KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING

ONESELF DURING
MIDDLE AND LATE
ADOLESCENCE
Prepared by: Miss
 OBJECTIV
01 E
02S : 03
Explain that Share their Start and
knowing unique
themselves can
maintain
characteristics
make persons
, habits and
a journal
accept their
experiences
strengths and
limitations and
deal with others
 PART I.

Self-
 ACTIVITY 1: SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY
Answer the activity based on how you see yourself and not of what
others perceive you to be. Take a look at your own self-concept and
answer the following self-concept in a clean piece of paper.

Give yourself a rating using the scale:

0= very weak
1= weak
2= somewhat weak/somewhat strong
3= strong
4= very strong

After this activity, please keep the paper and place it in your portfolio.
1. I have a strong sex appeal.
2. I am proud of my physical figure.
3. I am physically attractive and beautiful/handsome.
4. I exude with charm and poise.
5. I can easily 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.
9. I am fast learner, can understand instructions easily.
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 transaction.
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 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 A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER. WRITE YOUR SCORE
OPPOSITE EACH NUMBER AND GET THE SUBTOTAL.
 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 these qualities you consider as your

weakness but other people consider as your
strength? What are these?
Imagine yourself
looking into a
mirror. What do
you see? Do you
see your ideal
self or your
actual self?
IDEALSel
Your ideal self is the self that you

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aspire to be. It is the one that you
hope will possess characteristics
similar to that of a mentor or
some other worldly figure
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.
ACTUAL Sel
Your actual self is the one that
you actually see. It is the self that
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has characteristics that you are
nurtured or, in some cases, born
to have.
The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-
knowledge is derived from social interactions
that provide insights 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 actual self and the ideal self are two broad categories
of self-concept.

Self-
Self-concept refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the
construct that negotiates these two selves. In other

Concep
words, it connoted 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.
 PART II.

Personal
PERSONAL
Effecti
Personal effectiveness means

veness
making use of all the personal
resources- talents, skills, energy
and time, to enable you to
achieve life goals.
The 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 on our innate characteristics-
talents and experience accumulated in the process of personal
development.

Talen
Talents first are needed
to be identified and
Exper
Experience includes
knowledge and skills

ts ience
then developed to be
that we acquire in the
used in a particular
process of cognitive and
subject area (science,
risk management.
literature, sports,
politics, etc.).
Skills
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
 1.DETERMINATIO
- it allows you to focus only on
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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, gait,
and physical condition. To develop it, you need to
learn yourself your capabilities, gain positive
attitude and believe that 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 costs 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 a 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 lack of experience.
It increases efficiency by adopting
new ways of achieving goals when
obtaining a new experience.
 6. CREATIVITY
-it allows you to find extraordinary
ways to carry out specific actions
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
 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 changed before being
implemented in the real world.
 ACTIVITY:
MY BANNER-THE TREASURE WITHIN
ME
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 I am 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
 CONCLUDING STATEMENT

“Build on your
strength and work on
your weaknesses.”
 PART III.
UNFOLDING ONE’S JOURNEY THROUGH

Journal
 Story:
You need to take charge of
your future
By: Bo Sanchez
Three kinds of people in the
world:

Movie
Actor
goer
Script
Movie
This person watches the movie of their
lives, admires some parts and criticizes
others. Aside from that, they do nothing

goer
else. All she says the whole day is, “I like
this thing and but I don’t like that thing.”
The moviegoer feels she has absolutely no
control of their lives –except to comment
about it. Moviegoers are the most pathetic,
miserable people in the world.
Act
This person does not only watch the movie of
her life. She actually realizes she’s the Actor-
and can control a big part of her life. She can

or
actually make or break the movie- by how well
she delivers her lines and how she portrays her
character. Actors are a happy bunch, realizing
they’re the start of the show and enjoy show
level of control. But many times, they wish the
movie would end in another way –but realize
that they have no say in such things.
Script
This person does not only watch, and she
doesn’t only act, but she actually creates
the entire movie from her mind. She

writer
determines what she will say, what she
will do, and how the movie will end. She
realizes she has enormous control over
her life, and sees to it that the movie of
her life will turn out beautiful.
Who are you among these three
people?
Do you merely watch your life
go?
Or do you act out a script that
you feel has been handed to
you?
Or do you write the script and
 “Make the movie
beautiful, and I will give
you all that you need for
success.”
~God
 THE POWER OF JOURNAL WRITING:
UNFOLDING YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY

The purpose of journal writing is to

help you become the Scriptwriter of
your life.
Here are four (4) practical reasons to
maintain a journal:
 It is cost-efficient and available.
Emotional stress can be dealt in
many ways like talking to a friend
over a cup of coffee, eating,
travelling, shopping, painting and
many more but writing is the most
inexpensive. Notebook and pens are
easy to find, available and do not
cost so much
 It is preventive and pro-active.
Writing yields self-awareness.
When you write, you can
discover your strengths and
limitations. You will know what
your reactions are in different
situations and what better ways
to prevent, avoid or face your
fears.
 It is creative and
productive. Journal writing
expounds your
imagination. You can see
various dimensions of your
problem, different points
of view and better
 It is personal and private.
Unless you want to share
your stories, you have the
choice to keep them to
yourself. Writing is your time
alone. It is my way of loving
yourself. You will not be
Thank you
for
Activity
Make your first journal
entitled:
"Who are you
among the
three people?"