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Lesson 2 Developing The Whole Person

This document discusses holistic personal development, which involves growth in an individual's physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions. It explains key concepts like dualism between mind and body, holism as greater than the sum of parts, and the five aspects of holistic development. Feelings and emotions are distinguished, with basic emotions and factors affecting attitudes also outlined. The relationship between attitudes, behavior, values, and virtues is explored.

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Lesson 2 Developing The Whole Person

This document discusses holistic personal development, which involves growth in an individual's physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions. It explains key concepts like dualism between mind and body, holism as greater than the sum of parts, and the five aspects of holistic development. Feelings and emotions are distinguished, with basic emotions and factors affecting attitudes also outlined. The relationship between attitudes, behavior, values, and virtues is explored.

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  • Developing the Whole Person: Introduces the overarching theme of the module focusing on personal development and holistic growth.
  • Learning Targets: Outlines the module's goals, including understanding the interconnectedness of thoughts, behaviors, and feelings.
  • What is Holistic Development?: Defines holistic development and explains its importance in personal and societal contexts.
  • Mind and Body Dualism: Discusses Rene Descartes' philosophy of mind and body dualism and its significance in understanding human nature.
  • Holism and Gestalt: Explains the concepts of holism and Gestalt, detailing their origins and application to personal development.
  • 5 Aspects of Holistic Development: Identifies and briefly describes the five key aspects contributing to holistic personal development.
  • Feelings and Emotions: Examines the nature of human emotions, their origin, and their role in personal development.
  • Attitudes and Behavior: Defines and explores the relationship between attitudes and behavior, including factors that influence attitudes.
  • Values and Virtues: Explores the core values and virtues that guide ethical and moral development, with examples of universal values.
  • Resources: Lists the references and resources used throughout the module for further reading and study support.

DEVELOPING

THE WHOLE
PERSON
Personal Development
Learning Targets:

At the end of this module, you should be able to say, “I can…”


1. Discuss the relationship among physiological, cognitive,
psychological, spiritual, and social development to understand
his/her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
2. Evaluate his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
3. Show the connections between thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors in actual life situations.
WHAT IS HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT?

A process of self
actualization and learning
Complete aspect of a that combines an
person or his totality. individual’s physical,
mental, emotional, social,
and spiritual growth.
Mind and Body Dualism
Rene Descartes

• A French philosopher,
mathematician and scientist.

• Influenced mankind’s thinking


with his theory of duality or
understanding the nature of
things in a simple, dual mode.
Mind and Body Dualism

Separation between the


mind (non-physical
Cartesian Dualism thinking thing) and the
body (physical non-
thinking thing).
Holism and Gestalt
General Jan C.
Smuts
• South African statesman, military,
leader, and philosopher who wrote the
book Holism and Evolution.
• Holism – the tendency in nature to
form wholes which are greater than the
sum of the parts.
• From a Greek term holos, which
means whole, all or entire.
GESTALT
• Introduced by German philosopher and psychologist,
Christian von Ehrenfels and later supported by psychologists Max
Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka and Wolgang Kohler.

• Something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more


than or different from the combination of its part; broadly the
general quality or character of something.
5 Aspects of Holistic Development

01 Physiological 02 Cognitive

03 Psychological 04 Social

05 Spiritual
Feelings and Emotions
Emotion

• From the Latin verb, movare, which means to move or


be upset or agitated.

• It is defined by Smith (1973) as a descriptive term


referring to variations in level of arousal, affective
state or mood, expressive movements, and attitudes.
6 basic emotions
that human beings
experience
according to Paul
Ekman
Happy
According to the research
Sad study by the Institute of
Neuroscience and
Afraid or Psychology at University of
Surprised Glasgow (2014), there are
only four basic emotions.
Angry or
Disgusted
Feelings and Emotions
Feeling

• According to Dr. Antonio R. Damasio (2015), feeling


arises from the brain as it interprets an emotion, which
is usually caused by physical sensations experienced
by body as a reaction to an external stimulus.

• Mental associations and reactions to emotion.


EMOTION FEELING
Happy Contentment, Joy, Gratification,
Satisfaction, Optimistic
Sad Lonely, Heartbroken, Disappointed,
Hopeless, Miserable
Fear Afraid, Nervous, Worried, Panicked,
Horrified
Anger Bitterness, Annoyed, Frustrated, Mad,
Irritated
Attitudes and Behavior
Attitudes

• A person’s thoughts, feelings, and emotions about


another person, object, idea, behaviour, or situation.

• Is a result of a person’s evaluation of an experience.


Affective

Components
of Attitude Behavioral

Cognitive
Factors Affecting Attitude

01 Experience 02 Observation

03 Conditioning 04 Learning

05 Social Factors
Types of Attitude

Positive Negative Neutral


• Don’t give
• Pay attention to • Ignore the good enough
the good than bad. and pay attention importance to the
• Confidence, to the bad. situations or
optimism, • Hatred, events.
cheerfulness, pessimism, • Complacence,
sincerity, frustration, doubt, indifference,
determination, resentment, detachment
humility jealousy
Attitudes and Behavior
Behavior

• Is a manifestation or acting out of attitudes an


individual has.
Types of Behavior

Overt Covert Conscious

Unconscious Rational Irrational

Voluntary Involuntary
My
attitude

Your My
Behavior Behavior

Your
Attitude
Values and Virtues
Values

• System of beliefs that adheres to the highest ideal of


human existence that create meaning and purpose in a
person’s life.

• Universal human values that transcend culture and


race.
Universal Values listed by UN

Social
Peace Freedom
Progress

Equal Human
Rights Dignity
10 Basic Values by Shalom Schwartz

Self-direction Stimulation Hedonism

Achievement Power Security

Conformity Tradition Benevolence

Universalism
Values and Virtues
Virtues

• According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,


virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good.

• Describe positive and desirable qualities which usually


mirror a value it represents.
Four Cardinal Virtues

01 Prudence 02 Temperance

03 Fortitude 04 Justice
VALUES VIRTUES
Peace Peaceful, calm
Integrity Reputable, responsible, believable,
honest, trust-worthy
Love Loving, caring, compassionate, gentle,
affectionate
Respect Respect, civil
Balance Objective, fair, harmonious
Resources:

1. Santos, R.R. (2019). Personal development (2nd ed.).


Manila: Rex Book Store, Inc.
2. Ramos, M.L. (2017). Personal development: A journey
to self-awakening. Quezon: C&E Publishing, Inc.
3. Serrano, A.C (2016). Personal Development. Manila:
Unlimited Books Library Services & Publishing Inc.

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