Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON
BULAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 12

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET 1

Name of the Student: _______________________________________________________________

Grade & Strand: _____________________________ Date: ___________________

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Explain that knowing yourself can make you accept your strengths and
limitations and dealing with others better;
2. Share your unique characteristics, habits and experiences; and,
3. Start and maintain a journal.

II. ACTIVITIES

A. Let Us Review

SELF-CONCEPT INVENTORY
Take a look at your own self-concept and answer the following self-concept
inventory in your 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 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 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.
___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 transaction.
___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.
B. Let Us Study

Reading: 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 aspire 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
(the actual self) is aligned with the way that I want to be (the ideal self), then I will feel a
sense of mental well-being or peace of mind. If the way that I am is 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. Personal development modules ultimate aim is greater self-
knowledge that will lead to higher alignment between these two personality domains.

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 on 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 area (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, gait, and physical condition. To develop it, you need to learn
yourself and your capabilities, 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 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 a 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 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 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.

C. Let Us Practice

III. EVALUATION
 Portfolio Output No. 2: Journal Reflection from My Banner

Write about your banner.

1. What do you consider as your weaknesses, abilities and talents?
2. What are the remedies you will take to improve or compensate 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?

IV. REFERENCES
Sanchez, Bo. (2006). Life Dreams Success Journal: Your Powerful Tool
to Achieve and Surpass Your Dreams One Step at a Time. Shepherd’s Voice Publishing

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

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

Prepared by:

MARK GLENN L. TEJADA

Recommending Approval:

MARIVIC A. AŇONUEVO
ASP II, SHS

Approved:

SALVE E. FERRERAS
Principal III

Noted:

LEONISA M. ENOLVA
OIC-PSDS, Bulan II