Introduction to Personality Development

1. Core Subject Description:
This course makes senior high school students
aware of the developmental stage that they are
in, for them to better understand themselves
and the significant people around them as they
make important career decisions as adolescents.
The course consists of modules, each of which
addresses a key concern in personal
development. Using the experiential learning
approach, each module invites students to
explore specific themes in their development.
Personal reflections, sharing, and lectures help
reveal and articulate relevant concepts,
theories, and tools in different areas in
psychology.

2. Introduction to Personal
Development

3. Do you know
anyone like
these?

4. Walking with
head down.

5. Not making eye
contact when
talking.

6. Teasing others.

7. Saying negative
things about
others.

8. Speaking very
loudly.

9. Excessive
boasting about
their
achivements.

12. Personal
Development
is a process that
helps teens overcome
these challenges.

13. Personal
development is
an on-going
process.

14. Signs of low
self-esteem

15. 1. Walking with their head
down.
Teens who feel that they
are not worthy find it very
hard to make eye contact
when communicating.
They avoid making a
connection because they
assume others have the
same negative view of
them as they do.

16. 2. Not making eye contact
when talking
This is usually a physical
expression of shame and
embarrassment.
Teens with low self-
esteem feel they need to
hide and survive public
situations unnoticed.

17. 3. Using negative “I am”
statements
Teenagers who commonly
use phrases such as “I am
useless”, “I never get it
right”, “I could never do
that” or “my family would
be better off without me”
are examples of someone
expressing negative
beliefs about who they are.

18. 4. Teasing, name calling, or
saying negative things about
others.
Teenagers who feel bad
about themselves often find
negative things about others.
This is usually a defense
mechanism. Most times it is a
simple case of making
themselves feel or look better
by making others look bad.

19. 5. Excessive boasting about
their achievements or
appearance
Teenagers seeking to fight
feelings of worthlessness try
to convince themselves and
others the reverse by
continually talking about
how good looking they are
important.

20. 6. Speaking very loudly and
aggressively
Teenagers who feel
insignificant or worthless
believe that others see them
as unimportant too, to
counteract these feelings,
they will try to verbally
dominate communications
to seek attention or
recognition.

21. 7. Evading social
interactions.
When the teenagers feel
they are bound to be
rejected, they will avoid
situations that will reinforce
this beliefs.

22. 7. Evading social
interactions.
Teens who have no friends
or very weak interpersonal
relationships with other
teens would most likely have
low self-esteem.
Peer bonding is an
important element of how
teenagers develop self-
worth.

23. 8. Constantly apologizing
This is associated with
feelings of guilt. When a
teenager believes he always
makes mistakes or does not
make expectations, he feels
guilty.

24. Going through personal
development process
will regain self-worth
and confidence.

25. The End