All about Personality Development

1. Dynamics of
Attraction and Love
and Commitment

2. LIRETAONPHIS

3. • Pre-historic humans were interacting already through
different forms of behavior such as smiling, greeting each
other, showing love, affection, and loyalty, and/or hunting
food together. These were all necessary for their survival
especially in the group that they belonged to. The primary
reason why human beings need to belong is for survival.
• Today, belongingness still exists since it has many
benefits such as having a support system when you need
someone to share your sadness, happiness, and other
concerns, especially among adolescents. In the adolescence
stage, a sense of identity begins to form which involves
shaping values and setting future goals.

4. • Adolescents also develop social skills and interact with
the people around them. Nurturing relationships with other
people help us to thrive. Hence, we need to understand
the relationships formed by teenagers among the people
around them.

5. -Personal Relationships
-Family Relationships
-Friendships
-Romantic Relationships

6. Personal Relationship
This kind of relationship refers to the association and close
connection between people, formed by emotional bonds
and interactions. These bonds often grow and form mutual
experiences. Personal relationships generally refer to
family, friends, and significant others.

7. • Changes in the physical and cognitive aspects go along
with the changes in relationships especially with family
and friends during the adolescence period. Moreover, in
the adolescence stage, a new understanding of one's self
occurs. This may include independence, identity, and self-
esteem. A person’s personal relationships then play a
significant role in the adolescent's pursuit of self-
understanding.

8. Family Relationship
Family is generally defined as people living together in a
household who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. It
may include siblings and parents whom you grew up with.
One’s family relationship can also be extended to
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins though not living
together. In a family, roles are also defined. Parents and
older relatives’ role is to guide, discipline, and support
younger members.

9. • Family bond plays a vital role in a person's well-being. It
helps form other kinds of relationships such as
friendships and romantic relationships bound by love
and closeness. On the other hand, relationships, in
general, may involve arguments, disagreements,
moments of anger, and hurt. There may be a usual
increase in arguments and conflicts with parents when
adolescents assert their independence as their way of
finding self-identity. However, these are short-lived for
families when there is love, care, and understanding.

10. • In families, the physical expression of
bonds also varies. Family members express
affection through hugging, kissing on the
cheek or forehead, patting the head or
tousling the hair, patting on the back, etc. in
whatever ways affection is expressed.
These actions show closeness and respect
for each other.

11. Friendship
Friends are the people who are not related to us by
blood but we choose to interact with them. They are the
people with whom we share our trust, respect, and
care. We feel that we can confide in them and we want
to spend time with them. Friendship is a reciprocal
relationship. Both people must see each other as a
friend for the relationship to exist. Good friendships are
mutually respectful, supportive and share common
interests and ideas. It should be built on honesty,
support, and loyalty.

12. • Furthermore, friends who are very close and have known each
other well are referred to as “best friends or close friends”. Some
people have many friends, while others may only have one or two.
It is not in the number of people with whom you can call friends
but in the quality and that everyone is different.
• Some friendships can be close where they choose to greet each
other by hugging or kissing on the cheek, other friendships may
have no physical contact or may simply shake hands. However,
romantic contact or being intimate physically is not appropriate in
a friendship.

13. Romantic Relationship
A romantic relationship is when you feel strongly attracted to the
other person. The attraction encompasses a person's physical
attributes and personality. This should be reciprocated by the
other person in the relationship.
A romantic relationship is described as the closest form of
relationship in which, the two people who are involved will often
describe themselves as being attracted to each other and/or "in
love". They feel a strong connection and bond with each other
that they do not feel with anyone else, even with close friends.
The bond is also exclusive and monogamous.

14. Arguments and disagreements in romantic relationships also
occur. These arguments can be avoided through effective
communication and understanding. In other cases, if there are
frequent arguments, the two people involved may decide to seek
help from friends or adults.
As two people continually share interests and desires to live their
lives together, they eventually discuss their future plans. For
adolescents, various kinds of physical contact are not appropriate.
These include prolonged cuddling and holding, kissing on the lips,
and sexual intercourse. These activities may lead to premarital
sex and untimely pregnancy. And so, for the romantic relationship
to be successful for both adolescents, it is built on love, trust,
respect, support, and acceptance.

15. Task #2: My Family, Friends, and Significant Other's Portrait
• Directions: Think about your family, friends, and significant other . Assess the
quality of your relationships with them. On a blank sheet of paper, draw the
figure below. Illustrate the portrait of your family, friends, and significant other in
the designated box. Your illustration should reflect how you perceive your
relationship with them right now. At the back of your paper, answer the guide
questions.
Guide Questions:
1.How did you feel when you were creating the portrait of your family, friends, and
partner (if there’s any)?
2.What made it easy or difficult for you to illustrate it?
3.What are the new things you realized or discovered about your personal relationships?

16. • Group 1: Write down a movie title that best
describes a Personal Relationship and share it with
the class.
• Group 2: Write down a song that best describes a
Family Relationship and share it with the class.
• Group 3: Compose a poem about friendship and
share it with the class.
• Group 4: Perform a song that shows a love to a
partner or a Romantic Relationship

17. • Directions:ANSWER the following and write your answers in
the activity sheets provided.
• Test I. Use the given questions to do your reflection journal.
• 1. How will you improve your personal relationships with your
family and friends?
• 2.How will you set boundaries with your friends and significant
other (if you have) so that you will have a healthy relationship?

18. ASSIGNMENT: Write your answers in a 1/2 crosswise.
1.What are the ways that you could show your love to
someone?
2.How will you know if that someone loves you?
3. What is your favorite love language?