SHS

Personality
Development
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Self-Development
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What I Know

Put a (/) mark before the number if the statement is correct and an (X) mark if it
is not.
______1. Puberty begins at the age of 15.
______2. Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood.
______3. Late adolescent and generally have completed physical development.
______4. During middle adolescence, strong sexual attractiveness occurs.
______5. Prenatal is the beginning of developmental stage.
______6. Adolescent is entitled to be carefree and do anything they want because of
hormonal imbalance.
______7. Most of teens are rebel because they ask for independence.
______8. Puberty is stage of exploration, they take risk and learn through
experiment.
______9. Late adolescent is a preparation for mature role and serious relationship.
______10. Teenagers are spoiled and think of themselves before others.
______11. Early Adulthood is the time exercise their independence.
______12. Adolescent increase the ability to think and plan more about future.
______13. Teenagers tend to be irresponsible.
______14. Adolescent develop a more complex understanding of moral behavior and
underlying principle of justice.
______15. Teenagers become uncontrollable and immature.
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Lesson Developmental Stages in

3 Middle and Late Adolescence

In this unit we will be focusing on the development stages in middle and late
adolescent years. This stages of human life is essential to the formation of
individuality as a person because this is the phase where attitudes, behaviours,
and physical changes occurs. Teen-age years is lay man term for for adolescent.
We will give emphasis on the development that happens to you during your
middle and late adolescent years. We will classify various task according to your
age. As we go along with the lesson you eventually understand the changes that
occurs during this stage of your life. We will walk along with you to discover
yourself as you take the journey to the stage of becoming a responsible individual.
This stage of your life is a preparation of your adult life.

What’s New

Human Development

Every development that occurs in the life of an individual is obviously an

aspect of human life. The changes that across the lifespan, including physical,
cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality and emotional is part of the
development growth of a person.
Human development stages is a process that a person moves through from
infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. The study of human development
is important to know because this would help you understand how humans learn,
mature and adapt to the environment throughout lives.
Stages of Human
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Developmental Stages of Life

Development is defined as a growth and change that people go through in life.
John Santrock’s, a scholar in the field of Developmental Psychology, divided the
human lifespan in eight periods:
1. Pre-natal period- (conception to birth)- growth of single cell to an organism,
complete with brain and behavioral capabilities.
2. Infancy-(birth to 18-24 months)- time to extreme dependence on adults,
Psychological Activities are just beginning(language, symbolic thought, and
sensory-motor coordination and social learning is develop.
3. Early Childhood-(2-6 years old) young children learn to become more self-
sufficient and care for more themselves, develop school readiness skills and
spend many hours in play with peers.
4. Middle Childhood-(6-11 years old)- Fundamental skills of reading, writing and
arithmetic are mastered, Child is formally exposed to larger world and its
culture.
5. Adolescence- (10-12 to 18 to 21 years) begins with a rapid physical changes
( gains in weight and in height, changes in body contour, and development of
sexual characteristics such as enlargement of breast, development of pubic
hair and facial hair, deepening of voice). Pursuits of independence and identity
are prominent. Thought is more logical, abstract and idealistic. More time
spent outside family.
6. Early Adulthood-(20-30 years old) Time to establishing personal and economic
independence, career development, selecting a mate, learning to live with
someone in an intimate way, starting a family and rearing g children.
7. Middle Adulthood-(40-60 years old) Time of spending personal and social
involvement and responsibly. Assisting next generation in becoming competent
and mature individuals, reaching and maintaining satisfaction in a career.
8. Late Adulthood-(60 above) Time for adjustment to decreasing stretch and
health, life review, retirement and adjustment to new social roles.

Developmental Stages form Middle and Late Adolescence

This is the transition age from childhood to adulthood. In this stage a rapid
physical development takes place, sexual, cognitive, social, and emotional changes
happens as they hit the late adolescence. Self-acceptance and self-love is
important.
Adolescence is divided into three stage:
1. Early adolescence begins in the age of 10 to 13, during this stage, children
often starts to grow more quickly. They also begin notice other body change. Pre-
teens feel an increase need for privacy. They start to explore ways of being
independent from their family.
2. Middle adolescence is ages from 14-17, this is when physical changes from
puberty continue. Many teens become interested in romantic and sexual
relationship. This period also a start of questioning their sexual identity. There are
times they struggle for more independence and spend more time with friends and
less time with the family. Teens become more conscious with their appearance.
They need the feeling of sense of belongingness that’s why peers is important to
them.
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3. Late adolescence, ages from 18-21, generally have completed physical

development and growth to their full adult height. They can identify their own
values. Friendships and relationships become more stable. They may become more
focused on the future based decisions on their hopes and ideals. The overlapping of
age indicates the beginning of manifestation of changes to the body of a child.
A developmental task is a task that arises at or about a certain period of life,
unsuccessful achievement of which leads to inability to perform task associated
with the next period of stage in life. In the theory of developmental task was
discussed by Robert James Havighurst, a 20 th century psychologist who is expert
on human development and aging, conceptualize the age-related task of human
growth. He also stated that: “a task is a task which arises at or about a certain
period in the life of the individual, successful achievement of which leads to
happiness and success with later tasks, while failure leads to unhappiness and
difficulty with later task.” Our life faces challenges we able to surpass these by the
help of the people around us.
The following gives us an overview of the development task of the middle and late
adolescent.

1. Leaning to get along with friend of Learn to look upon girls as women and
both boys as men, to become an adult
Sexes among adults, to learn to work with
others for a common purpose,
disregarding personal feelings, to lead
without dominating.
2. Accepting one’s physical body and To accept one’s body, to keep it healthy
keeping it healthy through good nutrition, exercise,
disease prevention, and other health
practices.
3. Becoming more self-sufficient To develop affection for parents without
dependence upon them, to develop
respect for older adults without
dependence upon them.
4. Making decisions about marriage To explore attitudes towards family life
and and having children, to acquire the
family life knowledge necessary for home
management and, if desired, child
bearing.
5. Preparing for a job or career To develop career/vocational goals and
ways to reach these goals, to be able to
make a living.
6. Acquiring a set of values to guide To develop an outlook toward life based
Behaviour on what is important.
7. Becoming socially responsible To participate as a responsible person
with friends at home, and the
community, to develop personal moral
values to guide behaviour.
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What’s More

Activity 1 Identifying my Task as a Teen

Classify your developmental task according to what you have go through

when you reach the middle to late adolescent.

Physical
Friends Emotional
become more important, HaveSocial Mental
a better understanding of
Development Development Development Development
complex problems and issues
Taking care of the body
Friends became more important
Making important decision
Establishing personal identity
Sense of self-involvement
Incorporating values about their Accommodating the personal sense of
sexual behavior femininity and masculinity

Learning to govern themselves Became more focus on sexuality

Setting goals for the future Asserting social responsibility

Preparing for adult roles and Asserting the need of independence

responsibilities and individuality

Handling emotions and accepting Developing conscience, morality and a

failure scale of values

Expanding skills to accommodate Emergence of new thinking skill

more concepts and tasks
Learning to cooperate with others
Achieving mature relations with both
sexes

Processing Questions:
1. What is your five outstanding trait from the list above? Why?
2. Have you encountered task that was not mentioned from the list? State it
and explain your answer.
3. In what phase of your adolescent years you experienced difficulty or a big
challenge? How do you able to handle this?

Activity 2. My Self-Evaluation
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Evaluate yourself if you think you went through with the following situation.
Rate yourself according to the following scale. Check the appropriate column that
corresponds to your answer.
5-always 4-often 3-sometimes 2-seldom 1-never

Self-evaluation 5 4 3 2 1
1. I think many times before I make decisions.
2. I do self-assessment when I’m not sure to my actions
3. I became responsible to my actions
4. I tend to do change my decisions every now and then
5. I do the responsibilities that lay on me
6. I accept challenges that comes my way
7. I think twice before I say something
8. I spend more time with my friends rather than my
Family
9. I’m shy to show my talent or skills to others
10. I do my share in the household chores
TOTAL

Processing Questions:
1. How was your experience when you were answering the self-evaluation?
2. What did you find out to yourself after you answered the self-evaluation?
3. Can you share some of your experiences when you reached your adolescence?

What I Have Learned

1. Development is a growth and change that people go through in life.

2. Developmental task arises at or about a certain period of life, unsuccessful
achievement of which leads to inability to perform task associated with the
next period of stage in life
3. Human development stages is a process that a person moves through from
infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
4. Adolescence comes with hormonal changes and learning about who you are
as an individual.
5. Middle Adolescence is when physical changes from puberty continue. Teens
become interested in romantic and sexual relationship. The period when
they question their sexuality. They ask for more independence and spend
more time with friends and less time with the family. They became conscious
with their appearances.
6. Late Adolescence generally have completed physical development and growth
to their full adult height. They can identify their own values. Friendships and
relationships become more stable. They may become more focused on the
future based decisions on their hopes and ideals.
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What I Can Do

Using the Chain of Event below, list down the changes/experiences you went
through when you reached your adolescent years until present. Then for the next
chapter of your life, early adulthood, write down your aspirations and what will be
your actions to achieve this.
Thinking Back

10-13 years old 14-17 years old

Preparing for my Adulthood 18-21 years old

My actions to be a responsible adult My goals

Assessment

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. What stage of human development does physical changes, sexual
maturation occur?
a. Infancy
b. Adolescence
c. Early Adulthood
d. Early adulthood
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2. Which of the following statement is NOT true about adolescence?

a. Development of sexual characteristics.
b. Thought is more logical, abstract and idealistic.
c. Pursuits of independence identity are prominent.
d. Strong dependency to parents and seek love and attention.
3. Who among following people affect the cognitive development of an
individual?
a. Peers
b. Parents
c. Teacher
d. Psychologist

4. Which of the following physical changes is NOT happening to an early

adolescent?
a. Hair growth
b. Sexual attraction
c. Gain of weight and height
d. Breast enlargement for the girls

5. The adolescent who is creating identity for himself is faced with urgent need
to identify what course to take in college and establish a career path for the
future. What is called to this event of her/his life?
a. Career choice
b. Educational choice
c. Entering to a marriage life
d. Entering into a relationship
6. Mia just turned 18. People believes that she is now full pledge lady. What
task is expected from her by her parents?
a. She can now handle her emotions.
b. Choose a right career
c. Accept responsibility
d. All of the above
7. Which of the tasks that teens are dealing with?
a. Achieving emotional independence adults
b. Coping to new intellectual abilities
c. Adjusting to physical changes
d. All of the above

8. It focuses in human growth and changes across the lifespan?

a. Physical development
b. Human Development
c. Spiritual Development
d. Personal Development

9. It is the foundation age where basic behavior are organized and skills are
developed.
a. Infancy
b. Early childhood
c. Late childhood
d. Adolescence

10.What stage of human development when children become more

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self-sufficient as they go to school and make friends

a. Early Childhood
b. Middle Childhood
c. Early Adulthood
d. Late Adulthood

11. What stage of human development does rapid physical and mental
declined are experienced?
a. Adolescence
b. Early Adulthood
c. Middle Adulthood
d. Late Adulthood

12. Mark becomes conscious to his appearance when he hit the puberty
stage. He makes sure that he is always good looking to others. What
Mark trying to imply to others?
a. Self-image
b. Sexual maturity
c. Personal identity
d. Moral development

13. Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of a middle childhood?

a. social skills
b. school skills
c. creativity age
d. seeking for independence

14. What is the cause of emotional fluctuations of the adolescents?

a. Genetically related
b. Hormonal imbalance
c. Environmental factors
d. Hormonal changes and brain in development

15. The following are developmental task of the adolescents EXCEPT:

a. Accepting one’s physique
b. Perfect behaviour expected by parents
c. Taking responsibility for one’s actions
d. Achieving emotional independence of adults