Developing the

Whole Person
GROUP 3
Objectives:
 Discuss the relationship among physiological,
cognitive, psychological, spiritual, and social
development to understand his or her thoughts,
feelings, and behavior;
 Evaluate his or her thoughts, feelings, and
behavior; and
 Show the connection between thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors in actual life situations.
What is Holistic Development?

 It refers to human development that

is meant to involve all the parts of a
person.
“Whole Person”
Mind and Body Dualism
of Descartes
 Theory of duality or understanding the nature of
things in a simple, dual mode.
Examples:
the separation of body and spirit
the mind and body
yin and yang
Holism and Gestalt

 In 1926, General Jan C. Smuts, wrote

about holism in his book Holism and Evolution.
He introduced the academic terminology
for holism as “the tendency in nature to form
wholes which are greater than the sum of the
parts through creative evolution.”
 Earlier in 1890, a German philosopher
and psychologist, Christian vin Ehrehfels,
and later on supported by psychologists
Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang
Kohler of the Berlin School, introduced the
concept of gestalt.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary

 “something that is made of many parts

and yet is somehow more than or different
from the combination of its parts; broadly,
the general quality or character of
something.”
Examples:
 Evident in music.

 A car.
Five Aspects:
 Physiological
 Cognitive
 Psychological
 Social
 Spiritual
Example:
For the past three nights, Therese has not been getting
enough sleep from her usual eight hours because of her
forthcoming final exams. Today is the day of her final exams.
She wakes up feeling drowsy and with a headache. Her body
feels like a ton, and she has to literally drag herself out of bed to
get up and prepare for school. She takes a shower, dresses up
quickly, bypasses and ignores her sister Christine, who is looking
at her quizzically, and her parents at the breakfast table.
Immediately, the family gets affected by Therese’s behavior.
Christine is thinking her sister is having a bad mood; she thinks
Therese woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and therefore
ignores her as well. Her mom thinks she is uptight about the final
exams, mentions about it, but was just given a stare by Therese
who mumbles that she is okay but just tense about the exams.
Her dad simply looks at her, gives some comforting words of
support, and continues with his breakfast.
 In school, all the noise and chatter, and the pressure of taking the
finals so early in the morning agitated Therese. She is not smiling today,
which is very unlike her usual self. Her temper is short, irritable, and she
is giving nasty looks at people who continue to annoy her. She goes
over her notes and books, tries to memorize some phrases and
concepts, but her throbbing headache makes it almost impossible to
cram. She thought of taking some pain reliever earlier, but decided a
can of her favorite caffeine-laden carbonated cola drink would help,
but this is providing her very little relief. She slams the book and lays her
head on the table. Therese feels miserable. She feels unsure of herself
and unhappy. She is tense and nervous. Her seatmate stays away from
her, although her seatmate tries to strike up a conversation, Therese
just moves her head in response. However, deep inside, she knows
what is affecting her and tries to put things under control. She starts to
pray silently, and when the bell rang, she raises her head and faces
the day, and the final exams. Although still feeling drowsy, she calms
herself down and mentally prepares for what is up head.
Feelings and Emotions

 Feelings, moods, and emotions do not exactly

mean one and the same. Paul Ekman of the
University of California identified six basic
emotions that human beings experience:
happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and
disgust. However, a recent research study (2014)
concluded that there are only four basic
emotions: happy, sad, afraid or surprised, and
angry or disgusted.
 Emotions is taken from the Latin verb,
movare, which means to move or be
upset or agitated.
 In a state of strong emotion, the person’s
physical responses include faster
heartbeat, profuse sweating and dilation
of eye pupils, higher blood pressure, and
muscular tremors, affecting the nervous
system in general.
Are feelings the
same as emotion?
According to Dr. Antonio R. Damasio, from a
neuro-scientific approach, feeling arises from the
brain as it interprets an emotion, which is usually
caused by physical sensations experienced by the
body as a reaction to a certain external stimulus.
An example of this would be the emotion of being
afraid, which produces a feeling of fear.
Example:
Imagine yourself sitting alone inside a car or taxi along EDSA
during daytime. Traffic is bad and literally crawling. Suddenly, you
notice a man standing at a distance and staring at you. Then he
starts to walk toward your vehicle holding a black bag strapped
around his shoulders. Your mind begins to race. You tell yourself
your life or property might be in danger, or this man might hurt you.
Your body begins to react by sweating and feeling cold. Your pulse
beats faster as the man with the black bag slowly approaches the
direction of your vehicle. You notice he is opening the bag and
reaching out for something inside. You look around and not even
your driver seems to notice him except you. You check on the door
locks making sure they are secured, you reach out for your
cellphone , your hands are sweaty and shaking. You feel like
shouting for help. You begin to panic and begin to shake the
shoulder of your driver to take notice of the man coming closer and
closer.
Attitudes and Behavior

 Attitudes are a person’s thoughts, feelings,

and emotions about another person,
object, idea, behavior, or situation.
 Behavior is a manifestation or acting out
of the attitudes an individual has.
Example how attitude and
behavior are related:
Riding an overcrowded MRT couch and experiencing all sorts of
physical sensations such as heat, smell, and body contact can create
an unfavorable attitude that riding the MRT is an unpleasant and
abhorring experience. As a result, the individual with this attitude will
express this disgust by either avoiding the MRT or totally shutting down
and becoming oblivious to the distasteful experience, or become
aggressive and unpleasant to other people while onboard the train.
If this individual continues to ride the MRT with the same attitude
and corresponding behavior, other people will get affected by this
individual’s behavior, who in turn, will act out a similar aggressive or
uncivil behavior onboard the train. This may affect other commuters
and a chain reaction will follow.
Values and Virtues

At the core of every person lies a system of beliefs that adheres to

the highest ideals of human existence. These ideals create meaning
and purpose in a person’s life. These ideals are called values.
The United Nations, for example, listed the following universal values:
peace, freedom, social progress, equal rights, and human dignity.
Five Core Values for the Workplace
1.Integrity
2.Accountability
3.Diligence
4.Perseverance
5.Discipline
Shalom H. Schwartz, a psychologist and
cross-cultural researcher from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, conducted a research which covered many
different peoples and cultures to identify the ten common
values people have regardless of their racial and cultural
backgrounds.
Schwartz wrote in his report, Basic Human Values:
Theories, Methods and Applications, the findings of his
research, which identified the ten basic values.
*Self-direction * Security
*Stimulation *Conformity
*Hedonism *Tradition
*Achievement *Benevolence
*Power *Universalism
Virtues
There has been confusion over the definition of
values and virtues. Oftentimes, people
interchange these two, and when they write down
a list of values, they also include virtues in this list.
Values are usually nouns, while virtues are
adjectives that describe positive and desirable
qualities which usually mirror a value it represents.
Thank you for listening^^