PerDev Bullet Points - Midterms

KNOWING ONESELF • Self-confidence – aware of your own skills, limits
and consequences
Self – what defines an individual and sets them apart
• Persistence – going forward despite obstacles
from other people
• Managing stress – combat stress in daily life
Dimensions of Self • Problem-solving skills – learn how to cope with
problems even if you lack experience with them
• Physical – physical body and actions; how we take
• Creativity – think of extraordinary solutions that
care of our body
others haven't tried
• Psychological – thoughts and feelings
• Generating ideas – achieving goals with new,
• Spiritual – beliefs, relationship to God or the
original, unconventional ideas
universe, values and self-fulfillment
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE PERSON
Dimensions of Self-Regulation
Areas of Personal Development
• Physical and behavioral – healthy body and actions
• Psychological and spiritual – healthy mind and • Physiological – our body; adopting healthy
spirit habits with how we eat, sleep, exercise, etc.
• Cultural – healthy cultural values, beliefs, attitudes, • Emotional – managing feelings; learning to
assumptions; social capital and political will manage stress and acknowledge negative
• Social and ecological – healthy environment, feelings without invalidating ourselves but not
economy, social systems, institutions, policies letting negative feelings cause harmful behavior
• Social – ability to form and maintain
Kinds of Self relationships with others, whether platonic,
• Actual self – one you see; characteristics you were familial, romantic, etc.
born to have or nurtured in; our actual behavior • Cognitive – logic, intelligence, both academic
• Ideal self – who you aspire to be, inspired by and street smarts or problem-solving skills
mentors or otherworldly figures • Spiritual Development – relationship to God,
• Self-concept – awareness of yourself; negotiates religion or the universe as well as personal
between actual and ideal self values, convictions, passions and self-fulfillment
o Self-image – how one perceives/understand Emotional Regulation
oneself; what you know/think about yourself
o Self-esteem – how one judges oneself; how you • Be aware of your emotions and reactions – you
feel about yourself can change/address negative behavior more
o Ideal self easily if you can see the emotions that trigger
them
Factors that Shape Self-concept
• Think before you act – give time to calm down
• Observation – we model our behavior based on before doing something you may regret
what we see others do or how we see others are • Manage stress – try to change stressful situations
treated if they do a certain action or learn relaxation methods
• Feedback from others – how we are treated by • Strive for balance – balance between work/play
friends, family, peers, community, etc. affects how and activity/rest; even doing enjoyable things all
we perceive ourself the time leads to boredom and burnout
• Cultural Values/Guidelines – people conform to the • Take care of your physical health – physical
norms of their culture or face potential health affects emotional health
consequences • Connect with others – positive connections help
Personal Effectiveness
- Using your personal resources and characteristics to
develop yourself and achieve your goals
• Determination – focusing on a goal

THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND BEHAVIOR Six Stages
Behavior
Internal External
Thoughts Feelings Actions
ideas; act or emotions, actual behavior
product of sentiments, that we do
thinking desires outside our mind
can be voluntary and in reality
or involuntary
(automatic
thoughts)
Intrusive thoughts – a specific type of automatic

thoughts where the frequency or intensity of thoughts
becomes disruptive to daily life
o "Intrusive" refers not to the theme/topic of the
thoughts but to their effects on the individual PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY
o Thoughts about "normal" topics can still become Erik Erikson – psychologist identifying eight major
intrusive if they disrupt daily life stages with their psychosocial conflicts and basic virtues
o Similarly, thoughts about "inappropriate" or "scary"
topics are not intrusive if they do not disrupt life Stage Conflict Virtue
Infancy (0-18 Trust vs Mistrust Hope
Systems of Thoughts, Feelings and Behavior months)
System 1 System 2 Toddler (18 Autonomy vs Will
Autopilot system Intentional system months – 3 years) Doubt
Dominant system that is Takes conscious effort to Preschool (3-5 Initiative vs Guilt Purpose
always "on" engage years)
Snap decisions, "gut Critical thinking, logical Grade school (6- Industry vs Confidence
feeling" and intuition, decisions, problem- 12 years) Inferiority
feelings and biases solving, relationships Adolescence (12- Identity vs Fidelity
Daily routines, habits and Learning new or 18 years) Confusion
mannerisms that can be unfamiliar information Young adulthood Intimacy vs Love
done through familiarity (18-40 years) Isolation
Can be prone to systemic Less prone to mistakes Middle age (40- Generativity vs Care
or predictable mistakes due to taking time to 65 years) Stagnation
think Older adulthood Integrity vs Wisdom
Controls our involuntary Can be used to train (65-death) Despair
stress responses like fight System 1 into changing
(aggression), flight our involuntary responses
(running away) or freeze over time
(inability to act/respond)
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
Robert Havighurst – psychologist identifying six major
stages of development and their developmental tasks
Biopsychosocial model – model of self
• Biology – physiological maturation and genetics

• Psychology – personality, values, goals
• Social – belonging to culture, cultural expectations

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KNOWING ONESELF • Self-confidence – aware of your own skills, limits

• Determination – focusing on a goal

Intrusive thoughts – a specific type of automatic

• Biology – physiological maturation and genetics

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