Activity 3 Assess Aspects of Your Development
Activity 3 Assess Aspects of Your Development
Activity 3 Assess Aspects of Your Development
Ask students to draw a circle on a blank sheet of paper and divide the circle
into 8 segments. In each segment they will write some descriptions of the different
aspects of themselves as follows:
1. Physical Self: Describe yourself. Try not to censor any thoughts which come
to your mind. Include descriptions of your height, weight, facial appearance,
and quality of skin, hair and descriptions of body areas such as your neck,
chest, waist, legs.
2. Intellectual Self: Include here an assessment of how well you reason and
solve problems, your capacity to learn and create, your general amount of
knowledge, your specific areas of knowledge, wisdom you have acquired,
and insights you have.
3. Emotional Self: Write as many words or phrase about typical feelings you
have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try to avoid, feelings you
especially enjoy, feelings from your past and present, and feelings which are
associated with each other.
4. Sensual Self: Write how you feel as a sensual person. What sense do you
use most – sight, hearing, speaking, smelling, touching? How do you feel
about the different ways you take in information - through the eyes, ears,
mouth, nose, and skin. In what ways do you let information in and out of your
body?
5. Interactional Self: Include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in
intimate relationships and relationships to friends, family, classmates and
strangers in social settings. Describe the strengths and weaknesses which
your friends and family have noticed. Describe what kind of son or daughter,
brother or sister you are.
6. Nutritional Self: How do you nourish yourself? What foods do you like and
dislike? What do you like and dislike about these?
7. Contextual Self: Descriptors could be in the areas of maintenance of your
living environment: reaction to light, temperature, space, weather, colors,
sound and seasons and your impact on the environment.
8. Spiritual Self or Life Force: Write words or phrases which tell about how you
feel in this area. This could include your feelings about yourself and
organized religion, reactions about your spiritual connections to others,
feelings about your spiritual development and history, and thought about your
metaphysical self. Think about your inner peace and joy. Think about your
spiritual regimen or routine.