GE 1: Understanding the Self Lesson 1 PDF

Welcome to GE 1: Understanding the Self  Instructor: Shalyn S. Caballo  Class Rules 1.) Please be on time. 2.) Inform the instructor beforehand if you cannot attend class. Make sure you state your valid reason. 3.) Attendance will be checked twice during class time. 4...

Welcome to GE 1: Understanding the Self  Instructor: Shalyn S. Caballo  Class Rules 1.) Please be on time. 2.) Inform the instructor beforehand if you cannot attend class. Make sure you state your valid reason. 3.) Attendance will be checked twice during class time. 4.) As much as possible, turn your cameras on.  Class Rules 5.) Make sure you have everything you need near you before the class starts. 6.) If you need to go to the restroom, please message the instructor on Google Meet chat. 7.) Please ensure you are in a conducive place for learning.  Class Rules 8.) Keep your mic on mute and raise a hand if you need to talk. 9.) Please submit your requirements on time. If you cannot pass it on at the agreed time, state your valid reason. 10.) Please participate during classes. Maximize the Google Meet chat box for productive and related discussions.  Basic Concepts of “Self” The Need of Understanding the Self 1.) helps learners acquire a positive sense of self and social responsibility. 2.) helps learners develop their potentials to enable them to live harmoniously in the context of fast changing and challenging world. 3.) helps learners participate meaningfully in all endeavors as responsible members of a global community taking into account multi-cultural perspectives.  Basic Concepts of “Self” The Need of Understanding the Self 4.) helps learners understand local and global issues and concerns that continue to impact their lives and the lives of others. 5.) enables the learners develop the capacity to think, reason and act legally and morally as these will have a sphere of influence to others.  Basic Concepts of “Self” The Need of Understanding the Self 6.) enables the learners to behave in ways that will fulfill their needs and goals in the contemporary society 7.) helps the learners to possess personal, civil, and moral obligations, not only to themselves but also to their families, nations, and the globalized contemporary society.  Meaning and Nature of Self 1.) Self is a unified being and is essentially connected to consciousness, awareness, and agency or with the faculty of rational choice 2.) Self is the condition of identity that makes one subject of experience distinct from all others 3.) Self is exhibited and inferred in the conduct and discourse that emanate from the individual alone 4.) Self is the person regarded as an individual apart from all others  Meaning and Nature of Self 5.) Self is one’s identity 6.) Self is expressed in the first person 7.) Self is a dynamic, responsive process that structures neural pathways according to past adolescent environment (Self, Culture, and Society Class, 2015)  There are many explanations with respect to the nature of the self. The self is a narrative center of 01 The self is independent of the senses. 03 gravity, not physically detestable but a kind of convenient fiction that does not correspond to anything tangible. The self may have changed in 02 many respects but the same self appears as was present to them. 04 The self is both legal and moral person.  There are many explanations with respect to the nature of the self. 05 The self is an intersubjective being, a unique being who is 06 According to Swami Vivekananda, the self is conditioned by three never alone on its existence in the factors: world. a.) The senses are unreliable b.) The mind is conditioned by space-time c.) The mind is conditioned by logical limitations.  There are many explanations with respect to the nature of the self. The Self Overcomes All Conditioning 07 The self is constantly evolving due to the complexities of 09 Human beings have a self cultures and societies. Religion views the nature of the 08 self very widely  Why Self is Important? 1.) According to Kant, by knowing ourselves, that we are free and that our actions and choices matter 2.) By knowing the self, we are able to examine what type of object the self is and how it is constituted 3.) According to Thorin Klosowski, by knowing the self, we are able to develop self-awareness and introspection which are the starting point to every improvement.  Why Self is Important? 4.) Understanding the self is a very important basis of quantified movement. 5.) Knowing the self requires more than intellectual self-examination for it demands knowing something about your feelings and emotions.  The Constitution of the Self  The self is an automatic part of every human being which enables people to relate to others  The self is constituted of 3 main parts that incorporated, allow for the self to maintain its functions. These parts are: 1.) Self-knowledge 2.) Interpersonal Self 3.) Agent Self  1.) Self knowledge Sometimes referred to as “self concept” Allows for people to gather information and beliefs about themselves Self-awareness, self-esteem, and self deception belongs to the self-knowledge part of the self.  1.) Self knowledge We can learn about ourselves in 4 ways: a.) The “looking glass self” of Charles Cooley is a theory that people learn themselves through other people b.) Introspection is a manner in which a person gathers information about himself through the use of mental functions and emotions.  1.) Self knowledge c.) Social Comparison is the manner in which we compare ourselves to other people around us. d.) Self-perception aspect of self-knowledge is a process of which a person infers about himself through his behavior.  1.) Self knowledge A.) Self-knowledge is a desire for the majority of human beings. In knowing about ourselves, we are more capable of knowing how to be socially acceptable and desirable.  1.) Self knowledge We seek out self knowledge due to: appraisal motive describes the desire to learn the truth about oneself in general self-enhancement motive is the desire to learn the truth about one’s good qualities only consistency motive is the desire to receive reinforcement of those preconceived notions that a person has about himself.  1.) Self knowledge B.) Self-awareness is divided into two categories: private self awareness is defined as the self looking inward at oneself, including emotions, thoughts beliefs, and feelings public self-awareness is defined by gathering information about your self through the perception of others  1.) Self knowledge C.) Self-esteem examines how a person evaluates himself positively or negatively four factors that contribute to self-esteem are the reactions we get from people, how we compare people to ourselves, social roles, and our identification. D.) Self-deception strategies that are mental tricks of a person’s mind that hide the truth and constitute false beliefs Self-serving Bias-is a strategy in which a person titles acknowledgement for success and rejects blame for failure.  The Constitution of the Self  The self is constituted of 3 main parts that incorporated, allow for the self to maintain its functions. These parts are: 1.) Self-knowledge 2.) Interpersonal Self 3.) Agent Self  2.) Interpersonal Self  can be referred to as your public self  is apparent in situations of self-presentation Social Roles-are defined as the parts that a person plays in different situations and with other people Social Norms-constitute the “unwritten rules” that we have about how to act in certain scenarios and with various people in our lives; it acts as guidelines that shape our behavior.  The Constitution of the Self  The self is constituted of 3 main parts that incorporated, allow for the self to maintain its functions. These parts are: 1.) Self-knowledge 2.) Interpersonal Self 3.) Agent Self  3.) Agent Self  is known as the executive function that allows for actions.  This is how we, as individuals make choices and utilize our control in situations and actions.  React on the following statements. Support your answer. Minimum of Q 5 sentences on each number. U 1.) Do you agree that the “self” is expressed in the first persona? Support your answer. I 2.) Explain the expression. “If a knife had a soul, the act of cutting would be that soul, Z because cutting is the essence of what it is to be a knife?” 3.) Are your senses reliable? Explain your answer. 4.) “The self is not physically detectable.” 5.) “Self-improvement is impossible without self-awareness.” THANK YOU! 