Modules 1 16 Personal Development Pivot
Modules 1 16 Personal Development Pivot
Modules 1 16 Personal Development Pivot
Personal
Development
Personal Development
Knowing Oneself 3 Strengths
and Limitations
Personal Development
Knowing Oneself – Strengths and Limitations
First Edition, 2020
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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Personal Development Grade 11/12 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both from public and private institutions
to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social,
and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore,
this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while
allowing them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the
module.
The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often used to depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we
may learn, create and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a learner is capable and empowered to successfully
achieve the relevant competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
What I Know
This part includes an activity that aims to check what you already know about the lesson to
take. If you get all the answers correct (100% ), you may decide to skip this module.
What’s In
This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current lesson with the previous one.
What’s New
In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to you in various ways such as a story, a song, a poem,
a problem opener, an activity or a situation.
What is It
This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.
What’s More
This comprises activities for independent practice to solidify your understanding and skills of the topic.
You may check the answers to the exercises using the Answer Key at the end of the module.
What I Can Do
This section provides an activity which will help you transfer your new knowledge or skill into real life
situations or concerns.
Assessment
This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of mastery in achieving the
learning competency.
Additional Activities
In this portion, another activity will be given to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the lesson learned.
This also tends retention of learned concepts.
Answer Key
This contains answers to all activities in the module.
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Lesson 1 Knowing Oneself 3
Strengths and Limitations
As an individual, we commonly see other people9s manner of doing things,
belief, and lifestyle. Most of the time, we give comments and/or judgment on how
they behave and react in certain scenarios. However, it is observed that most
people find it hard to make good and sound evaluation towards their own behavior,
traits, and personality. In this lesson, we will try to know ourselves better by having
careful reflections on how we see ourselves as an individual and understanding
our characters particularly as young and late adolescent.
The lesson in this module is about Knowing Oneself. After going through
this module, you are expected to:
1. Explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her
strengths and limitations and dealing with others better.
What’s In
Start knowing yourself better. Kindly work with a partner (anyone who is
available to give you some assistance) and assess how well you know yourself by
listing down your values, characteristics and/or traits using the Four Quadrants
of Oneself. (Be guided by the instructions below.) Be able to discuss to your
teacher/guide or partner/buddy the result of this activity using your output.
I II
self and others
Well-known by
Well-known by
self alone
Well-known by
Hardly known by
self and others
others alone
III IV
What’s New
Self-Development
As an adolescent, it is undeniable that during this year, you find it most
important to know yourselves deeper. You most of the time find yourself asking 8what
do you really want9 or 8why do you really like doing these things
or being with these people9.
You may find it queer that you are starting to ask yourself questions, but you
have got to understand that you are not the only person who experienced it. In other
words, what you are experiencing is just normal. Now that you are in your middle
or late adolescence we can say that you may have discovered changes in your life,
or in your behavior or attitude that compel you to discover more.
On the other hand, examining yourself, most specifically how you react on
things, your belief, traits, and values is one of the most complicated things to do
in the world. You must understand, though, that it is not that simple.
In fact, it follows a process.
This lesson will be of great help for you to rediscover yourself better. Let us
start by knowing some concepts of understanding oneself.
Know Thyself
<An unexamined life is not worth living=, this is one of the famous lines once
uttered by one of the greatest philosophers of Ancient Greek, Socrates.
Know Thyself is an old maxim or aphorism which in time has been used
in varied literature and consequently gained different meanings. One of its meanings
is recorded in the Greek encyclopedia of knowledge called <The Suda=.
Thomas Hobbes also discussed his own views about the maxim from
which he used the phrase <read thyself= in his famous work The Leviathan. He
stressed that an individual could learn more by studying others and that he/she can
do this by engaging himself/herself to reading books. However, Hobbes emphasized
that a person learns more by studying oneself.
He further elaborates his views about know thyself from which he states
that a man who looks into himself/herself and considers contemplating on what
he/she did or what he/she thinks, reasons, hopes and/or fears and to what grounds
he/she feels all these can consequently learn how to read and learn others9 thoughts
and passions in similar occasions.
Authors of other materials related to this idea believe that 8know thyself9 is a
moral epistemological injunction. This suggests that the philosophy is the acquiring
the skills of way of questioning or challenging the person to gain careful
understanding of oneself. It is a form of self-concern.
Self-Concept
Self-concept is ones abstract and general idea about him/herself particularly
toward his/her unique personality and his/her own perception about his/her set
of values, point of views and behavior.
This means that it is in the mind that we know everything about ourselves like
our identity, passion, interest, feelings, and/or intellect, thus everything that we are
comes from the mind.
The Id. Freud explained that man's personality is driven by pleasure principle.
This means that the nature of Id is to satisfy man's desire without thinking much
of the situation. This nature is being developed at a young age or present from birth.
To illustrate this idea let us take this as an example. An infant will cry if he/she
wants to be fed to satisfy his/her hunger. An infant cannot exactly explain what
he/she really wants. Also, infants do grab things and would want to get things on
their hands not minding if they hurt nor if they are important or not. All they want
is to get them for they want them. This is the nature of Id, when the id wants it the
rest are no longer important. However, this instinct is controlled by the ego and
superego as these aspects are developed in man9s life later.
The Ego. This is the second component of the personality that is developed
at approximately the age of three. This operates according to reality which makes
it possible for the Id to work in a more proper and satisfactory ways. The ego will give
a more socially accepted means of getting the desires and wants of a person without
getting to hurt other9s feelings. In other words, it is the job of the
ego to provide a man some guidelines on how to behave accordingly
while he fulfilled his pleasure.
The Superego. Freud believed that this aspect of man begins to manifest
as a child turns 5. This is the last component of personality which holds our moral
judgments or concept of right and wrong that are believed to be acquired
from the family and the environment.
What is It
Various artists use arts to express their innermost thoughts
through painting, photos, cartoons, murals, and the likes. Our appreciation
and judgment of others9 works might reveal our innermost thoughts
and theirs, as well.
What’s More
4. Thomas Hobbes used the phrase <read thyself= to stress out that an
individual can learn more by studying others and that he/she can do this by
engaging himself/herself to reading book.
What I Can Do
Now that you have a better grasp of yourself, you are to do
this activity. Recall the most important event/s of your life which you believe to have
helped you discover yourself more. Complete the road map below. Consider
the instructions given. Do this on a sheet of paper.
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Title of the Road Map
Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter
on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What explains the phrase <read thyself= of Thomas Hobbes?
a. It is the effort toward self-fulfillment.
b. an individual can learn more by studying others.
c. must not boast and attend to the opinion of others.
d. learning through one9s experiences and achievements
11. Why did Lao Tzu say that Mastering yourself is true power?
a. Mastering one9s personality will give you courage to do everything.
b. Knowing yourself will effectively increase your strength and positive
traits.
c. Being familiar with one9s personality is really an advantage for one to
outstand the rest.
d. Knowing oneself will allow one to respond to a situation according to
his/her behavior.
13. What is the probable reason why The Suda reminds people not to be affected
by others opinion?
a. Other people point of view is very belittling.
b. People have tendency to forget old teachings.
c. Self-concept does not concentrate on people9s opinion.
d. Self-concept does not value the point of view of others towards oneself.
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Additional Activities
You are indeed successful in studying this lesson, now you are to do a certain
task to enhance your skills in knowing yourself better.
They say that people do live in accordance or opposite to what their names
suggest. Kindly ask your parents, guardian, or relatives of a short history of how they
name you. You may also surf the net of the meaning of your name.
After having the knowledge regarding the definition of your name, face the
mirror, contemplate, and relax for a moment. You are to recall happy thoughts and
the lowest moment of your life. In your mind, try to list down things that makes you
familiar with your behavior, personality, actions, and values.
Then, after a moment of contemplating make a diary note and write down your
thoughts there. Be guided by the instructions below.
Write a three-paragraph reflection on how you lived your life for the past five
years. Please take note of the guide questions given below.
3. What would you like to retain the same or to change your life?
4. What best quote can sum up your life?
My Life
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Personal Development
Knowing Oneself 3
Characteristics, Habits, and
Experiences
Personal Development
Knowing Oneself – Characteristics, Habits, and Experiences
First Edition, 2020
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exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties.
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module are owned by their respective copyright holders. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use
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them.
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Week
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Lesson 2 Knowing Oneself
As an individual, we commonly observe, and undeniably, judge other people9s
manners, beliefs, and lifestyle. However, it can be perceived, though, that most
people find it hard to make good and sound evaluation toward their own behavior,
traits, and personality. In this lesson, we will try to know ourselves better by having
careful reflections on how we see ourselves as an individual and understanding our
characters particularly as young and late adolescent.
What I Need to Know
This material was crafted to give you 3 learners, the right amount of assistance
for you to absorb and acquire all the necessary concepts and nature comprising
oneself. Lessons are bounded on the performance and content standard, learning
competencies and level of the learners. This also used languages appropriate to the
understanding of the varied types of students9 learning acquisition. Sequence of the
lessons adhered to the arrangement of the competencies as reflected on the DepEd9s
curriculum guide for this course.
Lesson Title: Knowing Oneself
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. share his/her unique characteristics, habits, and experiences
What’s In
One of the most common self-report measures of self-esteem is the Rosenberg
Self-Esteem Scale. Indicated below is a list of statements dealing with your general
feelings about yourself. Kindly write on your paper the number that corresponds on
how strongly you agree or disagree with each statement.
Strongly Disagr Strongly
Statement Disagree ee
Agree
Agree
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What’s New
Adolescence is the period when a young individual develops from a child into
an adult. There are a lot of changes that happen to an adolescent like you and some
of those are: how you look, how you take your role in the community, how other
people expect you in making decisions on your own, and how you perceive yourself.
Although the "Self" is one of the determinants of what we thought about ourselves,
it is also the result of what we think and/or do.
Many people believe that we are the product of our own experiences. Those
experiences shape our unique qualities and habits that define who we as a person
and differ from others. Your features or own qualities that made you a unique are
characteristics; when you do something repeatedly and regularly it is a habit; and
experiences are the skills or knowledge you have gained because you have done it
already from the past.
Now let us focus on when and how our characteristics, habits, and
experiences develop and manifest by identifying some of the factors that may affect
a person9s <Self= -- the foundation of all human behavior. It is our sense of identity
and of who we are as an individual (James 1890; Mead, 1934).
Self-Esteem
According to Tafarodi & Swann (1995), there are many factors to identify
the level of self-esteem of an individual and some of the major factors are:
- own appearance
- how satisfied you are in a relationship; and
- how you view your performance.
Our self-esteem may change from time to time depending on the situation we
encounter in our daily life. Since it can be partly a trait that someone can possess.
It depends on how you perceive the things coming your way.
Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy is not considered as a trait. <[It] does not refer to your abilities
but rather to your beliefs about what you can do with your abilities= (Stajkovic &
Luthans, 1998). It is your will to produce an effect on a specific thing. It is your
self-belief to effectively achieve your most important goal. The stronger the belief, the
bigger the possibility to achieve a positive result. For instance, you are aiming
for a higher grade and you are confidently believing it then, it will happen.
Maddux and Kleiman (2000) define and explain the five (5) different ways
that influenced self-efficacy beliefs from the ideas of Albert Badura, a professor
and a psychologist.
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(a) Performance Experiences 3 if you are good at achieving your specific goal, then
you probably think that you will achieve it again. When the opposite happens,
if you fail, you will often think that you will fail again.
(b) Vicarious Performances 3 if others achieved their goal or specific task, then
you will come to believe that you will also achieve your goal.
(c) Verbal Persuasion 3 it is when people tell you whether they believe or not
on what you can do or cannot do. The effect of your self-efficacy will depend
on how that person matters to you.
(d) Imaginal Performances 3 When you imagine yourself doing well, then it will
happen.
(e) The Affective States & Physical Sensations 3 if your mood or emotion (e.g.
shame) and physical state (e.g. shaking) come together, it will affect your self-
efficacy. If negative mood connects with negative physical sensation, the result
will be negative. And if it is positive, most likely the result will be positive.
Have you tried to talk to yourself in front of the mirror? What did you see?
According to William James, a psychologist, <the self is what happens when I reflect
upon ME". Taylor (1989) described the self as a Reflective Project. How we see
ourselves is geared toward improving ourselves depending on a lot of factors.
Dan McAdam, a psychologist, reiterated that even there are many ways on
how we reflect to improve ourselves, it brings us back to these three (3) categories:
1. Self as Social Actor
o We are portraying different roles and behaving for every type/set
of people in front of us since we all care about what people think
about us. It is practically for social acceptance.
2. Self as Motivated Agent
o People act based on their purpose. They do things based on their
own dreams, desires, and planned goals for the future. This,
though, is not easily identifiable since it is self-conceptualized,
unless it was shared with us.
3. Self as Autobiographical Author
o He/she as the creator of his/her own entire life story. It is about
how oneself is developed from his/her past, up to the present, and
what he/she will become in the future.
As an individual, you are expected to act and decide on your own. Most people
tend to decide based on the intuitions and available information that could be a
hindrance in making a wise decision.
For instance, you applied for different courses in five (5) different universities
and you were able to qualify in all. Now, how will you decide? To help you, Bazerman
and Moore (2013) suggested the Six Steps on How to Make a Rational Decision:
1. Define the Problem (select your most desired course);
2. Identify the criteria necessary to judge the multiple options (list things to be
considered like location, facilities, prestige, etc.);
3. Weight the criteria (rank the criteria based on its importance to you);
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What is It
You now have the idea on how things affect one9s self. Knowing those factors,
aspects, indicators, and ways to know yourself better was just an instrument to help
you be able to meet and embrace your being. Who you are, what you do, and what
you have been through are ultimate reasons why you are unique from others.
This activity will let you dig deeper by remembering some important aspects
that made you who you are. You are opt to share your answers with your
teacher/classmates.
1. What are the things or who are the people that/who make you feel
confident?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
2. What makes you doubtful to yourself?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
3. How do thoughts of other people about you affect your mood?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
4. What is the biggest decision you have made in your life? How did that decision
affect you and your decision-making?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
What’s More
In this part, you will be given Two (2) different activities that will allow you to
share how you see yourself and how others see you.
Activity 1.1
This activity will open the chance for you to tell everything that you want to
say to a person dear to you. You are tasked to create a letter for someone that matters
to you. Share all your learnings, your discovered characteristics, habits, and
experiences that you failed to tell him/her before.
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Activity 1.2
Sharing-Is-Caring
This time, you will have an idea of how well your family members know you
by letting each them write what they think your strengths and weaknesses are,
as well as, what they think makes you angry and happy. After the given time, look
for the common answers and discuss the result with them and with your teacher.
My Strengths My Weaknesses
What makes me
What makes me happy?
angry?
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What I Can Do
Time-To-Decide
You will need four other individuals to do this task to make a group of five. It
may be your siblings, parents, neighbors, etc. You are to imagine the following
scenarios. Make sure that each member of the group contributes on your decision-
making process.
Part I
You and your friends are on a vacation and you all decided to ride a boat to go
to a remote island to stay there overnight. Each of you brought 3 objects which you
think are essential for your adventure. Everything was doing well during the trip until
the winds grew stronger and the waves got rougher4you were caught in a storm at
sea! At that point, you were compelled to decide to unload the boat to ease it from your
weight for easier navigation. In total, you have brought 15 essential items. To make
room in your boat, you would need to discard 12 and just leave three items with you.
The items you brought were: bottled water, firecracker, first aid kit, plastic bag with 3
inflatable floater, bag of blankets, box of sandwich, speaker, insect repellent,
flashlight, compass, bucket of beer, bunch of banana, Ziplock bag of cellphone,
sunblock, a pair of slippers.
Let each member justify his/her decision. Write down your decision on a piece
of paper.
Part II
You already have discarded 12 essential items. The storm got stronger, though,
and the boat could not possibly make it unless the other four jumps right into the
stormy seas to spare one person.
Your group should decide who would stay on the boat. Each member should
state his/her reason/s why he/she chose that person to be saved. Come up with a
decision. Justify your decision and write it on a piece of paper.
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Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. How can you define adolescence?
a. It is a healthy, yet risky time of life.
b. The period wherein a young individual develops from a child into an
adult.
c. The period in the human lifespan in which full physical and intellectual
maturity have been attained.
d. The period from birth to eight years old, is a time of remarkable growth
with brain development at its peak.
2. What best describes the word <Self=?
a. It is an emotional state wherein you evaluate yourself.
b. It is our sense of identity and of who we are as individual.
c. It is your beliefs in yourself to effectively achieve your most important
goal.
d. It is how you are expected to act and decide on your own
3. Characteristics are best described as ____________.
a. Knowledge you have gained because you have done it already from the
past.
b. Something you do repeatedly and regularly
c. Your features or own quality that made you a unique individual.
d. Your feeling of being worthy
4. Which of the following is being described by the statement: If your mood or
emotion (e.g. shame) and physical state (e.g. shaking) come together, it will
affect your self-efficacy. If negative mood connects with negative physical
sensation the result will be negative and vice-versa.
a. Performance Experiences
b. The Affective States & Physical Sensations
c. Verbal Persuasion
d. Vicarious Performances
5. When you are portraying different roles and behaving for every type/set of
people in front of us. You are under what categories of improving yourself?
a. Self as Social Actor
b. Self as Autobiographical Author
c. Self as Motivated Agent
d. Decision Maker
6. When people act based on their purpose, it is under what categories of
improving oneself?
a. Decision Maker
b. Self as Social Actor
c. Self as Autobiographical Author
d. Self as Motivated Agent
7. Which of the following is being described by this statement: <It is about how
oneself is developed from his/her past, up to the present, and what he/she
will become in the future=?
a. Self as Social Actor
b. Self as Autobiographical Author
c. Self as Motivated Agent
d. Decision Maker
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Additional Activities
You have succeeded in studying the lesson. Now you are to know more about
yourself by accomplishing the table.
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My Plan
List down the all the things you want to do/improve/change, your reason and
how will you do it. Do this on a separate sheet.
_____________________________
Name and signature
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Personal Development
Developing the Whole Person-
Evaluate One’s Personality
Personal Development- Senior High School
Developing the Whole Person-Evaluate One’s Personality
First Edition, 2020
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Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for
exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties.
Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand names, trademarks, etc.) included in this
module are owned by their respective copyright holders. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use
these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher and authors do not represent nor claim ownership over
them.
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Week
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Lesson 3 Developing the Whole Person
Developing oneself holistically may be the goal of everyone. However, there are
times that we lack awareness of our doings and actions that leads to
misunderstanding with others especially our parents. This can also potentially lead
to self-harm. To know oneself is also quite challenging. To start picking the pieces of
ourselves and subsequently develop our individuality completely to be like an <ideal=
person is not easy.
Since you have already obtained a clear understanding of yourself as you have done
all the activities in the previous lesson, understanding the competencies included in
this module will be easy for you. Thus, you will eventually use all the skills developing
the whole person within yourself. So, get ready to unfold the reality by removing the
barriers toward understanding your true self.
What’s In
You are about to discover and share more of yourself. Try answering the
following activity below.
Activity 1: Let us know more about yourself. Recall your childhood and
teenage days. Share your activities, thoughts, feelings, strength, weakness,
and other characteristics that describe you. Write three or more descriptions
each item. Do this on a sheet of paper.
Physical Aspect
(Physical)
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Cognitive Aspect
(Mental)
Psychosocial
Aspect
(Emotional &
Social)
Spiritual Aspect
Processing questions:
1. What aspect did you find difficult to answer? Why
2. How does each aspect influence each other?
3. Can you share a situation or experience that prove your answer?
What’s New
Teenage years give us unfamiliar feelings and put us in situations that form
our personal qualities.
Activity 1: Complete the box by interviewing 5 people and ask them to give 5
emotional adjectives. Take note that it should not be repeated.
Activity 2: Let us see how well you can relate to the situations given. Discuss how
you behaves when you encounter these scenarios.
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Processing questions:
1. What did you discover about yourself?
2. Which aspect of personality do you give more priority to be dominant
in developing your well-being?
3. How will you improve the weakest aspect of your personality?
What is It
Who would be responsible in developing one9s personality?
Every individual undergoes different phases of development that form his/her
individuality. Our personality is a product of genetic response that we inherit from
our parents and from the influence of our environment. This environment shaped
by the people around us, culture, and practices that we are being raised in
continuously creates social interactions and relationships. This interaction
contributes to who we are today and how we choose and decide for ourselves.
Personality development is complex administration of thoughts, feelings, emotion,
and behavior that influence personal judgement.
As a child, you are dream of a good and satisfying life when you grow up. Your
family becomes your helping hand in nurturing, guiding, and educating yourself.
When you reach adolescence, you experience drastic changes in your physical
appearance, cognitive abilities, social relationship, and emotional behavior. At this
stage, our environment becomes part of our development from which we acquire
knowledge and collect information to organize and interpret different life situations.
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calmly. They must be open-minded to the opinion and advise of other people in order
to shape their future with broader perspective and self-determination.
You cannot escape life challenges so you should know how your thoughts,
feelings, and actions in managing personal agency should be handled. Being an
adolescent, you should be accountable for all your actions because these power
triads can either make or break your motivation to take charge of life. It is up to you
on how you will handle it. Remember, your judgement is based on your views in life
and it is rooted on your upbringing.
There are instances when feelings are faster than emotion and thought. This
would result to fast reaction and realizing the emotion and thought afterwards.
Either positive or negative, feelings result to actions. Emotions can direct and
control thoughts that sometimes affect your consciousness. This can also lead to
loss of focus. As a teenager, it is very important to be focused on your goals. A
focused thought will lead to high intelligence. That is why if you are disturbed with
your emotion, try to figure out where the emotion is coming from and it will bring
you back to reality.
What’s More
There are a lot of challenges that would help us understand ourselves better.
Try answering the activities below to find out the relationship of thoughts, feelings,
and actions to better understand yourself and how to manage conflicts between you
and your family, friends and others. Using the following situation, complete the
conflict management diagram. Write the negative response in letter A and positive
response in letter B.
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Situation 1: You are walking alone on the road that is so dark and you heard
a whimper nearby.
Situation 2: You are working on your research paper and you need to
concentrate on it, but your brother plays his electric guitar despite you calling
his attention many times.
Situation 3: You are about to enter the door of your house then you hear your
father who is drunk shouting sarcastically at you because it is already past
8:00 pm when you class ends at 3:00 pm.
Situation 4: Your teacher tells you that you that you have been selected as
the representative of the school to compete for a division contest and this is
your first time to participate in a competition.
Situation 5: You are the leader of your group but while presenting the
concept that you worked on the whole night, but your ideas fail to impress
one of your classmates which upset you.
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2. a high regard to perceptions
of others
3. it gives life to our thought
4. it is a transition between
childhood to adulthood
7. ability to control thought,
emotion and behavior
8. the 5th ego of psychosocial
development by Erik Erikson
What I Can Do 10. it is an impression to stimulus
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Materials:
Poster paint (different colors)
Brush
1/8 Illustration board
Instruction:
Find a place where you can work.
Prepare the materials.
Close your eyes and contemplate for 30 seconds.
While your eyes are closed, try to capture the colors, shades, textures
or shapes of your feelings.
Now, it9s your time to paint your feelings.
Write a short description and title for your output.
My Self Reflection
Assessment
Multiple Choice: To fully understand the lesson, read each
statement/question carefully and choose the best answer. Write the chosen letter on
a separate sheet of paper.
1. This is an important aspect that we need to consider focusing on to be
developed as a strong and healthy individual.
A. Cognitive empathy B. Personality C. Life motivation D. None
2. The following are changes experienced during adolescence stage, EXCEPT
A. Change of interests that lead to have a circle of friends
B. Change in physical characteristics and being more conscious
about their appearance.
C. Change in mood which results to them being risk-takers.
D. Change in their belief and interest for intimate relationship
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9. The following are ways on how to be responsible with our own behavior and
actions, except.
A. Have a focused mind B. manage feelings and emotion
C. Examine the situation D. Make a fast reaction
10. While you are cooking you accidentally touched the hot surface of the pan.
What reaction of your body comes first?
A. feelings, action, thoughts
B. actions, feelings, thoughts
C. thought, feelings, action
D. feelings, thoughts, actions
11. Learning to identify our strength and weakness will help in forming our
individual personality. The following statement are parts of development,
except?
A. We can judge others easily
B. We learn to accept others too.
C. We can understand our selves better
D. We become successful in dealing with
12. You are playing at the covered court with your friends, while playing, you
notice that your crush is looking at you. You want to show that you are good
in playing. What is the best thing for you to do?
A. Stop playing and ask her to watch you.
B. Concentrate on your play while she is watching.
C. Inform your teammate that there are girls watching
D. Stop playing and hide.
13. You are invited to help in organizing a youth event in your church. You
are about to work with other teenagers whom you do not really know. Which
of the following situations shows a social interaction barrier?
A. Show a smile when you have eye contact with them.
B. Show to them that you want to be friends with them, saying Hi for example
C. Show that you are hesitant because you think they are not approachable
D. Show a feeling disgust and discomfort
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Additional Activities
Since you have a wide range of understanding on your thoughts and how you
behaved in the past, recall an instance wherein you became so unfair to your parents,
siblings or friends because you were experiencing adolescence developmental change
which was broadening and refining your characteristics that would help in realizing
your perspective in life.
Kindly write a letter of apology addressed to the person whom you have hurt
the most, but very much deserves to hear your story. Explain to him/her the
difficulties you were undergoing during those days. Make this person remember how
you behaved and tell him/her the reason why. Also, make him/her understand that
you also needed his/her understanding so you would be able to surpass the stage of
development.
Dear_____________,
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Personal Development
Thoughts, Feelings, and
Behaviors in Actual Life
Situations
Personal Development- Senior High School
Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors in Actual Life Situations
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Week
2
Lesson 4 Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors in
Actual Life Situations
While you may notice and feel drastic physical changes within you, it is, too
important to know how these transformations develop you as an individual. Not only
does the physical aspect affect your thoughts and feelings, but this more importantly
positively converts your behaviors---toward yourself and the people around you.
The lesson in this module is about Actual Life Situations of the Middle and Late
Adolescence. After going through this module, you are expected to: show the
connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in actual life situations.
What’s In
In the previous module that you have accomplished, you have understood that
every individual experiences certain stages of life that form his or her being a person.
Likewise, you have understood that adolescents tend to experience <cognitive
empathy,= a phenomenon where a person pays high regards to perspective of others
and feeling concerned towards people in the society. In this specific module, you will
be able to aptly appreciate the changes within you that you have evaluated in the
previous module: your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Now that you have
enumerated and assessed yourself, it is about time for you to appreciate that
understanding these three elements leads you to better weigh of what is going on
around you, making you a keener observer and a more active participant to the
betterment of your personal goals and others9 individual roles in the society.
To assess yourself further, accomplish the proceeding activity about your
thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
Three things I think the future would be: Three gestures that make me happy:
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What’s New
Read and internalize the poem entitled <I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud= by a notable
romantic poet, William Wordsworth. You may use either your physical dictionary or
electronic dictionary for you to understand the words that may be unfamiliar to
you.
Unlocking of Difficulties
WORD DEFINITION CONTEXTUAL EXAMPLE
(from www.dictionary.com)
daffodil a bulbous plant, Narcissus I really love bright and yellow flowers
pseudonarcissus, of the because they make my day livelier. How
amaryllis family, having I love daffodils, indeed.
solitary, yellow, nodding
flowers that bloom in the
spring
flutter to wave, flap, or toss about Look at the fluttering butterflies in the
garden! They are so happy, aren9t they?
jocund cheerful; merry; blithe; glad I have never seen him sad all along. He
has always been jocund.
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What is It
The poem that you have just read manifests how a person can be lonely and
happy at the same time. Likewise, an adolescent like you might be able to transform
your thoughts and feelings onto a positive behavior. For instance, like a cloud, you
might be alone at times, perhaps left behind by the ones you consider as close and
significant to you; thus you might think and feel (hence the thoughts and feelings)
that you are unimportant to them. However, as what Wordsworth wrote, <A poet
could not but be gay,= he did not let the loneliness envelop him, so he found his own
ways, controlling his behavior, to be <gay= or happy even though the situations are
against him.
By analyzing the poem and relating this to your everyday life as an adolescent,
you can now clearly identify the connections between your thoughts, feelings, and
behavior. As discussed above, the three do not necessarily have to be of the same
succeeding level or intensity that one of them may contradict or control the others.
That is the reason that as a responsible adolescent, it is imperative that you evaluate
yourself through self-assessment. Self-assessment is your own assessment of your
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors which is completely necessary for you to arrive to
an informed decision.
However, while decisions may be individual, these are affected by factors like
values, goals, and positive affiliations. In the study of B. Bradford Brown entitled The
Psychology of Adolescence, he wrote that the aforementioned factors are affected by
positive family and community context, emphasizing that skills to deal with anxiety
and adversity are also keys. Hence, an individual must be able to assess himself or
herself accurately prior to making decisions as the outcomes of his or her actions
can be the reflections of how he or she is raised, chooses peers, and deals with the
community.
Meanwhile, in an online article published in carolinapeds.com entitled <The
Connection Between our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors, the author Courtney
Bancroft=, it was discussed that the three are connected with one another in such a
means that when one (e.g. thought) or any two of the three (e.g. thought and feeling)
is/are on negative pole, it may be changed by having the remaining factor/s focused
on the positive pole.
Now that you have seen the connections of the three elements, it is about time
that you share a real situation that you have experienced in the past when your
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thoughts, feelings, and behaviors either agreed with one another, or otherwise. Please
answer the following questions:
-Have you had an experience when your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors agreed with
one another? What situation was that?
-Have you had an experience when your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors disagreed
with one another? What situation was that? How did you arrive to an informed
conclusion afterwards?
-Why do you think that at times, people tend to have thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
that do not agree with each other?
-Can we control our thoughts, feelings, and behavior? How can we do that?
What’s More
Activity 1.1 Making Connections
Your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors allow you to arrive at certain decisions. These
decisions, however, might be informed or uninformed. In order for you to be able to
arrive at a fruitful and helpful conclusion, you should be able to track the three
elements, so it would be easy for you to show the connections among them. In this
activity, you are given a set of situations where you should track your thoughts,
feelings, and behavior until you reach a decision. Your answer must be in full
sentence or paragraph, depending on your intent. Use a different sheet of paper.
1. You saw one of your friends getting something from the teacher9s drawer
without permission. What would your decision be?
2. You felt an urge to help an old man crossing the street, but you are already in
the jeepney. How would you decide on it?
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What I Can Do
While it takes effort and time for you to be able to go through the middle and
late adolescent stages, it is important to take one step at a time. Having that said so,
you may begin listing down a monthly plan that will serve as your guide in improving
yourself.
For example, in Day 1, you can write <I will try to reach out to a friend whom
I know I have hurt feelings back then= or <I will research about ways to become a
better individual.=
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Note that in your monthly plan, it is acceptable to leave some days blank if
you intend not to include an activity on that day. Be creative, inspired, and enjoy
planning!
MY POSITIVE PLANNER
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
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Assessment
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.
1. Adolescence is the stage when a person transforms from puberty to adulthood.
a. true
b. false
c. perhaps
d. most of the time
2. Thoughts, feelings, and behaviors do not always have the same level and
intensity among one another.
a. true
b. false
c. perhaps
d. most of the time
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Additional Activities
Using the Activity 1.1 sheet, interview three (3) persons and note their answers.
Prepare to share your answers on the proceeding modules. Copy the table on
separate sheets.
Person 1
Name:
Relationship:
Person 2
Name:
Relationship:
Situation Thought/s Feeling/s Behavior/s Decision/s
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One of your
neighbors is
insulting the
religion of your
other neighbor by
posting
blasphemous
articles on social
media. How would
you decide on it?
Person 3
Name:
Relationship:
Situation Thought/s Feeling/s Behavior/s Decision/s
One of your
neighbors is
insulting the
religion of your
other neighbor by
posting
blasphemous
articles on social
media. How would
you decide on it?
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Personal Development
Developmental Tasks and
Challenges of Adolescence
Personal Development
Developmental Tasks and Challenges of Adolescence
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Week
3
Lesson 5 Developmental Task and Challenges
of Adolescence
In this lesson, we will be focusing on the tasks and challenges that you
experienced during your adolescence stage. Adolescence is the period of
development that begins at puberty and ends at emerging adulthood. During puberty
stage, there are changes that occur in the body of a child. It is a natural process that
everyone goes through. Remember when you started to notice the rapid changes in
your body? Mostly resulted to your being self-consciousness and being overly
emotional. Sometimes, you would want to be accepted and be <in=, but at times, you
would want to be just left alone. These adjustments are part of developmental
changes during adolescence stage -- the time when a child transitions in terms of
physiology and cognition to fulfil a new role as an emerging adult.
We will walk along with you to discover yourself as you take the journey to the
stage of becoming a responsible individual. Knowledge and understanding to oneself
is the key to overcome the challenges in this period of your life. With guidance,
assurance, and a better understanding of the process, you will have an easier time
transitioning yourself in this extraordinary developmental stage.
What’s In
In module 4, you learned that life is full of challenges. Nonetheless, what
matters is how you manage and overcome the challenges that you encounter in your
life. This may be difficult but learning to accept these difficulties may lead you in the
right directions. Your thoughts, feelings, and behavior toward a situation reflects
yourself as a person. Moreover, dealing with circumstances makes you become a
better individual.
Read and express your thoughts, feelings, and ideas on the following
situations.
Situation No. 1
John is an active member of school organizations. He has a lot of talents
to share and ideas to contribute to their club. Aside from that, he is known for
his good looks, neatness, and tidiness. However, these seemingly likeable
characteristics became the very reasons for rumors and gossips-- that he is a
member of the LGBTQ+I community. This hurt him so much that he almost
wanted to drop from schooling. Give your reaction:
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Situation No. 2
Processing Questions:
1. What kind of adolescent did the two students portray in the two situations?
What’s New
<Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a
conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, `I--I hardly know, sir, just at present--
at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have
been changed several times since then.' What do you mean by that?' said the
Caterpillar sternly. `Explain yourself!'
`I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very politely, `for I can't
understand it myself to begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day
is very confusing.'
Adolescence is defined as the period between the normal onset of puberty and
the beginning of adulthood. In the Oxford English Dictionary, it was derived from;
late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin adolescent- 8coming to
maturity9, from adolescere, from ad- 8to9 + alescere 8grow, grow up9, from alere
8nourish9. The adjective dates from the late 18th century.=
The transition period between childhood and early adulthood is quite difficult.
This is the most crucial stage because this is the time when teens start defining
themselves. Remember, however, that each adolescent9s experiences, individual
changes, and growth vary.
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Activity 1:
The following illustrations a boy and a girl adolescent. Let one represent you
and recall the challenges you have experienced during your adolescence stage.
Write your answers inside the box below.
What is It
Example: rapid changes of physical appearance
What is It
Processing Questions:
Here is the list of the most common challenges that adolescents experience:
Biological Challenges
Adolescence begins with the first well-defined maturation event called
puberty. Included in the biological challenges are the changes that occur due to the
release of the sexual hormones that affect emotions. Mood changes can increase
which can have an impact on relationships both at home with parents and siblings
and peers at school.
Cognitive Challenges
Piaget, in his Theory of Social Development, believed that adolescence is the
time when young people develop cognitively from <concrete operations= to <formal
operations=, so they are able to deal with ideas, concepts, and abstract theories. It
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takes time to develop confidence using these newly acquired skills, and they may
make mistakes in judgment. Learning through success and failure is part of the
learning process for the adolescent.
Adolescents are egocentric. They can become self-conscious thinking they are
being watched by others, and at other times they behave as if they were on a center
stage and perform for a non-existent audience. For example, acting like a music idol,
singing their favorites songs in their room with all the accompanying dance steps.
Psychological Challenges
The notable psychological challenge that the adolescent must cope with is
moving from childhood to adulthood. A new person is emerging, thus, rules will
change, and more responsibilities will be placed on him/her, so a certain standard
of behavior is now required to be maintained. Accountability is becoming an
expectation from both parental and legal concepts.
As adolescents continue their journey of self-discovery, they continually
adjust to new experiences, even biologically and socially. This can be both stressful
and anxiety-provoking. It, therefore, is not surprising that adolescents can have a
decreased tolerance for change; hence, it becomes increasingly more difficult for
them to modulate their behaviors which are sometimes displayed by inappropriate
mood swings and angry outbursts.
2. Bulimia Nervosa
Teenagers with bulimia nervosa typically 8binge and purge9 by engaging in
uncontrollable episodes of overeating (bingeing) usually followed by compensatory
behavior such as: purging through vomiting, use of laxatives, enemas, fasting, or
excessive exercise. Eating binges may occur as often as several times a day but are
most common in the evening and night hours.
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant
feelings of anxiety and fear. Anxiety is a worry about future events, and fear is a
reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a
fast heart rate and shakiness.
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Mood Disorders
The development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to
identifiable stressors that occur within 3 months of the onset of the stressors. Here,
low mood, tearfulness, or feelings of hopelessness are predominant.
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD):
A period of at least 2 weeks during which there is either depressed mood or the
loss of interest or pleasure in nearly all activities. In children and adolescents, the
mood may be irritable rather than sad.
Bipolar Disorder:
A period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood
and abnormally and persistency increased activity or energy, lasting at least 4
consecutive days and present most of the day, nearly every day, or that requires
hospitalization.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Definitions of the symptom complex known as attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) differ, but severe problems with concentration or attention and/or
hyperactivity are estimated to affect adolescents. Six times as many boys as girls are
affected.
School phobia
School phobia, also called school refusal, is defined as a persistent and irrational
fear of going to school. It must be distinguished from a mere dislike of school that is
related to issues such as a new teacher, a difficult examination, the class bully, lack
of confidence, or having to undress for a gym class. The phobic adolescent shows an
irrational fear of school and may show marked anxiety symptoms when in or near
the school.
Learning disabilities
Learning abilities encompasses disorders that affect the way individuals with
normal or above normal intelligence receive, store, organize, retrieve, and use
information. Problems included dyslexia and other specific learning problems
involving reading, spelling, writing, reasoning, and mathematics. Undiagnosed
learning disabilities are a common but manageable cause of young people deciding
to leave school at the earliest opportunity.
Social Issues
Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse is a sexual behavior, or a sexual act forced upon a woman, man,
or child without their consent. Sexual abuse includes abuse by another man, woman,
or child. Sexual abuse in childhood may result in problems of depression and low
self-esteem, as well as in sexual difficulties, either avoidance of sexual contact or, on
the other hand, promiscuity or prostitution. Sexual abuse in children is regarded by
the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the major public health problems.
Substance Abuse
Many communities are plagued with problems of substance abuse among
youth. Some children start smoking or chewing tobacco at an early age, aided by
easy access to tobacco products. Many of our youth, with limited supervision or few
positive alternatives, drink too much beer and liquor. Other youth, influenced by
their peers, use other illegal drugs. Our youth suffer from substance abuse in
familiar ways: diminished health, compromised school performance, and reduced
opportunities for development. Our communities also bear a heavy burden for
adolescent substance abuse.
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Developmental Tasks
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What’s More
Now that you already understood the challenges and tasks you face during
your adolescence years, let us try to answer the following activities to test your
learning.
Actvity1: Read and analyze the situations carefully.
1. Your friends asked you to try to smoke cigarette. They said that if you don9t
try it, you will be out to their group.
2. You have always enjoyed badminton until you found out that your crush liked
it, too. One time during practice, though, your crush watched your training and
that made you conscious. This eventually resulted to errors that your coach
scolded you in front of the audience. You felt embarrassed especially to your crush
who happened to be there in the venue.
3. Your friend invited you to sleep over in their house to finish the research
paper that you need to submit the next day. However, you are anxious because
your classmate9s house is far, and your parents might not allow you to go.
What is the problem?
____________2. Miss Ana noticed that Justin was always absent on her class. She
asked Justin9s classmates if they knew what happened and she found out that Justin
was a victim of bullying that is why he rarely went to school.
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____________3. Amy started limiting her food intake because she thought and felt fat
whenever she looks in the mirror.
___________4. Ken enjoyed being with his friends, but there are times his friends
engage in smoking and drinking liquor. Although he does not want to join, he has no
choice because they will kick him out from the group.
___________5. When Joey was still a child, he always went to bed early, but when he
learned to play online games, he started to spend more time playing gadget at night.
Self-evaluation 5 4 3 2 1
1. I think many times before I make decisions.
2. I do self-assessment when I9m not sure
of my actions.
3. I am responsible of my actions.
4. I tend to do change my decisions every
now and then.
5. I take responsibilities seriously.
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. I9m shy to show my talent or skills with others.
10. I do my share in the household chores.
TOTAL
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What I Can Do
As a Grade 11 student, you are most probably expected to enter the late
adolescence to early adulthood stage. You will encounter different adversities, but as
you go on with your life, you will become more responsible with your decisions and
actions. Now, list some ways on how you have become a more responsible individual.
Then, make a promise to yourself that you will do better in the coming years.
Assessment
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.
2. They are the most significant people who guide an adolescent in their
journey during puberty.
a. family c. teachers
b. friends d. all of the above
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14. The following are the symptoms of eating disorder in teens EXCEPT one.
a. exercising daily
b. distorted body image
c. skipping most meals
d. extreme weight change
15. This tells that an adolescent is becoming a mature individual.
a. You spend your saving just to buy shoes worth five thousand pesos.
b. You are very persistent to finish the vocational course where
you are enrolled in.
c. You answer back and bad mouth your bashers in the social media.
d. You spend more time with your friends rather than your family,
because they are your source of happiness.
Additional Activities
Using the chain of events, write down some of most the important episodes in
your life during adolescence. Write your aspirations and what will be your actions to
achieve your goals.
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Personal Development
Development Through
the Help of Significant People
Personal Development
Development Through the Help of Significant People
First Edition, 2020
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Week
3
Lesson 6 Significant People in Life
Recognizing the significant people in a person9s life is closely related to his
growth and well-being. As adolescence face critical changes and deal with
transitions, it is high time to notice the people who positively influence them to carry
out the tasks expected of them to accomplish. This kind of connection secures a
basis of emotional security and adds to their personal development.
What’s In
This module is designed to facilitate learners9 insights into one9s journey
throughout the course of personal development. After knowing the different
developmental tasks and challenges encountered by adolescents, it is also important
to keep track on one9s development as accompanied by the people important in life.
At the end of the module, learners will be able to:
What’s New
Significant People in Life
Being in Senior High School is another stage of life that young adolescents like
you need to prepare with to face the adversaries that challenges your well-being.
With full of confidence and logical thinking, you can be guided with any decisions to
take in life. As you continuously progress in every learning situation, it is fitting to
look back at the people who molded you to become better as a person.
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These are some of the questions that you need to ponder on as you continue to
explore the content of this module. The discussions covered in this lesson may also
help you improve your relationship with them and instill valuable lessons that could
strengthen your ties among the important people in your life.
`Surrounding yourself with the people who give significant contribution to your
personal development is a good strategy for self-growth. Not only do they give you a
sense of belongingness, but also give a feeling of security for having an extended
family beyond your own. Since, man cannot survive alone, every individual needs
social membership in order to develop different potentials necessary for present and
future success.
What is It
Influential People in My Life
People normally look up to influential personalities who have shown greatness
in terms of leadership, intelligence, creativity, talents, and charisma. They usually
listen to their strong belief system that brings so much inspiration and positive
energy to other9s life.
Adolescents choose their idols whom they have seen in social media and from
the society they get involved with. Because of the examples they model, they get
inspiration and imbibe their positive outlooks in life.
These are some of the people who molded you in many significant ways and
have become part of your existence.
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What’s More
Directions: Choose the answer from the pool of words below. Write your answers on
a separate sheet.
E. COMMUNITY
A. PARENTS B. SIBLINGS C. PEERS D. TEACHERS
LEADERS
_________1. They give honest opinions about the things you need and seek only what
is best for your improvement.
_________2. They persuade you to get involved in community outreach programs.
_________3. They are true if they do not agree on misbehavior and seek to correct
your mistakes.
_________4. They facilitate your knowledge acquisition and determine progress.
_________5. You continue to develop close ties with them despite conflicts.
_________6. They give so much influence and support on your education
and career choice.
_________7. They influence you to serve others unselfishly.
_________8. They have an enduring influence in the lives of most adolescents.
_________9. Your connection with them has nothing compared with any
other mutual connection.
_________10. They share mutual understanding, hobbies, and love to discover
common interest.
_________11. They usually use the power of persuasiveness to influence other people.
_________12. They help you understand valuable lesson in life that can be useful
for intelligent decision making.
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_________13. They instill the basic skills and values you have learned in life.
_________14. They extend help in any given circumstances despite arguments.
_________15. They are like sole mates who came from different families.
Therefore, I decided to …
_____________________________________________________________________________
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What I Can Do
Activity 1.3 A Letter to You!
As you analyze and understand the content of this lesson, write a simple letter of
appreciation to the most significant person in your life. Consider all the challenges
both of you conquered and positive formations they have contributed for your
development.
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This lesson guides you to update and evaluate personal development based
on the assistance provided by the significant persons in your life. It can contribute
to personal success and satisfaction on your own achievements.
What’s In
This module is designed to facilitate learners9 insights into one9s journey
throughout the course of personal development. After knowing the different
developmental tasks and challenges encountered by adolescents, it is also important
to keep track on one9s development as accompanied by the people important in life.
At the end of the module, learners will be able to:
What’s New
Assessment on Personal Development
The diagram below helps you analyze how much impact each group of people
have given you. Refer to the questions and ponder on your answer for each. Use the
space below for your answer.
How does each agent influence you as a person?
How did they contribute to your personal development?
With their help, to what extent have you improved in terms of emotional,
intellectual, spiritual, and social aspect?
BROTHER/
LEADERS SISTER HOME
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What is It
Significant People in Life Are Also Agents of Socialization
Self-improvement comes with an effective interaction of the different agencies
within the society. The people whom you considered significant in life are also called
agents of socialization. These are your family, siblings, peers, teachers, and
community leaders. They help you discover more of yourself and join you in
exploring what you need to know about the world. As the person continues to
progress, he/she would realize the many potentials that have been influenced by any
of these people.
BROTHER/
LEADERS SISTER HOME
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Peers would always have a great deal of influence in your life. It is rightful;
therefore, for parents to feel worried about the circle of friends you opt to get
involved with. It is difficult for parents to see if adolescents cast astray from
the right path of self-realization; therefore, it is necessary to carefully select
the right set of individuals who would contribute in bringing out the best in
your capabilities. This is a great opportunity to display how much value you
put in a relationship if such friendship would last for a longest time there is.
Peers teach you to develop skills in organizing tasks, working together with
others, giving, and receiving feedback in order to evaluate personal learning
acquisition.
Teachers are also special agents we see in school, a place where many exiting
memories are forged through time, as we collaborate with peers. They mold
us in so many ways. Their role is not only to teach us the concept of
socialization but gave us opportunities to discover much more about
socializing. School is the appropriate place to formally learn academic skills
like comprehension, analytical thinking, logical reasoning, subject knowledge
transfer, and creative visualization. All of these are learned through the help
of teachers who gave so much inspiration to love learning at all cost. With
their constant guidance and your willingness to learn, your future success is
secured.
What’s More
Activity 1.1 How Do I Define it?
After the readings, define the following terms based on your personal understanding
of the concept.
1. Socialization
2. Agents of Socialization
3. Social Interaction
4. Self-Realization
5. Peer Feedback
6. Spirit of Volunteerism
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List Five Things You are Grateful Five Valuable lessons you
for about your Sister/ Brother learned from your Teachers
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. Tell how grateful you are for 5.
having your Mother and
Father
Write awesome Lesson learned from
memories you the Leaders who
cherished inspired you
with Peers to serve others.
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
What I Can Do
Activity 1.3 Identifying Core Values
Core values are important beliefs of a person or organization from which one is part
of. These are guiding principles that tell the right behavior that an individual may
manifest as he/she deals with human interaction. Core values are normally learned
from people as one continues to engage in socialization. These values help in
personal development towards achieving the set goals in life. In order to be
successful in the future, it is necessary to imbibe important values that would serve
as a guide towards self-fulfillment.
Read the following core values that you may learned from all the significant people
in your life. Share insight for each value that you acquired.
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1.As a student
3.As a leader
5.As a friend
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Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on
a separate sheet of paper.
1. They give us the idea of the existence of home, mutual love, and acceptance.
a. siblings
b. teachers
c. parents
d. peers
3. They share the same interest, wants, membership; often give feedback of the
aspects that you need to improve about yourself.
a. peers
b. parents
c. leaders
d. teachers
4. You realize developing a strong bond with them that is incomparable from any
other type of human connection.
a. teachers b. peers
b. parents d. siblings
6. They try to persuade you to get into community service and join social
organizations to address potential societal problems.
a. mother and father
b. teachers
c. sister/ brother
d. community leaders
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11. Which of the following does not belong to the acquired personal development
of a person?
a. values
b. tradition
c. money
d. culture
14. This the most important agent of socialization that adolescents need to
recognize.
a. leaders
b. peers
c. teachers
d. family
15. They teach you to discover inner potential and potential skills to be developed
in both academics and non-academic development.
a. family
b. friends
c. leaders
d. teachers
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Additional Activities
Activity 1.6 Evaluating my Current Progress
Below is a diagram of a stairs. Evaluate your current and future development in
achieving whatever short- or long-term goal you have set. Alongside, determine the
significant person/people whom you think will contributed so much on your progress
and explain their valuable impact to your personal progress.
GOALS
WORK
SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
COLLEGE
SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
GRADE 12
GRADE 11
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Personal Development
Becoming Capable and
Responsible Adolescent
Prepared for Adult Life
Personal Development
Alternative Delivery Mode
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Week
4
Lesson 7 Personal Development: Self-
Development 3 Identify ways that help one
become capable and responsible adolescent
prepared for adult life
Taking responsibility has been part of our daily living. Even when we are still
young, we were trained by our parents to take some duties. It is in this way that they
can raise us well by helping us become capable to whatever tasks we will be having
in the near future and become very much responsible to whatever obligations we
have to take as an individual and as part of a bigger community.
In this module you will learn more about how you can help yourself become
responsible adolescent in preparation for adulthood.
The lesson in this module is about Self-Development. After going through this
module, you are expected to:
1. Identify ways that help one become capable and responsible adolescent prepared
for adult life.
What’s In
Before we proceed any further let us have a quick review on what you have
learned in the previous module. Try to identify the significant people around you by
completing the semantic web below. Be guided by the letters provided in giving the
exact word.
__ACH_RS
P__R_ _IB_IN_S
LE_DE__ P_RE__S
__I_NDS
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What’s New
What if you are placed in each of the situation given below, how would you
manage to triumphantly surpass the challenges of your life? Kindly discuss what
actions would you take to overcome each of the given situations.
Situation 1:
You are studying in public school and currently enrolled as Grade 11 student.
Your mother told you the other day that you are not going to finish Senior High
School anymore because she cannot afford to give you your daily allowance. Your
mom9s decision is against your will. What best move will you do to avoid dropping
out from school?
Situation 2:
You are freshmen college student. You are also given the chance for
scholarship grant by being a varsity player. You met a good-looking man/young lady.
You immediately find him/her attractive and wanted to be in a relationship with
him/her. How would you control yourself knowing that you must prioritize your
studies well?
Situation 3:
You are a working student and currently at your last year in college. Your
adviser reminded you to concentrate on your study for he will not give any special
considerations to working students to be fair with the other students. How would
you manage to meet his expectations?
What is It
Responsibility
Perhaps you are wondering what the main point of is giving your idea
answering activity in What9s New. It was set for you to see your sense of responsibility
intentionally and primarily over things.
If you have come up with better ideas by weighing things and considering
other matters precisely you have developed a good sense of responsibility. But before
we go any further how we do really define responsibility?
Responsibility is any moral, legal or mental obligation or duty that is directly
or indirectly entrusted to you by the people around from which you are held
accountable for whatever consequences or circumstance that may arrive in the
future.
In our community, young children are not given any responsibility at all nor
held responsible for their actions or negative thoughts. It is because they are not yet
fully grown up and cannot understand the consequences of their actions. As a young
kid they still must discover how to deal with the world of an adult by carefully
undergoing the long process. This process takes place through their day to day
experiences and/or through formal education.
As he/she gets older and learned things such as principles and laws that
constitute to being responsible for one9s own actions, he/she is little by little taking
a bulk of responsibility on his/her shoulder. Responsibility is part of growing up.
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This means no one can do away with having sets of responsibility. Out of this, we
can also conclude that being responsible is part of every man9s life.
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assistance to you so that as you take your turn in the society you9ll find it easy
to perform your role having the right amount of knowledge facing any and
every challenges that awaits you.
Accepting this obligation and overcoming the challenges of it will give
you a guarantee of living a bright future.
4. Avoid engaging to bad vices.
Along with performing your other personal duties you must also
distance yourself from bad vices and practices. First these activities will surely
mislead you from the principles of your parents and teachings of your school.
Second, engaging to bad vices will consequently draw you away from your
dreamed success and instead you might catch yourself struggling from
depression, self-blaming, tiring stage of self-pity and helpless phase of regrets.
In the end, you will live an unwanted life.
Nobody deserves to live an unhealthy life so start making it your goal
to live a life away from bad vices.
5. Establish a good identify.
Identity is what people seek as they try to take their role in their
community. Living with good identify will help you see all your potentials and
love yourself more. A lot of people will start to like working with you and this
would mean learning more.
6. Earn the trust of the people around.
Gaining the trust of the people that surrounds you is the fulfilling result
of creating your own identify. For example, if you are able to give a sense of
relief to others during the time they least expected it you9ll certainly earn their
trust and at times, they won9t be able to do things on their own they seek your
aid and rely on your presence. Being reliable becomes your dominant identity
and out of this you obtain trust from the people around.
Having people9s appreciation is just one of the wonderful effects of being
trustworthy. But aside from this you will find it amazing to do things on your
own because people have sufficient trust on you. Freedom is one of the good
consequences of being trustworthy. You are free to do things on your own,
choose the company you love and take risks on some matters without having
to make other people worry too much.
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What’s More
Activity 1.1 Understanding Ways to Become Responsible
Activity 1.1. Yes or No
Write Yes if you agree with each of the statement and No if you do not.
______ 1. Sets of responsibility are given to a person at very young age.
______ 2. Responsibility is any set of obligations entrusted to every person.
______ 3. As a person becomes mature, he/she becomes of taking responsibility.
______ 4. All of us are capable of being responsible.
______ 5. Being responsible will help one grow into a mature person achieve more.
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1 3 Not capable
No. Statements 3 2 1
1. I can make my plans for the whole week.
2. I can accomplish the activities or tasks I set for the week as I
planned them.
3. I can make sound decisions.
4. I can prove myself to others.
5. I can make other people trust me.
6. I can learn new things on my own.
7. I can see my own mistakes.
8. I can correct my mistakes.
9. I can change my point of view as I find the need to do so.
10. I can pull myself together whenever I feel so down.
Guide Questions
1. To what statement/s did you give yourself the lowest rating? The highest rating?
Explain your assessment.
2. How do you find your assessment towards your capabilities?
3. How can your knowledge of your own capabilities be carried out as you take
responsibilities in the future?
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Guide Questions
1. What is so special with the steps you have mentioned in your diagram above?
2. How can these steps be of great help in making you responsible and confident
adolescent facing adulthood?
What I Can Do
After understanding the ways on how to become capable and responsible
adolescent, try to look forward and see how well you will prepare yourself in the
future. You are to prepare a matrix indicating your plans for the next 10 years. Kindly
use the template below. (Take the first example as your guide)
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025
2025-2026
2026-2027
2027-2028
2028-2029
2029-2030
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Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which among the statements below present the ways to become responsible?
a. Join different social gatherings.
b. Engage in a serious relationship.
c. Take care of the younger siblings.
d. Stop schooling and start working.
4. Which among the items below does NOT lead to becoming responsible?
a. Set one9s priorities in life.
b. Dedicate time in doing all the tasks.
c. Become reliable doing things for others.
d. Forget the tasks which are hard for one to accomplish.
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9. Below are the reasons why one should be very responsible in his/her studies
EXCEPT __________.
a. Studies make one reach in the future.
b. It is a means of paying the kindness of their parents.
c. It is a means of meeting a lot of people who can help you in the future.
d. Studies give any individual the opportunity to gain a better way of living.
11. Why does showing respect to elders become the responsibility of adolescents?
a. They are the ones to replace the adult.
b. They are the role model of younger kids.
c. They are the right people to replace their parents.
d. They are the only person who understand their siblings.
12. What is likely to happen if an adolescent did NOT learn to become responsible?
a. He/She might find life difficult.
b. He/She might not enjoy his/her life.
c. He/She will obtain a happy marriage.
d. He/She will obtain a good career in the future.
13. What is likely to happen if one does NOT know how to prioritize things?
a. He/She will not succeed in life.
b. He/She might have unclear goals.
c. He/She will hate accepting duties.
d. He/She might get satisfying results.
14. What BEST way can parents trained their child/children to become
responsible?
a. Dictate what they have to do all the time.
b. Trust them and wait until they seek their help.
c. Leave them alone and let them be independent.
d. Give them tasks and guide them as they fulfill each.
15. How can one9s humility become his/her way to become responsible?
a. He/She will be able to acknowledge his/her fault.
b. He/She will be able to gain sympathy of other people.
c. He/She will be able to seek the assistance of other people.
d. He/She will be able to realize that it is hard to become responsible.
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Additional Activities
Now that you have gained a complete understanding of the different ways of
becoming capable and responsible adolescent as well as its importance you should
understand that you must take the responsibility of examining yourself and take
actions to improve.
In order to do that you are to prepare a list of all your weaknesses and state
your plans on how you will try to improve each.
Kindly list down the ten most important things that you wish to improve after
two or three years. Use the template below.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Personal Development
Understanding of Mental Health
and Psychological Well-being
Personal Development
Understanding of Mental Health and Psychological Well-being
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Week
4
Lesson 8 Stress and Mental Health
<You can9t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you
can do is change how you react to it= -Mahatma Gandhi
Each of us has our own battle. We encounter different challenges in life, and
it is up to us on how to deal with each challenge. Nowadays, most adolescents like
you deal with different issues with friends, family, academics, relationships, and even
pressure that could lead to stress and worst -depression. There are several ways on
how to deal and cope with stress. Most of the time, dealing with stress differs from
person to person. It is better to assess yourself first for you to know what strategy
you can easily adapt to deal with stress.
What’s In
As you learned on the previous module, happiness depends on you alone.
Being happy is something that you must declare on yourself. We are all responsible
for our own happiness. We take control of the things that will give impact and
influence on our life. Imagine, you are browsing your Facebook timeline, and you
saw the following pictures posted by your friends. On another sheet of paper, draw
the reaction you will give in each post.
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YOUR REACTIONS:
What’s New
Color the Fun Game
On this activity, you will need crayons and paper. Get a sheet of paper and
make a table just like the example below. Get another piece of paper, divide it into
12 then color each pair (red, orange, yellow, blue, green, and violet), making 2 sets
of color. After coloring the paper, crumple and make a tiny circle just like nips. Pick
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one from those paper (do this like a lottery). Answer the table below according to the
color you picked. Do this until you finish all the 12 crumpled papers.
After doing the activity, what did you feel? Were you able to recall memories that
make you feel happy? sad? lonely? angry? afraid? relaxed? How did your heart react
on each color? Did it beat fast? When you wrote down your answers, did you still
have the same feeling you felt with those things? Have you moved on to the things
that made you cry? Did you feel uncomfortable?
What is It
As a Senior High School student, you9re probably plenty familiar with the
experience of stress4a condition characterized by symptoms of physical or
emotional tension. An individual may feel when he/she is struggling to accept
changes with physical, mental, and emotional responses. It may give tension which
will lead into various responses such as anger, frustration, and nervousness. What
you may not know is that it9s a natural response of the mind and body to a situation
in which a person feels threatened or worried. Stress can be positive (the excitement
of preparing for your 18th birthday) or negative (dealing with a loss of a family
member).
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Stress as Stimulus
Researchers have conceptualized stress as a demanding or threatening event
or situation (e.g., a high-stress job, overcrowding, and long commutes to work). Such
conceptualizations are known as Stress as stimulus definitions because they
characterize stress as a stimulus that causes certain reactions. Stimulus-based
definitions of stress are problematic, however, because they fail to recognize that
people differ in how they view and react to challenging life events and situations. For
example, a studious student who has studied very well in all subject for the first
quarter would likely experience less stress during examination than would a less
responsible, unprepared student.
Stress as Response
Other researchers have conceptualized stress in ways that emphasize the
physiological responses that occur when faced with demanding or threatening
situations (e.g., increased arousal). These conceptualizations are referred to as
response-based definitions because they describe stress as a response to
environmental conditions. For example, the endocrinologist Hans Selye, a famous
stress researcher, once defined stress as the <response of the body to any demand,
whether it is caused by, or results in, pleasant or unpleasant conditions= (Selye,
1976, p. 74). Selye9s definition of stress is response-based in that it conceptualizes
stress chiefly in terms of the body9s physiological reaction to any demand that is
placed on it. Neither stimulus-based nor response-based definitions provide a
complete definition of stress. Many of the physiological reactions that occur when
faced with demanding situations (e.g., accelerated heart rate) can also occur in
response to things that most people would not consider to be truly stressful, such as
receiving unexpected good news: an unexpected academic award.
Stress as Relational
When a person is experiencing stress takes a step back to look at the situation
that is causing the stress and reflect on it.
When an individual9s resources are more than enough to deal with the difficult
situation, that person may feel little stress. When an individual realizes that his or
her resources is just enough to deal with the circumstances but only at the cost of
great effort, that person may feel a moderate amount of stress. But, when an
individual knew that resources is not enough to meet the stressing event, that person
may feel a great deal of stress. Stress, then is determined by the person-environment
fit.
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This leadership position would likely be perceived as a threat if that student believed
that it would lead to excessive work demands, or this position would likely be
perceived as an opportunity if that student will view it positively to gain new skills
and enhance ability. Similarly, a Senior High School graduate on the point of
graduation may face the change as a threat or a challenge
Sometimes stress can be good. For example, it can help you develop the skills
needed to manage potentially challenging or threatening situations in life. However,
stress can be harmful when it is severe enough to make you feel overwhelmed and
out of control. Strong emotions like fear, sadness, or other symptoms of depression
are normal, if they are temporary and do not interfere with daily activities. If these
emotions last too long or cause other problems, it is a different story.
Mental Health
As defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is a condition of being sound
mentally and emotionally that is characterized by the absence of mental illness and
by adequate adjustment especially as reflected in feeling comfortable about oneself.
It is also a positive feeling about others, and the ability to meet the demands of daily
life. Having a good mental health is also a state of the overall wellbeing of a person
associated with, can set and aim your goals, enjoying your life to the fullest, can have
and maintain a good relationship with other people especially your classmates and
colleagues and lastly, you are able to manage and recover from loneliness and stress.
A good mental health does not necessarily mean being happy or successful all the
time. Most people feel depressed, lonely, or anxious now and then, but those with
good mental health can take these feelings in stride and overcome them. When such
feelings or moods persist and interfere with a person9s ability to function normally,
though, it may be a sign of a more serious mental health problem and time to seek
help.
Wellbeing is the holistic view of our self and our health. As an adolescent,
several factors that could influence your wellbeing such as pressure due to exams,
assignments and projects, family issues, financial status, relationships among other
people, and mobile addiction. It is your task to cope with stress and manage your
mental health.
Having a good mental health means that you are stable enough to face
challenges brought by the different daily circumstances. Whatever life may bring to
you, you can 8bounce back9 and get to action again.
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What’s More
Activity 1.1 Understanding mental health and psychological wellbeing
to identify ways to cope with stress.
After knowing what mental health and the nature of stress are, below is a word
puzzle. Search the terms on the puzzle below. Description of the terms are given.
1. The condition that individual may feel when he/she is struggling to accept
changes with physical, mental, and emotional responses.
2. It is caused by situations that may be life threatening or life changing.
3. Something that causes stress or tension.
4. It is the way the body reacts to challenging situations.
5. A positive feeling about others, and the ability to meet the demands of daily
life
6. The holistic view of our self and our health.
7. When a person is experiencing stress, he takes a step back to look at the
situation that is causing the stress and reflects on it.
8. A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the
activity of certain cells or organ.
9. A practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
10. A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood,
or relationships with others.
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OPPORTUNITIES:
OPPORTUNITIES:
OPPORTUNITIES:
OPPORTUNITIES:
In this activity, you will write the things that you9ve learned by writing your own
definition of the following terms.
1. STRESS
2. STRESSOR
3. MENTAL HEALTH
What I Can Do
Learning the Skill: Stress as Stimulus, Response and Relational
1. List down experience that you had when it comes to stress.
2. Identify whether it is stress as stimulus, response, or relational.
3. On the fourth table, write ways on how you can nurture your mental health
and wellbeing.
Stress as Stress as Stress as Mental health
Stimulus Response Relational
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Assessment
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.
1. It is the physical and mental response of the body to the demands made
upon it.
a. stress
b. response
c. hormones
d. mental health
2. It is better known as stress hormone.
a. Cortisol
b. adrenalin glands
c. hormones
d. cells
3. It is the causes of strain or tension.
a. stimulus
b. stressor
c. stress hormones
d. nervous system
4. It is a simple reaction to an input that disturbs physical and mental balance.
a. emotion
b. stress
c. depression
d. experience
5. The given examples such as: a high-stress job, overcrowding, and long
commutes to work is under what categories of stress.
a. stress as result
b. stress as stimulus
c. stress as response
d. stress as relational
6. When performing deep abdominal breathing, focusing on a soothing word,
visualizing of tranquil scenes, repeating prayer, yoga, and tai chi, are
performing what category of stress.
a. stress as result
b. stress as stimulus
c. stress as response
d. stress as relational
7. The trouble that comes from imperfect people around us is what category of
stress?
a. stress as result
b. stress as stimulus
c. stress as response
d. stress as relational
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10. The following are the factors that can influence your wellbeing except
a. tv news
b. pressure from school activities
c. financial issue
d. family problem
Additional Activities
To nurture your mental health and wellbeing, fill in the graphic organizer. State the
things that you do with your five senses to have a good mental health and wellbeing .
sight
movement smell
YOU
touch hearing
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Personal Development
Identifying Cause and Effect of
Stress in one’s Life
Personal Development
Identifying Cause and Effect of One’s Life
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Week
5
Lesson 9 Identify Causes and Effects of Stress
in One’s Life
Experiencing stresses in life may lead you to struggle and may direct you to
unwanted emotions such as anger, frustration, and nervousness. These may result
into tensions which in return affect your physical, mental, and emotional responses.
What’s In
Write true if the statement is true, and false if it is False. Write your answer on your
notebook.
_______4. People with high psychological well-being are happy and satisfied with
life.
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What’s New
Do you recall a situation or event that caused you to lose your control? How
did it affect you?
List down inside the box the events or people that cause your stresses? On
the other box state your reaction about these.
Process Questions:
1. What have you felt after writing the causes of your stresses?
2. While writing your reaction from the source of your stresses, what have
you realized?
3. Do you think you have control over your reaction?
4. What did you do to feel better?
5. Are your reactions good or harmful to you or to others?
6. Why do you think adolescence like you are experiencing these kinds of
stressors?
Let us discuss why these emotions are common to almost all teenagers by
identifying the causes and effects of stress in one9s life.
What is It
Stress is a simple reaction to an input that disturbs our physical and mental
balance. It is ever present in everyone9s life in various situations and activities.
Therefore, you are not exempted from experiencing stress.
Different people have different stresses. As a student, you, too, have various
stressors. These are the commonly cited causes of stress of the students:
peers
examinations
making portfolios
returning to study
poor time management
bullying
overcrowding
noise
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illness/sickness
sleep problem
abused / neglected
bankruptcy/lack of finances
separation of parents
conflict with peers
physical appearance
being bullied
sexual abuse
traumatic experience
dropping out of school
lack of gadgets/ poor gadgets
left behind from trend
emotional problems
unhappy home/broken family
receive reprimand from authority
The causes of stress, either positive or negative, have impact to the teenagers.
If you are overjoyed and you cannot contain the positive effects of stress, you may
end up facing a negative response.
Physical factors of stress deal with the health issues which are the concern of
everyone because bad health causes a lot of damage to the life of a person. In the life
of a student, health problems cause a lot of stress and these stresses turn out to
even make the conditions worst by adding insult to injury. Stress can lead to physical
symptoms including headaches, upset stomach, elevated blood pressure, chest pain,
and problems sleeping.
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Effects of Stress
Most young people go through situations that cause stress. Most of the time,
these stressors pile up, affecting behavior once stress hits the individual. Whether
good or bad stress, both may result into developing good or bad effects. Since this is
a part of life, and everyone may experience it, there is a need for you to know the
different effects of these stressors.
Too much stress can affect your mood, behavior, action, performance, and
even your relationships. It is important to help yourself identify signs of stress, how
it affects you, and what you can do about it. The following are some examples of
positive stressors and negative stressors.
Some good effects of positive stress:
1. Depression
2. Aggressive behavior
3. Suicidal tendency
4. Involvement in fighting
5. Involvement in gambling
6. Taking alcohol and drugs
7. Early marriage
8. Peer pressure
9. Develop fatigue
10. Irritability
11. Withdrawing from people
12. Changes in sleeping and eating habit
What are some signs that a teen or adolescent is suffering from stress?
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Looking for someone to talk with like friends, family and relatives
and share your problems with them.
Think positive that you can handle your stress.
Take time to relax by exercising and having work out.
Do things that are important one at a time.
Get proper sleep.
Train your mind by thinking that all things will get well.
Face your fears
Work on your worst scenario and expect that something good will
happen.
Focus on what you can control and let go things that are
incontrollable
Lower down your standard as long as it will not ruin your
plans/ambitions.
Have a break and engage in enjoyable activities.
Accept yourself as you are because you are peculiar.
Identify your unique strengths and focus much on them.
Remember that you are made for a reason and you are part of the
intricate plan of your creator.
What’s More
Activity 1: My Mirror
1. Identify at least 3 stressors you are currently experiencing. List them down in
the human image inside the mirror. Put an X mark opposite the stressor you
want to overcome.
MY MIRROR
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Activity 2:
1. Think of a situation where you felt stressed (good or bad) from the past
week/month. Identify them and place them under the different sources labeled
below.
Environmental Factor Academic Factor
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________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
I can overcome various stresses that may come my way by:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
I will apply what I have learned through:
________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
What I Can Do
Activity: Mind Mapping
Think of other causes and effects of stress that might be encountered by a teenager
like you. Make a mind mapping.
Example:
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Assessment
A. Write true or false on the space provided before the number.
________3. Can managing your time help you cope up with stress?
________6. Mary said that she can9t do anything about her stresses. She
added that she has to bear it. Does Mary think right?
________7. Edna got irritated with her sister. Oftentimes she shouts at her,
but after shouting, you may see her crying, and refrains from talking to her family.
Does she experience stress?
A. losing a job
B. failed to submit task on time
C. hospitalization
D. injury
13. Which one defines <distress=?
A. improves performance
B. focuses energy
C. feels exciting
D. feels unpleasant.
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15. Grace is very workaholic. She works more than 10 hours a day. She said
that nothing bad can happen to her from too much stress. What right
advice can you tell her?
Additional Activities
Activity 1
1. Interview your family members, friends, and relatives who experienced a
threatening or challenging event.
2. Compare and contrast the reactions of those who experienced the event
as threatening with those who viewed the event as challenging.
3. Why do you think there were differences in how these individuals judged
the same event?
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Personal Development
Coping with Stress in Middle and
Late Adolescence
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Coping with Stress in Middle and Late Adolescence
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Week
5
Lesson 10 Coping with Stress
In this module we will discuss what is coping with stress and discover ways
on dealing with the different sources and effects of stress during middle and late
adolescence.
The module focuses on ideas and activities on how to cope with stress and to
maintain mental health.
What’s In
Now let us have a review of the previous lesson: Identify if the words below
are causes of stress or effects of stress. Write STOP for causes of stress and draw a
SAD FACE for effects of Stress.
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What’s New
Activity: Read the poem and answer the questions below.
Questions:
1. What is the poem all about?
2. What did the author say about stress?
What is It
Coping Defined
Coping refers to mental and behavioral efforts that we use to deal with
problems relating to stress, including its presumed cause and the unpleasant
feelings and emotions it produces.
In coping with stress, we are using all aspects of our self to deal with both the
causes of stress and their impacts on our emotions that can make us feel uneasy or
uncomfortable.
Stress will not disappear when we do nothing about it. Instead, it will worsen
situations that can cause more problems to our physical and mental health, which
is more difficult to handle.
So, let9s do something to face the struggles in dealing with stress by finding a
better solution.
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I. Avoidance Approach
In this approach, people tend to run away from the stress by denying
the presence of stress and by distancing from the causes of stress or stressor.
People will tend to avoid the place, people, situation, feeling, etc., that would
remind them of the stressful moment in their lives. Avoidance is usually a
negative response, although you must do it sometimes if it deemed necessary.
Example: You want to avoid the person who has hurt you badly because it
will remind you again of the past pain, he/she has caused you.
Example: You know that you have an upcoming test. So, for you to pass or
get a high grade from the test, you have to exert some efforts like
studying/reviewing.
Acceptance 3action will help to lessen the stress in your life by doing
something before or even during the stressful times, which can help you do
better and live well.
In this approach, adolescents are encouraged to think of helpful and
effective ways to cope with the stress.
1. Physically:
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2. Emotionally/Socially:
A. Listen to Music (inspiring music that would help you feel better)
B. Do your favorite hobbies like dancing, playing musical instruments,
drawing, singing, painting, reading, blogging, etc.
C. Watch funny videos /movies that will make you laugh
D. Play relaxing games
E. Make a journal/blog
F. Release your emotions 3share them to friends, siblings, parents, teachers,
and counselors
G. Have a positive talk to yourself like: <never give up=, <kaya ko to=, words
of encouragement and self-affirmations.
H. Learn to forgive- to let go about your ill-feeling towards others who have
offended you or even to yourself
I. Accept mistakes and learn from it knowing that nobody is perfect
J. Support group- people who can be there for you specially in times of crisis
K. Talk to professionals like doctors or counselors if needed
Since stress has individual effects on each of us, which depends on our level
of tolerance, it also requires personal techniques in overcoming and coping with it.
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What’s More
Understanding Coping Approaches
Learning Skills: Identifying Approaches and the ways of coping with stress.
Complete the table below with the appropriate response.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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What I Can Do
Choose only 1 activity for you to answer.
Activity 1
Make 5 <Hugot lines= about dealing with stress and coping mental
health. Then share your <hugot= lines to your friends/siblings that will serve
as encouragement for them when they also face stressful moments.
Example:
<Dealing with stress is like taking energy drinks; it keeps you going=
Activity 2
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Assessment
I. Write True if the statement is true, write False if the statement is false.
1. Every person has the same way of coping with stress.
2. Stress should not be taken for granted instead you have to deal with it
properly.
3. Coping with stress needs effort to help you deal with its cause, and effect.
II. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
a. Relaxing exercise
b. Drinking more coffee
c. Taking illegal drugs
d. Skipping meal
10. Which of the situations below does NOT demonstrate the proper way in
coping with stress?
a. Leo does bike exercise at least 30 minutes everyday
b. Joel takes a nap whenever he feels tired.
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12. Which of the following are the steps in coping with stress using an
acceptance-action approach?
15. There is a family with three (3) adolescents in the house, but these
siblings are always fighting about who will do the daily household chores,
so the parents are angry and stressed out with their situation. What would
be the best way to overcome their stressful life?
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Additional Activities
How are you going to cope with the stress that you are facing?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Search 5 words related to coping with stress then write a brief
description for each word.
A X W A R O Z N P E
U V J F N V U I C X
B C O P I N G N S E
H A C I T E A G O R
O S M K D T B U X C
W D E H P A E L F I
E I L E U S N D M S
L G C A F I J C Y E
S C U X E Z K O E W
A Y H T L A E H D B
M O B U Y D X A T M
1.______________ -__________________________________
2. _____________ - _________________________________
3. _____________ -__________________________________
4. _____________ -__________________________________
5. _____________ - _________________________________
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Brain: Parts, Processes and
Functions
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Brain: Parts, Processes, and Functions
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Week
6
Lesson 11 Brain: Parts, Processes and
Functions
This lesson focuses on the different parts of the brain, processes, and functions
that may help you in improving your thoughts, behavior, and feelings.
What’s In
As you fully demonstrate your personal ways to stay stress-free, this module
may help you improve the way how you think, feel, and behave.
Directions: Write words related to distress and de-stress inside the cloud. Reflect
on how it affects your daily life.
What’s New
Directions: Read and differentiate the following concepts. Based on the given sets of
words below, encircle the appropriate word that suits your personal preferences in
dealing with your daily life situations.
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Are you more likely creative, critical, or both? In this 21 st century, it is most
likely favorable for everyone, including you, to share those characteristics and
functions of the brain.
Brain, Brain, Brain! What have you realized with your answers? How well do
you understand after checking the result of your self-assessment? Which column
describes you more? Did you get more from the right column or the left column?
This simple activity will lead you in understanding the brain parts, its processes, and
functions.
What is It
Before going through the rest of the module, take time to relax. Close your
eyes and take a deep breath. Inhale through your nose and exhale through your
mouth. Inhale. Exhale. Do this exercise in eight intervals, then slowly breathe
normally.
Breathing is one of the survival functions of the brain. Proper breathing helps
your brain to regulate your thoughts, feelings, and behavior for you to become
thoughtful, tactful, sensitive, compassionate, and respectful.
Touch your head. Yes, it is hard, and it is commonly called as the skull that
protects the brain. Brain is one of the most complex organs in the human body,
which is part of the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. Brain has
three main regions 3 the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.
The Forebrain is located in the uppermost region of the brain. It includes the
cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, and the limbic system. Cerebrum is the largest
part of the brain covered by the cerebral cortex. Cerebrum regulates senses, memory,
emotions, intellectual activities, and body movement, while the Cerebral Cortex is
responsible for processing information that is divided into two hemispheres: the right
cerebral hemisphere controls the left side of the body while the left cerebral
hemisphere controls the right side of the body.
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The Hindbrain is situated at the back of the head which includes Cerebellum
that receives information from the sensory system and the spinal cord to regulate
balance, postures, and coordinate movement.
The midbrain and hindbrain form the brainstem. Brainstem is located at the
lower part of the brain which leads to spinal cord. The brainstem connects the
cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal cord. It composes nerve fibers that carry
signals to and from all parts of the body. Basically, its functions are for safety and
survival as it regulates breathing, consciousness, heart rate, body temperature,
blood pressure, digestion, and wake and sleep cycles.
This is a partial view of how brain works for you. Again, cerebrum and cortex
have something to do with your ability to think. The limbic system has something to
do with your feelings, while the brainstem has something to do with your behaving
safely to survive. These are all important for personal development.
What do you think? Can you look around? What do you see, smell, feel, and
hear? Is it nice or not? Try to look at your face, is there any dirt that needs to be
cleaned? How did you feel after you see it? What will you do about it? Then, after you
take care of it, tell yourself how it changed your mood. Aha!
Brain makes you think, feel, and behave. Its complex interrelationship enables
you to think critically, creatively, and carefully in various situations. Those
experiences you gain develop certain reactions towards yourself and with others
which determine who you are as a person having the right and acceptable thought
process, feeling, and perception.
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What’s More
Directions: Complete the paragraph on the right column using the correct words on
the left column.
Limbic
system
Cerebellum
Brainstem
Cerebrum
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What I Can Do
Directions: Visualize yourself in these distressing situations. How are you
going to think, feel, and behave at your worst and at your best?
For example, you are watching your favorite teleserye in your favorite channel.
Suddenly, there was an interruption. There is no audio and video, resulting to a dead
air 3 meaning no signal. Your initial reaction may be to scream. Then as you become
anxious, you are now thinking that you live in a rough location and feel sad, angry,
and ashamed. Then you intentionally slam the door. However, if you choose to pause
for a while and exercise proper breathing, you may realize that you will be able to
watch the replay the following day. As you calm yourself and accept the situation,
you can decide to do household chores or homework, which are the best choices you
may ever make that night which will give you fulfilment.
Distressing Situations
Deadline Dead spot Dead-end
What will be your initial reaction?
If you are going to think first before you act, how are you going to react?
Assessment
Multiple Choices. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1.Which of the following is the largest part of the brain that regulates senses,
memory, emotions, intellectual activities, and body movement?
A. Cerebellum
B. Hindbrain
C. Cerebrum
D. Midbrain
2.Which of the following covers the cerebrum and regulates the processing of
information?
A. Cerebral Cortex
B. Cerebellum
C. Cerebrum
D. Brainstem
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3.Which of the following is within the forebrain that regulates various types
of emotions?
A. Cerebral Cortex
B. Hypothalamus
C. Limbic System
D. Thalamus
A. Limbic System
B. Cerebellum
C. Cerebrum
D. Brainstem
5.Which of the following connects the cerebrum and cerebellum to the spinal
cord that carry signals to and from all parts of the body?
A. Hypothalamus
B. Limbic System
C. Thalamus
D. Brainstem
A. Hypothalamus
B. Cerebellum
C. Cerebrum
D. Thalamus
7.Which of the following is located below the thalamus and above the
brainstem that regulates digestive process and is also responsible for growth
and development?
A. Hypothalamus
B. Limbic System
C. Cerebellum
D. Thalamus
8.Which of the following cerebral lobe controls memory, emotion, stress
response, speech, decision-making, and planning?
A. Temporal Lobe
B. Occipital Lobe
C. Frontal Lobe
D. Parietal Lobe
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A. Temporal Lobe
B. Occipital Lobe
C. Frontal Lobe
D. Parietal Lobe
A. Temporal Lobe
B. Occipital Lobe
C. Frontal Lobe
D. Parietal Lobe
11.Which of the following cerebral lobe is situated at the back of the head
that regulates sight?
A. Temporal Lobe
B. Occipital Lobe
C. Frontal Lobe
D. Parietal Lobe
A. Brainstem
B. Hindbrain
C. Forebrain
D. Midbrain
A. Brainstem
B. Hindbrain
C. Forebrain
D. Midbrain
A. Right hemisphere
B. Left hemisphere
C. Cerebellum
D. Brainstem
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A. Right hemisphere
B. Left hemisphere
C. Cerebellum
D. Brainstem
Additional Activities
Directions: Read the following statements. Put a check mark on the appropriate
column that reflects your own experiences and practices. This self-assessment will
help you in your self-improvement.
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Ways to Improve Brain
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Ways to Improve Brain Functions
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Week
6
Lesson 12 Ways to Improve Brain Functions
Understanding the different parts of the brain, processes, and functions may
help you in improving your thoughts, behavior, and feelings. This time you may be
able to explore ways on how to improve your brain functions for personal
development.
As you demonstrate your personal ways to fully develop your brain functions,
this module will support your own personal development. This time, we will focus on
enhancing and balancing your mental abilities.
What’s In
Now let us have a review of the previous lesson. Draw a STAR if the
words are parts of the brain. Draw a HAPPY FACE if the words are functions
of the brain. Put your answer in the space provided.
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What’s New
Directions: DO NOT shade the word with the name of the color it spells out,
instead, use a different color. After you finished coloring all the words, try to tell the
color that you used to shade the word. Practice doing so on your own for one minute
before you invite someone to tell the color shaded on each word.
What is It
Oftentimes, you tend to forget what to say or totally forget an important date.
For a student like you, forgetting about a task assigned to you can lead to cramming,
or worse, a failing grade. Our brain is responsible for remembering and recalling the
past, but it is our responsibility to keep our brain healthy and functioning well.
The brain is responsible for our way of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Still,
it is important to observe and exercise ways to improve your brain functions as a
maturing adolescent. Here are some useful tips to improve your brain power that will
help you activate your brain functions for personal development:
1. Exercise- benefits your brain health and cognition, improves your memory
and even protects your brain from degeneration. Aerobic exercise is
particularly good for the brain. Activities that keep your blood pumping is good
for your heart and great for your brain.
2. Meditate- taking 10-15 minutes of meditation a day could help to extend your
cognitive longevity.
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1. Assessment - begin by assessing just how strong your mental focus is at the
present moment before you start working.
2. Eliminate distractions- request to be left alone and set aside a specific time
and place, seek out a calm or quite place where you can work undisturbed.
The library, a private room in your house, or even a quiet coffee shop might
all be good spots to try.
3. Limit focus- Part of improving your mental focus is all about making the most
of the resources you have available. Stop multitasking and instead give your
full attention to one thing at a time.
4. Live in the moment- It is hard to stay mentally focused when you are
ruminating about the past, worrying about the future, or tuned out of the
present moment for some other reason. It may take some time but work on
learning to truly live in the moment. You cannot change the past and the
future has not happened yet, but what you do today can help you avoid
repeating past mistakes and pave a path for a more successful future.
5. Practice mindfulness- Practicing mindfulness can involve learning how to
meditate, but it can also be as simple as trying a quick and easy deep
breathing exercise.
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6. Take a short break- Shift your attention to something unrelated to the task
at hand, even if it is only for a few moments. These short moments might mean
that you are able to keep your mental focus sharp and your performance high
when you really need it.
7. Build your mental focus- it is not something that will happen overnight. it
requires plenty of time and practice to strengthen concentration skills. By
building your mental focus, you will find that you are able to accomplish more
and concentrate on the things in life that truly bring you success, joy, and
satisfaction.
8. Brainstorm- A mind map is an easy way to brainstorm thoughts organically
without worrying about order and structure. It allows you to visually
represent the structure your ideas to help with analysis and recall.
What’s More
You are going to use both your right and left hands.
Directions: Draw an infinity eight vertically using your right hand in the second
column and your left hand in the first column. Practice writing in 1 minute for each
hand.
After doing the activity what have you realized?
Is the activity helpful in improving your brain functions for personal development?
B. Directions. Choose the correct word in the right column to complete the
paragraph.
The brain functions can be improved by doing the following; exercising Practicing
regularly, getting enough sleep, proper nutrition intake, getting ____1________ attention
in your system allow you to perform better and can even slow down the
__2_____ of your brain, meditation could extend ___3________ longevity, Sunlight
building a strong _____4____ system enable you to stay healthy mentally and Cognitive
psychologically, ____5______can cause brain damage called dementia. Support
To improve your mental focus we should do the following; asses your
Smoking
mental focus before starting anything, eliminate _____6_______ by seeking out
a calm ___7_______, limit your focus, live in the moment, practice mindfulness, Distractions
take a short break by shifting your ____8_____ to a different task, build your Mind map
mental focus by_____9______, and doing ___10________ is an easy way to
Aging
brainstorm thoughts spontaneously without worrying about order and
structure. Location
Library
Isolation
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What I Can Do
Now let9s find out if you can apply what have been discussed earlier.
Directions: Plan ways on how to improve your brain functions using mind mapping.
Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. The following are tips on how to enhance your brain power EXCEPT one.
A. Exercise
B. Meditate
C. Enough sleep
D. Limit focus
2. When do you assess your mental focus if you are going to do a task?
A. During the accomplishment of the task
B. After accomplishing the task
C. Before doing the task
D. All of the above
3. What activity requires you to take 10-15 minutes a day that could extend your
cognitive longevity?
A. Exercising
B. Meditating
C. Eating
D. Smoking
4. What useful tip improves your focus that allows you to visually structure your
ideas?
A. Mind mapping
B. Practice mindfulness
C. Limit your focus
D. Live in the moment
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5. You requested your siblings to leave you alone in your room to finish your
assignment. What useful tip on improving focus did you apply?
A. Limit focus
B. Eliminate distractions
C. Practice mindfulness
D. Take a short break
6. When a person smokes more than two packs of cigarettes a day, what disease
could he get in his later life?
A. Pneumonia
B. Dementia
C. Cancer
D. Amnesia
7. What useful tip for improving mental focus does not happen overnight and
requires plenty of time and practice to strengthen concentration skills?
A. Building mental focus
B. Eliminating distractions
C. Taking short break
D. Brainstorming
8. What useful tip for improving your mental focus gives your full attention to
one thing?
A. Building mental focus
B. Eliminating distractions
C. Taking short break
D. Limiting focus
9. You need to be happy because people around you believe in your capacity.
What useful tip in improving your brain function did you apply?
A. Building strong connections
B. Practicing creativity
C. Listening to classical music
D. caffeine intake
10. According to research, what kind of music would help you improve your brain
functions?
A. Pop music
B. Classical music
C. Opera music
D. Reggae music
11. The following are reasons why it is important to improve your brain function
EXCEPT:
A. It can help you achieve your goal
B. It is necessary in life
C. It is for personal growth
D. It is a requirement
12. In doing multi-tasking you can finish all the tasks at the same time. What
useful tip in improving your mental focus had been violated?
A. Limit your focus
B. Live in the moment
C. Eliminate distractions
D. Practice mindfulness
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13. You exerted much effort and you found ways how to solve such problem.
What tip on improving your brain function was observed?
A. Practice creative thinking
B. Listening to classical music
C. Build strong connections
D. Get some light
14. What useful tip in improving your mental focus involves learning how to
meditate?
A. Build your mental focus
B. Take a short break
C. Practice mindfulness
D. Limit your focus
15. What useful tip in improving your mental focus helps you accept the present,
forget the past, and embrace the future?
A. Live in the moment
B. Practice mindfulness
C. Take a short break
D. Limit your focus
Additional Activities
To strengthen what you have learned from this module try doing these
activities. You can challenge your friends, siblings or anyone in your house.
Directions: Follow the instructions indicated in each item.
1. Come up with as many words as you can from the following letters. Use each
letter only once in each word. IRNAB
2. Finding colors. Rearrange all the letters to find the four colors mixed up below.
Hint: There is only one primary color.
RAIGET, ENOLYL, OVGOEN, LEWRE
3. Counting squares. Count the number of squares in the figure on the left. Hint:
Be sure to count the squares within the squares.
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Develop a Personal Plan to
Enhance Brain Functions
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Develop a Personal Plan to Enhance Brain Functions
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Week
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Lesson 13 Developing a Plan to Enhance Brain
Functions
Understanding the powers of the mind can help you develop your brain
functions in the middle and late adolescence stage of development. The learning
adaptation of every learner varies, and so you are expected to come up with a
personal developmental plan to best cope with your own pace of learning towards
enhancing your brain functions.
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What’s In
Let us begin this lesson by letting you assess your learning9s about the
previous topics on Powers of the Mind, specifically on the parts and functions of the
human brain.
A. Choose the letter of the best answer. Encircle the letter of the correct answer
1. There are four main regions of the brain. Among them which region interprets
information from the outside world, and embodies the essence of the mind and soul?
A. Brain C. Cerebellum
B. Brain Stem D. Cerebrum
2. According to Roger Sperry, the left hemisphere of the brain was responsible for
language understanding and articulation.
A. False C. Irrelevant
B. Maybe D. True
3. It is the largest part of the brain and is composed of right and left hemispheres.
A. Brain C. Cerebellum
B. Brain Stem D. Cerebrum
7. The human brain is larger in relation to body size than any other brains. What
is the weight of the human brain?
A. 3.3 Pounds (1.5 Kilograms)
B. 3.3 Ounces (85 Grams)
C. 3.3 Tons (2.7 Metric Tons)
D. 3.3 Kilograms (6.6 Pounds)
9. Which part of the brain helps keep your balance, so you don9t fall flat on your
face?
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10. Which part of the brain helps to judge, plan, and solve problem?
A. Frontal Lobe C. Parietal Lobe
B. Occipital Lobe D. Temporal Lobe
11. Which part of the brain interprets signals from vision, hearing, motor, sensory
and memory?
A. Frontal Lobe C. Parietal Lobe
B. Occipital Lobe D. Temporal Lobe
12. Which part of the brain interprets vision (color, light, movement)?
A. Frontal Lobe C. Parietal Lobe
B. Occipital Lobe D. Temporal Lobe
B. Study the illustration and label the three main parts of the brain. (3 points)
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What’s New
Do you have something in mind? I am sure you are planning to enhance your brain
functions. Improving your brain functions for personal development may help your
life become productive and successful.
Activity 1
Read and analyze the following lateral puzzles. Do your best to solve them.
Puzzle 1 There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of
the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?
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Activity 2
Fill out the table with its necessary inputs to develop your plan towards
enhancing your brain functions. Enumerate as many as you can.
PERDEV Chart
What is your personal idea Enumerate steps on how to What are the ways to
about brain functions? write developmental plan. enhance your brain
functions?
What is It
A personal development plan is a framework that is required for senior high
school students to work out with to track one9s self-improvement. It is something
that makes you do before the end of the day. Having a developmental plan helps you
direct your path towards becoming a holistic adolescent.
The mind map is the external mirror of your own radiant or natural thinking
facilitated by a powerful graphic process, which provides the universal key to unlock
the dynamic potential of the brain.
One simple way to understand a Mind Map is by comparing it to a map of a
city. The city center represents the main idea; the main roads leading from the center
represent the key thoughts in your thinking process; the secondary roads or
branches represent your secondary thoughts, and so on. Special images or shapes
can represent landmarks of interest or particularly relevant ideas.
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The great thing about mind mapping is that you can put your ideas down in
any order as soon as they pop into your head. You are not constrained by thinking
in order. Simply, throw out all ideas, then worry about reorganizing them later.
Mind Maps were popularized by author and consultant, Tony Buzan. They use
a two-dimensional structure, instead of the list format conventionally used to take
notes. This makes information easier to remember, as it's held in a format that our
minds find easy to recall and quick to review.
Write the title of the subject or project that you're exploring in the
center of a page and draw a circle around it, as shown in figure 1, below.
Step 2. Sub-topics:
Draw lines out from this circle as you think of subheadings of the topic
or important facts or tasks that relate to your subject. Label these lines
with your subheadings. (See figure 2, below.)
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Step 3. Elements
Dive deeper into the subject to uncover the next level of information
related sub-topics, tasks, or facts, for example). Then, link these to
the relevant subheadings. (See figure 3, below.)
Based on the presented steps in making mind mapping, have you thought
of a topic that would interest you to explore?
Process Questions:
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Keep the topics labels as short as possible, keeping them to a single word
3 or, better yet, to only a picture. Especially in your first mind maps, the
temptation to write a complete phrase is enormous, but always look for
opportunities to shorten it to a single word or figure 3 your mind map will be
much more effective that way.
Vary text size, color, and alignment. Vary the thickness and length of the
lines. Provide as many visual cues as you can to emphasize important points.
Every little bit helps engaging your brain.
What’s More
There are different activities and exercises that you can do to enhance both
the right and left hemisphere of the brain. Follow the instructions below to improve
your drawing and writing skills.
B. Write an essay about the topic: 8Which way to go?9 to enhance your writing
skills. You may use a separate sheet of paper.
________1. Mind power is one of the strongest and most useful powers you possess.
________2. Your mind mapping ability may not enhance your brain functions.
________3. Left brain controls all the muscles on the right-hand side of the body and
the right brain controls the left side. One hemisphere may be slightly
dominant, as with left- or right-handedness.
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________4. Everybody is not expected for a better and smarter brain, the reason why
there is no need to enhance brain functions.
________5. Always understand your dominant brain type, you may be able to adjust
your study methods, and perhaps shape your schedule and coursework,
to suit your own personality type.
________7. New Mind Maps examples were popularized by author and consultant,
Tony Buzan.
________8. Improving and following the steps in mind mapping will guide your
mind map connected to each other.
________9. Need to apply more recommendations in mind mapping to make the mind
map easy. They are the use of colors, drawings, and symbols, keeping the
topic label, as much as possible, short, and vary text size.
_______10. Getting and learning information such as the brain facts and enhancing
our brain functions leads full 8Powers of the Mind9.
What I Can Do
Activity: Picture mapping
A. Directions: The following picture map depicts some activities that help you
develop your brain functions. Analyze the pictures and identify it accordingly
as indicated. Select the letter among the choices written from A-Z.
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20
Hola
Hello
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Assessment
A. Concept Development
Choose the best word inside the parenthesis ( ) to complete the concept
of the following statement about developing a plan to enhance brain functions.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Mind (ability, power) is one of the strongest and most useful powers you
possess.
3. Left brain controls all the muscles on the right-hand side of the body and
the (left, right) brain controls the left side. One hemisphere may be slightly
dominant, as with left- or right-handedness.
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4. Everybody is expected for a better and smarter brain, the reason why there
is a need to enhance brain (development, functions).
5. Always understand your dominant brain type, you may be able to adjust
your study methods, and perhaps shape your schedule and coursework, to
suit your own (mind, personality) type.
8. Improving and following the steps in mind mapping will (guide, include)
you in keeping you mind map connected to each other.
10. Getting information such as the brain (facts, parts) and enhancing our
brain functions leads to a maximum 8Powers of the Mind9.
B. Multiple Choice.
Choose the letter of the best answer. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
11. In mind mapping, you can enhance it using the following. Which is not included
in the group?
A. Color C. Philippine map
B. Drawing D. Symbols
12. There are different ways to enhance brain functions. Which is not included in
the group?
A. Get plenty of sleep C. Improve your focus
B. Have time to read more D. Learn just one language
13. Look at the mind illustration below. Which one is the Frontal lobe?
A B C D
14. Look at the mind illustration below. Which one is the Temporal lobe?
A B C D
15. Look at the mind illustration below. Which one is the Brain Stem?
A B C D
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Additional Activities
Mind Maple Classic: A suggested online link that you can use to personalize
your mind maps with colors, images, and pictures. Here9s look and try Mind Maple
Classic to increase your creativity of organizing thoughts and ideas about certain
topics.
Sample Mind Maple Classic
Activity
Use this Mind Maple Classic to mind map the topic, <My Personal Goal as an
Adolescent.= Show and express your ideas creatively through drawings, colorful
images just like the given example above. You may use a separate sheet of paper.
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Emotional Intelligence
Personal Development
Emotional Intelligence
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Week
7
Lesson 14 Emotional Intelligence
In the previous lesson, we explore the ways on how to improve brain functions
for personal development and develop a personal plan to enhance brain functions.
What’s In
You are about to discover the different emotions and your emotional
intelligence. Answer the questions with YES or NO based on your experience in
dealing yourself and others.
Do you Yes No
a) know that your emotions and actions may
affect others?
b) control your emotions not to verbally attack
others?
c) enjoy the learning process and persevere in
the face of obstacles?
d) you work hard to see things through others9
eyes; put yourself in someone else's
position?
e) inspire others and induce desired responses
from them?
What is It
What are the basic emotions, its intensity, and effects on our
actions?
Emotion is a subjective state of mind triggered by a certain stimuli or events
which occur in the environment. It is a reaction to a certain event that happens.
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Activity 1. Look at the pictures closely. What emotions was being shown in each
picture. Refer for the word box for the answer. The definition was provided for you as
a clue. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
You have seen facial expression associated with emotions on activity 1. This
time let9s discover the intensity of your emotions on the following situation.
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Activity 2. Choose the term that describes what you feel when:
Situations A B C
1. Your teacher call your attention acceptance trust admirati
that you are constantly failing to on
achieve good scores in English
subject and ask you to attend
remediation class for free to help
you cope up with the lessons.
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1. How may A9s have you answered? How about B9s? C9s?
Interpretation
Give yourself 1 point for every A9s that you choose, 2 points for every B9s, and
3 points for every C9s.
9-16 points moderate You can manage your emotions in a tolerable manner.
17 points strong You display heightened emotion compared to usual.
and above You are advised to practice managing your emotions
to avoid being in complicated situation in the future.
Charles Darwin9s book The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)
suggested seven universal emotions associated with facial expressions. These
emotions are surprise, sadness, disgust, happiness, fright, anger, and contempt.
These are common emotions associated with facial expressions which can be
observed in activity 1.
Emotions are connected to our brain and comes with facial expression used
to communicate the emotion. Surprise, sadness, disgust, happiness, fright, anger,
and contempt are called universal emotions as they are common regardless of
culture, age, race, language, and religion.
Basic Emotions
Here are the Basic Types of Emotion as defined in Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Dictionary.com
1. Joy- the emotion evoked by well-being, success, and good fortune or by the prospect of
possessing what one desires.
2. Sadness- this emotion is affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness. It is characterized
by feelings of disappointment, hopelessness, disinterest, and dampened mood.
3. Anger- it is a strong feeling of displeasure and antagonism.
4. Fear- this is an unpleasant, often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of
danger.
5. Trust- this emotion reflects firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone
or something
6. Disgust-it is a feeling of revulsion or strong disapproval aroused by something unpleasant or
offensive.
7. Surprise- the feeling caused by something unexpected or unusual.
8. Anticipation- the act of looking forward; expectation or hope.
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There are 8 basic types of emotions according to Psychologist Robert Plutchik, which
was grouped into four pairs of opposites such as joy-sadness, anger-fear, trust-
disgust, and surprise-anticipation. Plutchik also authored the "wheel of emotions"
which was illustrated like the color wheel. According to Plutchik, emotions can be
combined to form different feelings. For Plutchik, basic emotions act like building
blocks while the complex or mixed emotions are blend of the basic ones. For instance,
a combination of joy and trust creates love, contempt is a blend of anger and disgust.
In activity 2, you were tasked to give your reactions on the sample situation.
All the emotions listed in letter B are basic emotions. These basic emotions are
normal and important part of our lives. Some of these emotions are positive, some
are negative. A combination of any two basic emotions may result to another
emotion.
The intensity of the emotion is also a factor on the reaction of the individual.
Intensity of Emotions
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Figure 1.
Robert Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions
In figure 1, Plutchik describes the inner circle as the strongest emotions, the
next circle are the basic emotions which has moderate intensity, and the outer circle
are the emotions with the mildest intensity. Another emotion was created as a result
of a combination of two basic emotions.
For a clearer presentation of the Wheel of Emotions, look closely on the tabular
presentation on the intensity of emotions. Observe that when two basic emotions on
the second circle were combined, it results to another emotion.
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Now that we have learned the basic emotions and its intensity, let us study
why do we need to control our emotions.
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Amygdala
Hippocampus
The limbic system controls emotion, memories, and arousal. The almond-
shaped section of nervous tissue called amygdala is the center of emotional
processing. It is responsible for the perception of emotions such as anger, fear, and
sadness, as well as the controlling of aggression. It stores value judgments we make
and memories of behaviors that produce positive and negative experiences.
For example, while walking alone on the dark alley, you heard footsteps. Your
reaction might be to walk faster or run with your best speed. This reaction results
from prior negative experience while walking alone in a dark road, perhaps you9ve
watched the same scene on television. The amygdala stores the memories of what
you experienced or what you9ve watched. Then, it gave you judgement that something
bad might happen to you, thus you feel fear, and react by running fast.
The term Emotional Intelligence (EI) was created by two researchers 3 Peter
Salovey and John Mayer but was popularized by Daniel Goleman in his 1995 book
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. Goleman discussed that EI
is important to be successful in academic, professional, social, and interpersonal
aspects of one's life and a skill that can be taught and cultivated in schools.
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Look at these questions presented earlier. If you answered yes in each of the
questions, then you are already practicing the essential elements of emotional
intelligence in the past without knowing it.
Do you Yes No
a) know that your emotions and actions may
affect others?
b) control your emotions not to verbally attack
others?
c) enjoy the learning process and persevere in
the face of obstacles?
d) you work hard to see things through others9
eyes; put yourself in someone else's
position?
e) inspire others and induce desired responses
from them?
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What’s More
Exploring Basic Emotions
Joy, sadness, anger, fear, trust, disgust, surprise, and anticipation are the
basic emotions that an adolescent should be able to control. To do such, a person
should be aware on the characteristics, signs and behaviors associated with the
emotions.
Directions: Choose the appropriate basic emotions from the word box. Write
your answer on a separate answer sheet.
Joy Sadness Anger Fear Trust
2. __________is defined as the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's
emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and
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empathetically.
3. __________is a subjective state of mind triggered by a certain stimuli or events
which occur in the environment. It is a reaction to a certain event that
happens.
4. The term Emotional Intelligence 3 EQ or EI was created by two researchers
Peter Salovey and __________.
5. There are seven universal emotions which includes: surprise, sadness,
disgust, __________, fright, anger, and contempt.
6. The intensity of emotion from least to strongest are classified into mild,
moderate, or __________.
7. There are eight basic emotions presented in opposites such as: Joy- Sadness,
Anger-Fear, Trust-Disgust, and __________.
There are five essential elements of emotional intelligence. Self- awareness-
knowing what one is feeling at any given time and understanding the impact those
moods have on others.
What I Can Do
As an adolescent, numerous situations that might challenge your emotional
intelligence. Your actions because of emotions felt is probably triggered by the
intensity of the emotions. Therefore, it is better to discuss what will you do if you will
encounter these situations, to better understand the feelings, its intensity, and plan
how to communicate emotional expressions positively. Write your answer on the
answer sheet.
Actions
Situations Kind of Intensity (How to communicate
emotion expressions
effectively)
Example: Anger strong I will inform my neighbor that
An adult in your neighborhood violating my personal space
seems to be disrespecting you by such as going inside my house
without my consent is a big
violating your personal space.
<NO= to me and I will report it
to the proper authorities.
Your friends came to your house
without your prior information.
They brought food, balloons, and
gift and initiated a simple
birthday celebration for you.
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7. Emotion is defined as
a. a measure of your ability to reason and solve problems.
b. the ability to recognize your feelings.
c. subjective state of mind triggered by a certain stimuli or events which occur
in the environment.
d. a feeling or display of sullen anger or irritability, that begins suddenly or lasts
a relatively short time.
10. People who are successful with this element of EI knows what one is feeling
at any given time and understands the impact those moods have on others.
a. self-regulation
b. self- awareness
c. self-centered
d. self confidence
11. It is the ability to identify with and understand the wants, needs, and
viewpoint of those around you.
a. motivation
b. self-regulation
c. empathy
d. social skills
12. People with a high degree of are highly productive, loves challenge, and
are very effective in whatever they do.
a. motivation
b. self-regulation
c. empathy
d. social skills
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13. Those strong with these skills are typically team players. They help others
develop and focus on their own success.
a. motivation
b. self-regulation
c. empathy
d. social skills
15. Statement 1: You need to recognize, understand, and manage our own
emotions.
Statement 2: You must recognize, understand, and influence the emotions of
others.
a. only statement 1 is correct.
b. only statement 2 is correct.
c. both statement 1 and 2 is correct.
d. both statement 1 and 2 is wrong
Additional Activities
You successfully reach the end of this lesson. Now you are to do a certain
task to further improve your skills on emotions.
After learning something, it is important to reflect. Reflection involves
careful thought, and reconsidering previous actions, events, or decisions that
you made. After contemplating, write a diary note and write down your thoughts
there.
Be guided by the instructions below.
1. Prepare a title that would best describe the strongest emotions that you included
in your reflection.
2. How did you communicate your emotions (example: anger, happiness, fear, trust,
disgust) to your parents, friends, and classmates in the past? Cite instances.
3. What made you do those actions?
4. If the same instance will happen now that you have learned emotional
intelligence, would you do the same? Why? Why not?
5. Conclude your reflection with the best way to show understanding of different
emotions.
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Positive and Negative Emotions
Personal Development
Positive and Negative Emotions
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Week
8
Lesson 15 Positive and Negative Emotions
Human emotion is a feeling that is private and subjective. Humans can report
an extraordinary range of states, which they can feel or experience. Some are
accompanied by obvious signs of enjoyment or distress, but often these have no overt
indicators. In many cases, the emotions noted seem to blend on different states.
In this lesson, you will explore positive and negative emotions and learn how to
express and hide some of them.
What’s In
In the previous lesson you have learned something about emotions. You do
understand that emotions aid individuals for survival. It also helps people monitor
their social behavior and regulate their interactions with other people. To further
enhance and learn more about emotions.
LETS TRY THIS. List different types or kinds of emotions you have felt. Now,
try to fill out the worksheet below.
Positive Negative
What’s New
Experiencing both positive and negative emotions is a natural part of being
human. The word <negative= in the phrase <negative emotions= may imply that these
emotions are unwanted, but this does not necessarily mean that those emotions are
bad for us or that we should not have them. Still, most people would rather choose
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a positive emotion over a negative one. It is likely you would prefer to feel happy than
to feel sad or be confident than be insecure. But always experiencing favorable
emotions over less favorable ones is not what matters. It is still important to have
balance in both. Let us see why.
POSITIVE EMOTIONS
All emotions are normal, natural, and important
In this activity we will learn about a special group of emotions called positive
emotions. Having plenty of positive emotions everyday can help our well 3 being in
dealing in our everyday situation. Scientists have discovered that we should have at
least 3 positive emotions to balance 1 negative emotion. In this activity you will
identify the positive emotions a person might experience.
Activity 1
Picture Labelling
Write the correct emotion under each picture. Choose from the group of words
inside the box. BELONGING, HOPE, GRATITUDE, ZEST, AMUSEMENT, PRIDE,
AWE, and INTEREST.
Two persons
saying thank
you
Two persons
saying thank
you
Although they are not pleasant to experience, negative emotions really are
necessary for a healthy life. This is true for two big reasons:
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As Tracy Kennedy from Lifehack.org points out, there is a good reason for each
of the basic emotions, both positive and negative:
Activity 2
Coping Ahead of Time
This time try to discover how you would respond in this given statement below.
3. Explain the result if the coping mechanism you use is effective or not.
(Ex. Felt good about it because I was able to submit it on time)
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What is it
Activity 3
Word Search
In the word puzzle, encircle the twelve words listed below. Words appear
straight across, backward, up and down and diagonally.
How did you find the activity? Is it hard? What do you think those words
mean in this lesson? Let9s find out!
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Given the impact of positive and negative emotions on our thoughts and
behaviors, it is easy to see why helpful thinking keeps a close eye on negative
emotions in addition to the positive. As vital as it is for us to learn how to boost our
positive emotions and take advantage of the opportunities they bring, it is just as
vital to learn how to adapt from negative emotions and cope with them effectively.
When we accept, embrace, and act both our positive and our negative emotions,
we give ourselves the best chance to live a balanced, meaningful life. Therefore, the
field of positive psychology is hesitant to focus too much on positive emotions alone4
it is just as important to understand how to turn negative emotions into a positive
experience as it is to capitalize on our positive emotions.
Positive and negative emotions both have different impacts in the brain.
For example, positive emotions have been shown to impact the brain in the
following ways:
Meanwhile, negative emotions are known to affect the brain in the following ways:
Positive Emotions?
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On the other hand, negative emotions are those that we typically do not find
pleasurable to experience. Negative emotions can be defined as <as an unpleasant or
unhappy emotion which is evoked in individuals to express a negative effect towards
an event or person= (Pam, 2013).
If an emotion discourages and drags you down, then it9s most likely a negative
emotion.
Fear Loneliness
Anger Melancholy
Disgust Annoyance
Sadness
Rage
Do We Need Both?
Look back over the list of sample negative emotions. Do you want to feel any
of those emotions? You probably do not, and it is no wonder! It does not feel good to
experience any of those emotions.
Have you ever felt one of these emotions and thought to yourself, <I wish I
should have experienced this emotion always? Although you may have experienced
this once or twice4generally at a time when we think we shouldn9t feel positive
emotions4it9s easy to see that this list is full of pleasurable emotions that people
tend to seek out. We know that we need positive emotions to function effectively,
grow, and thrive.
Staying stuck on negative emotions can increase our bodies9 production of our
stress hormone, cortisol, which in turn depletes our cognitive ability to solve
problems proactively, and can also damage our immune defenses, making us more
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susceptible to other illness (Iliard, 2009). Chronic stress has also been linked to a
shorter lifespan (Epel et al, 2004).
Anger is the negative emotion that has been shown to have the biggest impact
on our health and well-being, particularly when it is poorly managed. Studies have
connected anger to various health concerns including high blood pressure,
cardiovascular disease, and digestive disorders (Hendricks et al, 2013).
Emotions play a big role in our life. They are twenty- four hours active and
alive every day. It tells us what to do with our self, family, job, career, and how we
love others. That is where we experience most differently the positive and the negative
emotions. If we are unable to control the course that our emotions run, we might as
well be heading down the road towards destruction that is the reason why we need
to manage and control our emotions.
Activity 4
Have you ever let your feelings get the best of you and then said or did
something that you regretted later? Sometimes our feelings 8get the best of us9.
However, managing and responding to your feelings appropriately takes self-control
and a few strategies. Answer the questions below and explore how you respond to
your emotions.
1. Explain what it means by: Do not let your feelings get the best of you. Give
an instance where you regretted doing or saying something out of your
emotion/s.
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A. List three situations, topics, or people that often provoke you to get
angry: (ex. arguing with your classmate over a group task, dealing
with a backstabber friend, arguing with a stranger online)
B. What do you do to alleviate your anger whenever you are angry? List
them below. (ex. shouting, arguing, throwing, or breaking objects,
become physically aggressive)
C. Have you ever run into problems because of your anger? If so, list
them: (ex. damaged relationships, reprimanded at home, public
altercations)
D. In those stated situations, how did you feel about yourself being
angry? Have you managed to get rid of some negative emotions and
turn them into positive ones?
What I Can Do
As always, I hope you take-away something meaningful from this module.
Identifying, accepting, and managing your emotions4both positive and negative4
is such an important task for living a healthy and happy life. Use what you have
learned here to enhance your understanding of your own feelings and the feelings
of others and commit to greater awareness and management of your own emotional
state. You will not regret it!
Emotional Challenge!
Give your reflection on the following statement:
1. What is your opinion about the topic? Do you think positive and negative
emotions are necessary, or do you think we could do away with them
without any conflicting effects?
2. Can you think of an important moment in your life that didn9t involve
strong feelings?
3. How does it feel to win a prize in a contest when you expected a greater
prize? What might have been?
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Assessment
Multiple Choice. Read the questions carefully and choose the correct option.
Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
9. How do you feel when you are sure you passed your exam?
a. angry
b. scared
c. shame
d. confident
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11. Fulfillment of one9s wishes, expectations, needs, or pleasure is derived from __.
a. happiness
b. jealousy
c. satisfaction
d. aggression
13. More of a feeling that a person feels for another person who is deeply committed
and connected to someone or something.
a. love
b. sadness
c. optimism
d. satisfaction
Additional Activities
Well done! You have reached the end of this lesson. You are now ready to
manage your emotions better. As we end, provide a summary of what you have
learned from the topic and write down your plans in taking responsible actions for
your emotions.
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Personal Development
Demonstrate and Create Ways
to Manage Various Emotions
Personal Development
Demonstrate and Create Ways to Manage Various Emotions
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Lesson 16 Demonstrate and Create Ways to
Manage Various Emotions
Emotions play a crucial role in our lives.
In fact, emotions have played many important roles in people's lives and
have been the subject of scientific research on psychology for more than a century
(Cannon, 1927; Darwin, 1872; James, 1890). This module explores why we have
emotions and why they are important to us. We will discover that emotions remind
us who we are, what our relationships with others, and how to behave in social
interactions.
What’s In
ACTIVITY: FEELING GOOD
1. On a separate sheet of paper, list at least three events that made you feel
good. In the right column, state your reaction.
Event Reaction
Example: Awarded with honors I was glad after receiving the award
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2. List at least three people that made you feel good. In the second column, write
the instances or things they did that gave you such feeling. In the third
column, write your reaction.
A. B. C.
What is It
HOW TO MANAGE EMOTIONS?
All in all, we can see that emotions are a critical part of our psychological
structure; that they have value and individual purpose in our life, to our
relationships with other and to our societies.
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The following are suggestions in Dealing with Difficult Emotions from the
Teens Health posted in kidshealth.org in 2017.
You should learn to notice and identify your feelings and your body
sensation like when your face gets hot or your muscles tense. Be aware of how you
feel. When you feel negative emotion, like anger, try to understand what you're
feeling. A good example for this would be when you get jealous because your best
friend is hanging out more often with other peers than with you.
It is expected that you will not announce your feelings to other people but do
not suppress your feelings entirely. When you name and understand the
negative feeling, you will never explode without thinking. Awareness of the
feeling will help you think clearly on the actions that you will do next.
Do not blame.
Being able to recognize and explain your emotions is not the same as blaming
someone or something for the way you feel. How you feel when these things
happen comes from inside you. Your feelings are there for a reason 4 to help
you make sense of what is going on.
2. Take Action
Think about the best way to express your emotion. You may gently confront
the person whom you have negative feelings. You can share why you had that bad
feelings to a friend you can rely on or work off the feeling by going for a run, jogging,
or exercise. Once you have processed what you're feeling, you can decide if you
need to express your emotion
For example:
<My fear of being around those bullies is a sign that they have gone too far.
Perhaps I should talk about what's going on with a school counselor.=
Learn how to change your mood. You must learn how to see the positive in
mood. Exercise also can release stress buildup and help you from staying
stuck on negative feelings.
If you find yourself stuck in feelings of sadness or worry for more than a
couple of weeks, or if you feel so upset that you think you might hurt yourself or
other people, you may need extra help.
Talk to the school guidance counselor, your parents, trusted adult friend,
or therapist. Counselors and therapists are trained to teach people how to break
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out of negative emotions. They can provide lots of tips and ideas that will help you
feel better.
TIPS TO HELP MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS
A racing pulse, dry mouth, aching stomach, tight muscles, or muscle pain
may all indicate that something is amiss in your emotional world.
2. Write down your thoughts and feelings about what is stressing you.
Take a daily inventory of your emotions. By writing down what you feel,
you may be able to identify patterns of emotional ups and downs. It is also
important to write down the thoughts that go with your feelings.
Anything you do that distracts you from your stress for a while is good.
For example, you could get out in nature and take a walk, work in the
garden, or perhaps learn to fly fish.
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What’s More
In our previous module, you have learned what positive and negative
emotions are. In this activity, you will learn to express your strong personal
emotion.
As a result, I will
________________________________________________________________________
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What I Can Do
These are negative and positive emotions that anyone can feel. Some of these
examples are given below:
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
Love Sadness
Affection Boredom
Hope Abuse
Acceptance Bitterness
Appreciation Anxiety
Kindness Revenge
Relief Shame
Integrity Humiliation
Humility
Betrayal
Harmony
Harassment
Honesty
Motivation Fear
Solidarity Failure
Satisfaction Misery
Understanding Bullying
Respect Stress
Peace Envy
Confidence Confusion
Dignity Inferiority
Energy Irritation
Think of your five positive and five negative emotions. Tell us about how you
manage these feelings.
e.g.
stress in studies Manage your time
Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
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11. Which of the following statement shows how to cope difficult emotions?
A. Ignore bodily responses
B. Ignore the problem
C. Stay home
D. Control emotions
12. Which of the following statement is one way of identifying the emotions?
A. Be aware of your feeling
B. Blame yourself
C. Hide your feeling
D. Ignore your feeling
13. The following people will help resolve your problem in dealing with difficult
emotions EXCEPT
A. Guidance Counselor
B. Parents
C. Therapist
D. Untrusted friend
Additional Activities
Activity: Remember it Right
1. Write down a special gift that was given to you by a loved one that you have lost.
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