LESSON3-Midterm.pptx

THE SELF AS A COGNITIVE CONSTRUCT Lesson III Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to: 1. Enumerate the various psychological perspective and concepts about the self. 2. Analyze the effects of various psychological factors in the formation of the self. 3. Exami...

THE SELF AS A COGNITIVE CONSTRUCT Lesson III Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, you should be able to: 1. Enumerate the various psychological perspective and concepts about the self. 2. Analyze the effects of various psychological factors in the formation of the self. 3. Examine one’s self against the different perspective in this lesson and various experiences of your classmates.  BRAIN LATERALIZATION Question: __________________ that deals with the study of mind and behavior in humans and non-humans. PSYCHOLOG Y  ON SELF WITHIN William James was one of the earliest psychologists to study the self, and he conceptualized that the self as having two (2) aspects. The “I” and the “Me” The I – is the thinking, acting, and feeling self. The Me – is the physical characteristics as well as psychological capabilities that makes who you are.  ON SELF WITHIN Carl Roger’s Theory also used the term the “I’ and the “Me” The I – as the one who acts and decides. The Me – is what you think or feel about yourself as an object.  ON SELF WITHIN Other concepts similar to self are IDENTITY and SELF-CONCEPT: IDENTITY – is composed of one’s personal characteristics, roles and responsibilities, as well as affiliations that define who one is. SELF-CONCEPT – is basically what comes to your mind when you are asked about yourself. GLEITMAN, The schema is not It may also include your interest, you work, your course, your age, your GROSS, limited to the aforementioned name, and your physical characteristics, among AND others. REISBERG; JHANGIANI But they are not passive receivers as they AND TARRY As you grow and adapt to the changes around you, they also change. actively shape and affect how you see, think and feel about other things 2014 or the people around you.  He conceptualized the processes, construct, and behavior of the “self” as the results of the interaction: ID – the demon’s idea Sigmund Freud EGO – the angel’s idea SUPEREGO – the self  Carver and Scheier identified two types of the self that we can be INTERNAL aware of: AND The private self or a person’s internal thoughts EXTERNAL and feelings. The public self or what a person commonly shows to others, specially for creating a good public image.  Self awareness also presents us with at least three (3) other self-schemas: INTERNAL The actual self – is who we AND are at the present EXTERNAL The ideal self – is who we like to be, especially in the future The ought self – is who we think should be in contrast to the actual self.