

Posture, body build and size, complexion and facial expressions, as

well as the appropriateness and condition of clothes, comprise the physical
appearance of a person and its capacity to do things tells the physical
condition of a person.

EMOTIONAL ASPECT

How well one responds when things become difficult, and how quickly
one gave to anger, or whether one can take a job or not, defines the emotional
well- being. A person’s emotional make-up is shown in his likes and dislikes,
whether he is aggressive or passive, and how well he has mastered his
feelings and shows his right composure in a given situation.

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 MENTAL ASPECT

The mental aspect of a person depends upon the intelligence. One, who
thinks critically and decisively in every situation, manifests better mental
soundness and good personality. Mental aspect refers to the intellectual
capacity, which is shown in the way one talks, shares range of ideas one
expresses that includes the things one talks about, as well as the values and
the mental alertness in understanding things.

SOCIAL ASPECT

Social attitude and behavior are affected by physiological conditions that

affect mental alertness and the extent of emotional maturity. This is seen in how
well a person deals with other people and how well one observes the rules and
etiquette that governs the society. How well one carries oneself in front of different,
people and projects one social behavior.

MORAL and SPIRITUAL ASPECT

This aspect of personality has to do with a person’s awareness of the

difference between what is right or wrong. It is referred to as the Moral Aspect.
The Spiritual Aspect is the consciousness of the higher spiritual values in life.

There is a special bond and the interconnectivity of all these aspects.

The absence of one affects the display, sound personality. Our parents and our
teachers taught us how to nurture our physical aspect through right nutrition
and the many ways of keeping our body in shape and in good condition. The
real-life situations enable us to hone our ability to think and make wise
decisions. We become masters in handling our emotions and in dealing with
relationship. As we perform our duties, we come to develop our faith and our
spirituality, and with our moral values we are able to act in accordance to the
social norms and standards.

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 What’s More

Activity 2.3.: My Share of Pie

Directions: Below is a picture of a mango pie. Draw that mango pie in your
journal, read and do the given instructions given.
Slice the pie into five sections to represent the aspects of your personality: physical
aspect; mental aspect; emotional aspect; social aspect and moral and spiritual aspect.
Sizes of every pie may not be equal from each other. The bigger portion of the pie will
represent the well-developed aspect of your personhood, and the smaller the portion of the
pie would represent the aspect of yourself that you need to work on and develop. Label
each part aspect in the pie, then answer the following questions in three (3) to five (5)
sentences in your journal.

1. How do I feel after doing the activity?

___________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

2. What aspects of my personhood represents the biggest portion of the pie

that symbolizes my well-developed being?
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

3. What are my ways in improving the aspects of my personhood that is

represented by the smaller portion of the pie?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
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 What I Have Learned

Activity 2.4.: All Are Connected!

Directions: Below are shapes to represent the five (5) aspects of self. In your
journal, draw the exact design as you see it, and label each figure with what aspect
you wanted it to have. At the center of the bigger circle, write down how each aspect
connect and affect one another.

What I can Do

Each person has the power to live and enjoy the positive and healthy state
of well-being. Best self-aspects could be attained by maximizing one’s potential. It is
a process of moving towards the direction of nurturing our physical, intellectual,
emotional, social spiritual and moral aspects. A thing that each person should reflect
on in the day-to-day undertakings.

Activity 2.5.: I have the will! I have the Power!

(Note to One Self)

Directions: In your journal, and following the format below, write a special letter for
yourself that would contain the following details:
1. The things you realized in the readings of lesson 2;
2. The action steps you are going to do in developing each of your self-
aspects.

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 Assessment

Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the questions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer in the
space provided before each number.
___ 1. Marissa admired her friend Liza and she wanted to be like her. The kind of self-
Liza wants to have is her ___________.
C. Actual self C. Other self
D. Ideal self D. Better self
___ 2. Gino knows the things he like and dislike. Distinguish the trait he manifests.
A. Self- concept C. Self-image
B. Self- development D. Se lf -worth
___ 3. Lina is a girl who is true to herself and faces everyone with the characteristics
she
truly possesses. Lina shows her __________ when she is with others.
A. Act ual self C. Other self
B. Ideal self D. Self-image
___ 4. Nida, a Senior high school student joins school clubs and maximize every
learning.
It defines her interest in __________.
A. self-development C. Social roles
B. Self-image D. Self - wort h
___ 5. Dione understands her friends more than herself to value relationship.
Distinguish
her trait.
A. Being confident C. Being friendly
B. Being diligent D. Being humble
___ 6. Candy has personal way of carrying oneself, showing one’s ability, and capacity
in facing others without fear and hesitation. She is _____________.
C. Being confident C. Being friendly
D. Being diligent D. Being humble
___ 7. It is being careful in our ways in dealing with others and in handling
situations, and seeks for God’s guidance. It relates to _____ self-aspect
C. Emotional C. Moral and spiritual
D. Mental D. Social
___ 8. It is a personal companion for one to write on, with notes to share and reflect on.
C. Personal Book C. Personal Note
D. Personal Journal D. Personal Paper

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___9. A person who value his social aspect, has the ________ characteristics:
III. friendly III. affectionate
IV.considerate IV. properly dressed
A. I C. I, II, III
B. II Journal D. I, II, III, IV

___ 10. When a person values the good in things, rather than having the tendency to
focus on bad things.
A. Being a friendly C. Being tactful
B. Being optimistic D. Being properly dressed
___ 11. It is the ability to do something in showing one’s passion more than usual
capacity.
A. Being knowledgeable C. Being talented
B. Being tactful D. Being skillful
___ 12. John, a Senior High School student does his tasks with alertness and expertise
in any given task given by a teacher. How will you judge John’s response in
doing
things?
A. Being knowledgeable C. Being a talented
B. Being tactful D. Being skillful
___ 13. Recommendations you have for a person who desires to learn new things and
creates the best ways in achieving goals.
A. Creativity C. Generating new ideas
B. Determination D. self-trust
___14. When one has focused on achieving goals and is never distracted by less
important things.
A. Creativity C. Generating new ideas
B. Determination D. self-trust
___ 15. Design organized connections of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
III. Act, connect, plan III. Plan, connect, act
IV.Connect, act, plan IV. Plan, act, connect
A. I C. III
B. II D. IV

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https://study.com/academy/lesson/ideal-self-vs-real-self-definition-lesson- quiz.html

LeMind, “7 Basic Personal Effectiveness Skills.” Retrieved January 2019,

https://www.learning-mind.com/7-basic-personal-effectiveness-skills/

Farrell, “The Four Aspects of Self." Retrieved January 2019,

http://www.balancingmindbodysoul.co.uk /spiritual-development/the-four-aspects-of-self

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