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UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] MULTIDIMENSIONAL WEEK 1 : INTRODUCTION TO SELF AND IDENTITY ❖ People believe that the Self or identity...

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] MULTIDIMENSIONAL WEEK 1 : INTRODUCTION TO SELF AND IDENTITY ❖ People believe that the Self or identity can be more accurately depicted using a single factor or aspect. THE SELF WEEK 2 : SELF & IDENTITY : PART 1 ❖ Our Self cannot be singly represented by a certain trait because our THE ISSUE ON UTS Self/Identity is composed of multidimensional aspects and that are ❖ Many Scholars (i.e., theorists, scientists, a PRODUCT of multidimensional philosophers) in different fields and FACTORS. across generations have attempted to explain and thoroughly expound on several issues and controversies about WEEK 2: SELF & IDENTITY : the nature, existence, and dimensionality of self. PART 2 NATURE vs. NURTURE SOCIAL FACTORS OF THE SELF Nature ❖ Refers to the influences of significant The self is being studied structurally and people in a person's life. functionally, from the molecular level to the ❖ Includes the social groups where entirety of human physiological systems. individuals identify oneself. Nurture The influences that form our identity : Social Sciences argue though that the self 1.) Family should be principally viewed as an outcome of 2.) Peer Groups various, nurturing factors in the context of one’s 3.) Organizations social life. 4.) And other significant people in a person’s life (e.g., teacher, role-model, IDENTITY (definition) relatives, etc. ) ❖ “What makes a particular person or ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR OF THE SELF group different from others… or the distinguishing or personality of an ❖ Includes the physical and communal individual.” elements present in our everyday surroundings. SELF (definition) HEREDITY ❖ “Person that someone normally or truly is… or the entire person of an ❖ Biological process by which certain individual.” traits and characteristics are passed on from one generation to another. 1 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] PERSON-VOLITION FACTOR OF THE SELF PHILOSOPHY OF THE SELF ❖ This refers to the inclination of a person to form and construct a specific identity, which will set him apart or Socrates - His guiding principle that he passed unique compared with others. on to his students. As a guru preferred to ❖ Such a factor emanates from within the engage his students in endless discussions, it is mentality of an individual, but also said that he had never written down any of his brought about by the aggregated ideas but instead untiringly discussed concepts social-life experiences. and principles with his students. His beliefs - The real self is not the physical body, but rather the soul. He further posited WEEK 3 : PHILOSOPHICAL that the appearance of the body is inferior to its VIEWS ABOUT THE SELF functions. Plato - Thoroughly expound on Socrates' ideas PHILOSOPHY of self. Plato’s conceptualization of the Self was profoundly introduced in his dialogue ❖ The study of the fundamental nature of Phaedrus, which has been a popular text for knowledge, reality, and existence. many decades in the subject of Philosophy. The Especially when considered as an main idea in this dialogue is about academic discipline. truth-seeking, and the truth or reality into two forms: PHILOSOPHICAL LENS Metaphysical realm (mind) Physical world (body) Two distinct philosophical lens: Suggested that the existence or the truth about Empiricism - Derives explanations of the self the human self is fundamentally an intellectual from sensory and bodily responses. We know entity whose human nature exists independent things because we have experienced it through from the physical world. Plato bifurcated the our bodily senses. truth or reality into two: the “ontos” (ideal), the ultimate reality which tends to be permanent Rationalism - There is innate knowledge; they and spiritual, and the “phenomena” which differ in that they choose different objects of refers to the manifestation of the ideal. innate knowledge. Rationalism explains self from the standpoint of what is ‘’ideal” and the Aristotle - He called ideals as “essence” and “truth”, not rooted in what is felt by the senses, phenomena as “matter”. He also emphasized not our body. that the two co-exit and purpose to the matter, and the matter provides substance and solidity to essence. 2 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY RENAISSANCE SOCRATES - IDEALISM - SOCRATIC DESCARTES - RATIONALIST - MIND BODY PHILOSOPHY DUALISM Knowledge is the personification of “I think, therefore, I am.” good while ignorance is that of evil. The mind and soul can exist without Self-knowledge is the ultimate virtue. the body. As the ultimate virtue, it will lead to Establishing the distinction of soul from ultimate happiness. the body can make people believe in the afterlife and the soul’s immortality. PLATO - IDEALISM - DUALISM AND IDEALISM LOCKE - EMPIRICIST - THEORY OF PERSONAL Moral virtue is rooted in the intellect IDENTITY and leads to happiness. Wisdom and knowledge leads to virtue It is in consciousness alone that identity which will lead to happiness. exists, not on the body and soul. There is a distinction between man and ARISTOTLE - EMPIRICIST - ARISTOTELIAN person. PHILOSOPHY The soul may change, but consciousness remains intact. Ideal is found inside the phenomena and the universals inside the HUME - EMPIRICIST - SKEPTICAL particulars. PHILOSOPHY Ideals are ESSENCE. Phenomena is MATTER. All knowledge passes through the Matter has no form. Essence has no senses. mass. Separate ideas can be joined in the Matter and Essence need each other. mind. There is no self, only a bundle of MIDDLE AGES perceptions. ST. AUGUSTINE - PLATONISM - KANT - RATIONALIST/EMPIRICISTS - NEOPLATONISM METAPHYSICS OF THE SELF All knowledge leads to God. Reason is the final authority of morality. Only the pure in heart can see God. There is inner self and outer self; Love of God, faith in Him and The inner self includes rational Understanding of his Gospel will reasoning and psychological state. ultimately lead to Happiness. The outer self includes the body and physical mind, where representation occurs. 3 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] MODERN TIMES ❖ The study of the human body from a physical perspective has paved the way RYLE - EMPIRICIST - CONCEPT OF MIND for a fuller understanding of the self, as consciousness, deemed to be a “I act, therefore, I am.” fundamental core of the self, is The mind is not the seat of self. influenced by inner dynamics and It is not a separate, parallel thing to our environments. physical body. The mind is a category mistake, NEUROPHILOSOPHY brought about by habitual use. The only way it can affect the other is through ❖ The study of Neurophilosophy is the eternal world. attributed to Paul and Patricia Churchland. Neurophilosophy is CHURCHLAND - EMPIRICIST - concerned with the association of the NEUROPHILOSOPHY brain and the mind; in order to understand the workings of the human A fully matured neuroscience will mind, we must first understand the eliminate the need for beliefs since brain, its functions, and wave activity. “they are not real.” The physical brain gives us a sense of NEUROPHILOSOPHY self. ❖ Psychoneuroimmunology draws its MERLEAU PONTY - EXISTENTIALISM assumptions from how our immune EMPIRICIST - PHENOMENOLOGY OF systems function, similar to the shaping PERCEPTION of self. Both empiricism and intellectualism PSYCHOLOGY are flawed in nature. “We are our bodies.” ❖ The one of the most popular social Our bodily experiences do not detach sciences, defined as "the study of the subject/object, mind/body, human behavior". A number of rational/irrational. theoretical perspectives have been introduced within this field of interest to explain the "self". WEEK 4 : SCIENTIFIC VIEWS ABOUT THE SELF SOCIOLOGY ❖ is the study of collective behavior of SCIENCE OF THE SELF people within society and focuses on social problems encountered by people. “Science has invested much of its efforts in understanding world phenomena, but none more so than in explaining how human beings have evolved from its basic life forms to its more complex make-up today.” 4 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] ANTHROPOLOGY Emotionally - Tearfulness, irritability/agitation, lowering of mood, loss of interest/enjoyment. ❖ The "science of human beings; especially the study of human beings Cognitively - Reduced concentration & and their ancestors through time and attention, self esteem, and self confidence, space and in relation to physical bleak & pessimistic views of the future. character, environmental and social relations, and culture." Behaviourally - Slowing of movements, ideas and/or attempts of self harm or suicide, POLITICAL SCIENCE decreased libido. ❖ They are concerned with the SU*C*DE participation of individuals in establishing a government and making Ideation - Is a medical term for thoughts about, political choices. or an unusual preoccupation with, suicide. ECONOMICS Protective factors - supportive family & friends, hobbies, sports. ❖ The "concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, High risk of suicide - current untreated severe distribution, and consumption of goods mental illness, alcohol misuse, previous suicide and services". attempts, family history of suicide. FAMILY AS YOUR SUPPORT WEEK 5 : THE SELF DURING Family is the basic social unit. THE PANDEMIC It is your support system. Your home should be a safe space. Communication is always the key. 'I never knew what a mental health problem is Mutual understanding, trust, and love until I experienced it myself...' - Castillo (2021) should be always present. NOBODY is left behind. STRESSORS ❖ Situations, activities, and relationships that cause 'trauma' to one's physical, emotional, or psychological self. WEEK 6 : PHYSICAL SELF HOW ANXIETY AFFECTS THE BODY WHAT CONSTITUTES THE PHYSICAL SELF? Key Symptoms - Persistent low mood/sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, decreased energy Heredity and/or increased fatigue. Environment Maturation Physically - Disturbed sleep, appetite disturbance, decreased energy. 5 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] sexual pleasure (Horne & Heredity - is the transmission of traits from Zimmer-Gembeck, 2006). parents to offspring. This transmission happens during the union of the egg cell and the sperm ❖ Among these sexual models, the sexual cell. This union creates a zygote which carries 23 self-concept is the most researched pairs of chromosomes. term and has the most variations as a construct (Deutsch et al., 2013). Terminologies: SEXUAL SELF (CONT.) Genotype. This is the part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of a cell which determines ❖ As per Andersen, Cyranowski, & a specific characteristic. Espindle (1999), sexual self-concept is a Phenotype. This is the expression of our broader sexual self model compared to genotype (e.g. hair color, weight, or the other models. presence or absence of a disease). ❖ The sexual self-concept (SSC) model, contains factors that deal with Genetic concepts - These genetic concepts are evaluations of cognitive, affective, very crucial in the physical development of a interpersonal, behavioral, and human being. What we are now or the way we physiological aspects of sexuality. This look depends on what our parents transferred also includes attributions of desire and or passed unto us. arousal. ❖ This bigger scope of factors provides a Dominant alleles show their effect even if the more comprehensive lens which individual only has one copy of the allele. For includes "thoughts and feelings" of a instance, curly hair. The dominant allele is person about his or her own sexuality. curly hair, therefore, you only need one copy of this allele for you to curly hair. SEXUAL ORIENTATION VS. SEXUAL PREFERENCE ❖ sexual orientation is defined as an WEEK 7 : SEXUAL SELF PART 1 innate feeling of attraction toward another individual regardless of gender. Furthermore, sexual orientation is SEXUAL SELF DEFINED defined as the erotic or romantic attraction for sharing sexual expression ❖ Sexual selfhood is vaguely defined as with: how one thinks about himself or herself as a sexual individual. Members of the opposite sex (heterosexuality) ❖ On the other hand, sexual self-schema, is a more specific sexual self model that Members of your own sex focuses primarily on cognitive (homosexuality) attributions and evaluations of the sexual self. Members of both sexes (bisexuality) ❖ Sexual subjectivity is another sexual self model that focuses primarily on physical esteem and entitlement to 6 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] SEXUAL PREFERENCE ❖ Sexual preference is a term that is confused with sexual orientation. GENDER IDENTITY DENTAL DAM Refers to each person's deeply felt ❖ Small, thin, square pieces of latex internal and individual experience of ❖ Used to keep partners' body fluids out gender, which may or may not of each other's bodies correspond with the sex assigned at ❖ Can help to prevent skin-to-skin birth contact ❖ Placed on the vulva or the anus when Answers: "Who am I?" the mouth, lips, or tongue are used to sexually arouse a partner. EXPRESSION ❖ Can also cut a condom open on one side. The way in which a person expresses their gender identity, typically through HORMONAL METHODS their appearance, dress, and behavior. Methods that prevent the release of an egg (ovulation) Prevents a fertilized egg from WEEK 7 : SEXUAL SELF PART 2 implanting in the uterus (prevents pregnancy). SEX: THE INTERCOURSE NO hormonal methods reduce chances of STD's! ❖ Conceptual analysis is carried out in the philosophy of sex in order to clarify the ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES fundamental notions of the discipline, including sexual desire and sexual ❖ Also called "the pill,". activity. ❖ Some contain estrogen, progestin, or a mix of other hormones depending on TYPES OF CONTRACEPTION the pill. BIRTH CONTROL PATCH BARRIER CONTRACEPTIVES This skin patch is worn on the lower abdomen, Methods that physically or chemically buttocks, or upper body. block sperm from reaching an egg AND provide a BARRIER between direct skin to skin contact VAGINAL RING Act as a physical block between you and your sexual partner The birth control ring releases the hormones Great for STD protection! progestin and estrogen. 7 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] BIRTH CONTROL SHOT Brain functioning - physiological and psychological. ❖ Every 3 months (or 12 weeks), women get shots of the hormone progestin in Emotions Cognitive System the buttocks or arm from their doctor. Mesosystem: Connection between EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION relationships of a child's microsystem ❖ Also known as the "morning after pill" Mesosystem: Interconnections between the ❖ Emergency contraception should only microsystems Examples be used after no birth control was used during sex, or if the birth control Interactions between the family and teachers method failed, such as if a condom broke. Relationship between the child's peers and the family Exosystem: Structures in which the child does WEEK 8 : CULTURAL SELF not have direct contact. Exosystem: Institutions of society that indirectly “Our development is largely influenced by affect a child's development membership to crucial social groups that shape various aspects of our self; from our Examples beliefs system, values orientation, and manifest behavior.” Parent's workplace ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY Funding for education ❖ Development is the result of the Impacts a child's development by influencing relationships between people and their structures in the microsystem environments. Macrosystem: Cultural context. Microsystem: Relationships with direct contact to the child. Provides the values, beliefs, customs, and laws of the culture in which a child grows up Variables that the child is directly exposed to Influences how parents, teachers, and others Relationships: Family, school, religious raise a child institution, neighbors. May be conscious or unconscious Family: Most influential and durable influence on children. Influences the societal values, legislation, and financial resources provided by a society to help Environment: Geographic, Material structures families function Child's body. Influences the interactions of all other layers General health 8 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] THEORY: INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM INVISIBILITY MODEL ❖ "You can't see me." ❖ Used to explain large amounts of ❖ In virtual interactions, we cannot always variation seen in human behavior, be sure where/when someone is social interaction, and personality. present. ❖ Virtual invisibility gives us the courage to do things that we perhaps would not do otherwise. WEEK 8 : DIGITAL SELF ❖ Physical invisibility also means less inhibited expressions. DIGITAL IDENTITY ASYNCHRONICITY ❖ We use the term "digital identity" (DI) to ❖ Virtual communications are describe the persona an individual asynchronous-interactions do not presents across all the digital spaces always happen in real time. that he/she is represented in. ❖ Not immediately coping with a person's reaction disinhibits. “Studies have linked the use of social media to ❖ There is safety when posting something depression, anxiety, poorer sleep quality, lower personal, emotional, or hostile and then self-esteem, inattention, and hyperactivity- "running away". often in teens and adolescents.” SOLIPSISTIC INTROJECTION DIGITAL INHIBITION ❖ When we don't know what a virtual Every person behaves differently in virtual person looks/sounds like, we tend to spaces than they would in face-to-face assign traits to those individuals. interactions. ❖ Interactions with this introjected We loosen up character feel more imaginary. We become less restrained ❖ We also may treat a virtual companion We tend to express ourselves more as ourselves, which can lead to greater openly disinhibition. This phenomenon is known as online disinhibition (Suler, 2004) DISSOCIATIVE IMAGINATION DISSIOCIATIVE ANONYMITY ❖ The virtual world is in a different space ❖ "Who am I?" entirely, with imaginary characters ❖ What can people really tell us about us completely separated from the real in virtual interactions? world. ❖ In virtual interactions, we can hide ❖ Virtual life can then be viewed more as some or all of our identity-creating a a game versus as a real world separation between our in-person and interaction. virtual identity. ❖ How we act in "fantasy games" is not ❖ My virtual behaviors aren't really me. always how we act in the real world. 9 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] DISSOCIATIVE IMAGINATION MATERIAL CULTURE (AND THE EVERYDAY) ❖ Material Culture The Study of 'Things' "We are all equals here." (artifacts of Everyday life). ❖ In the real world, authority and status Mihaly Csiksentmihalyi are expressed by clothing, body ❖ The 'things' that surround us are language, etc. We are stripped of these inseparable from who we are ('things' markers in virtual interactions. are never neutral). ❖ We are more willing to speak out and misbehave without possible John Heskett disapproval and punishment from ❖ Utility and Significance of Everyday authority figures. things. Roland Barthes WEEK 8 : MATERIAL AND ❖ Everyday objects are not just 'things' ECONOMIC SELF but a complex system of signs which allow us to read meaning into people and places. MATERIAL CULTURE, THE STUDY OF “THINGS” ❖ Artifacts are 'tools' but also as signals, signs and symbols. Their use and WEEK 9 : MENTAL SELF functions are multiple and intertwined; their meaning is often subliminal and unconscious. COGNITION THE MEANING OF THINGS ❖ We are born with innate capabilities that empower us to manage ourselves ❖ The things people use, own, and in various settings and situations. As we surround themselves with might are born, we depend on our senses as accurately reflect their personality. Not we make reactions and reflexes that are surprisingly, the clothes one wears, the part of our developmental milestones. car one drives and the furnishings of one's home, all are expressions of one's MEMORY self, even when they act as disguises rather than as reflections. ❖ Memory is composed of three levels: sensory memory, short-term or working SEMIOTICS - OBJECTS AS ‘SIGNS’ memory, and long-term memory. Sensory memory is the level that allows ❖ The French critical theorist, Roland information from the external Barthes, was one of the first to observe environment to be perceived by an the relationship that people have with individual via his senses, usually in the objects, and in particular looked at form of chemical and physical stimuli, objects as signs or things which could often with focus and intent. be decoded to convey messages beyond their practical value. INTELLIGENCE 10 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] STERNBERG’S TRIARCHIC THEORY ❖ Intelligence has been defined in a OF INTELLIGENCE number of ways. The term has been referred to as an individual's capacity Componential - Analytical for logic, understanding, Includes abstract thinking & logical reasoning; self-awareness, learning, planning, verbal & mathematical skills. creativity and problem solving. It has been characterized as the application of Experiential - Creative knowledge to enable adjustment to the Divergent thinking and ability to deal with environment. novel situations INTELLIGENCE AND DESCRIPTION Contextual - Practical Being "street smart"; ability to apply knowledge to the real world and shape or choose an Verbal-linguistic environment. Ability to analyse information and produce output that involves oral and written language. WEEK 9 : EMOTIONAL SELF Logical-mathematical Ability to understand and answer mathematical EMOTIONAL SELF BASED ON STUDIES equations Visual-spatial BAR-ON (1997) Ability to analyze graphical information For Bar-On (1997), "it is an array of non- cognitive abilities, competencies, and skills that Musical influence one's ability to succeed in coping with Ability to produce and make meaning of environmental demands and pressures." different types of sound. MAYER, SALOVEY, AND CARUSO (2004) Naturalistic According to Mayer, Salovey, and Caruso (2004), Ability to identify and distinguish aspects of the it is "the capacity to reason about emotion, and natural world. of emotions to enhance thinking. It includes the abilities to accurately perceive emotions, to Bodily-kinesthetic access and generate emotions so as to assist Ability to use one's body to create products or thought, to understand emotions and solve problems. emotional knowledge, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote emotional Interpersonal and intellectual growth". Ability to be sensitive to other GOLEMAN (2005) Intrapersonal Goleman (2005), it is the "capacity for Ability for self-introspection recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions effectively in ourselves and others." 11 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] CHARACTERISTICS OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND EFFICACY PARAPSYCHOLOGY ❖ Is the use of scientific methods to study Self-control. Managing disruptive impulses. paranormal psychological phenomena, such as extra-sensory perception, Trustworthiness. Maintaining standards of psychokinesis, and survival of honesty and integrity. consciousness after death. This category is limited to subjects involved Conscientiousness. Taking responsibility for with the field of parapsychology, which one's performance. does not study all paranormal phenomena. Adaptability. Handling change with flexibility. PARANORMAL Innovation. Being open to new ideas. ❖ Experiences that lie outside the range Empathy. Understanding other people and of the normal experience or scientific putting yourself in their shoes. explanation. ESP CATEGORIES WEEK 10-11 : SPIRITUAL SELF Telepathy - Transfer of thoughts between individuals. SPIRITUALITY Clairvoyance - Perception of objects or events ❖ Spirituality talks about meaning and that are not available to the senses such as purpose that goes beyond the physical “seeing”. realities of his life. Going through development, we are inevitably Precognition - Ability to foretell future events. programmed to make realizations about life, and those insights are not Psychokinesis - Ability to influence the always about observable phenomena movement of material bodies by their power of or environmental experiences; we thought alone. observe phenomena happening around us, the personal experiences we Out of body experiences go through, and subsequently, we assign meaning and make + Additional Info: philosophical rationalizations about In normal REM sleep, neurotransmitters why it happens and why it happens to in your spinal cord prevent you from us. moving during dreams. When REM ends, their hold lifts. But If you wake too RELIGIOSITY quickly, you might emerge mid- paralysis. ❖ "adherence to a belief system and practices associated with a tradition in Often with dream-like hallucinations. which there is agreement about what is ASTRAL TRAVEL believed and practiced". 12 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] ❖ Astral Tip: If you usually have trouble waking up and feel scattered in the The notion that there is a small group of morning, it's possible you're leaving individuals who either. some of your energy "out there," and Currently control the flow of world events. not bringing all of yourself home each morning! Are in the process of gaining control of world events Their main methods of mastery include: SPIRIT POSSESSION Esoteric (Enlightened) knowledge "Illuminati" ❖ Accounts of spirit possession exist in - "Sacred Architecture" or "Sacred the Bible and are common in Geometry" spiritualist churches today. - True knowledge of the Deity ❖ Common throughout the world. - Diabolical powers ❖ Bourguignon (1973) found religiously - Non-terrestrial technology altered states in 90% of societies, with spirit possession in 52% of cases. 1. Control of the world banking/industry. ❖ Suggests that it is a cultural phenomenon. 2. Control of political leaders. SPEAKING IN TONGUES 3. Control of international organizations such as the UN, WTO, NATO, The World ❖ Glossolalia (i.e., speaking in tongues) is Bank, IMF. vocalization that sounds language-like but is devoid of semantic meaning or 4. Control of world religious leaders. syntax (Samarin, 1972). ❖ Some go into convulsions or lose FREEMASONRY consciousness; others are less dramatic. ❖ Some seem to go into a trance ❖ Freemasonry is a fraternal organization ❖ some claim to have amnesia of their that arose from obscure origins in the speaking in tongues. late 16th to early 17th century in ❖ All believe they are possessed by the England, which is a natural or Holy Spirit and that what they utter is instinctive fellowship between people meaningful. of similar interests. These are members of a widespread secret fraternal order HISTORY OF ILLUMINATI pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love. Adam Weishaupt formed The Illuminati in 1776. ❖ Freemasonry today is NOT the same Freemasonry as found in England and Illuminati is a rebirth of your from which all other legitimate Masonic new-possessed self. lodges today can trace their ancestry. Illuminati Goal: To accomplish a satanic New World Order, a one-world government, that will prepare Earth's citizens for the coming of the antichrist. ILLUMINATI THEORY 13 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] WEEK 12 : POLITICAL SELF HIGHLIGHTING DIVERSITY ❖ It is a combination of our differences Politics = Power that shape our view of the world, our perspective and our approach. It is not leadership! Diversity is also about recognizing, respecting and valuing differences Rights = Power = Responsibilities based on ethnicity, gender, age, race, religion, disability and sexual ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP orientation (DPC, 2019). Active citizenship has been a popular topic for DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP researchers across several disciplines. It includes "structured forms of engagement ❖ Digital citizenship is anchored on three with political processes and everyday forms general principles: respecting oneself of participation in society". and others, educating oneself and others, and protecting oneself and Active citizenship is anchored on our others. A major concern of this digital cognitive and behavioral engagement era is how technology shapes our self to participate in formal political and identity. There is no doubt that the activities. Active citizenship enables beliefs, value orientation, and behavior democracy. Democracy should not only of individuals, especially the millennial be thought of as a form of government; generation, are heavily influenced by it is a communal system that allows technology. One concept that is related volitional freedom of citizens to make to one's digital self is online informed choices that allows them to disinhibition. It is defined as "the lack of be heard. restraint one feels when Active citizenship is a social construct. It communicating online in comparison fosters social relatedness and to communicating in-person." belongingness. WEEK 12-13 : DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP GEN Z CHARACTERISTICS ❖ Diversity is their norm. ❖ They are our first "digital natives". ❖ They are pragmatic and financially-minded. ❖ Many factors contribute to their mental health challenges. The permeating nature of technology has also ❖ They are shrewd consumers. influenced the various technological and online ❖ They are politically progressive - even behaviors we manifest. Within the concept of those on the right. 14 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF [1st Term | A.Y. 2024 - 2025] digital citizenship, there are nine (9) themes that cover these behaviors, namely: What keeps you going? (motivation) Imagine yourself in the future after everything has gone as well as it possibly could with studying your course. You have worked hard and succeeded in all your goals for studying. What are you doing and what can you do? What do you imagine yourself doing or not able to do if you did not achieve the goals you have set? WEEK 14 : FUTURE SELF If you failed to choose, you chose to fail… TIME IS PRECIOUS Past - It can't be undone. Present - Just a split second. Future - Is uncertain, but we can prepare for it. “Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards, But It Must Be Lived Forwards.” - Soren Kierkegaard FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN MAKING CHOICES Your condition (status, gender, money). Your situation (pandemic, weather, environment). Your goals... or what do you really like? Remember that in life, there are only two CHOICES... TO SEE THE FUTURE, ONE MUST HAVE VISION 15