L4: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE Flashcards
The self as a cognitive construction:
William James and the Me-Self, I-Self
Self is the essence of a person: his thoughts, feelings and actions, experiences, beliefs, values, principles and relationships.
William James and the Me-Self, I-Self
“______“Self refers to the aspects of someone that come from that person’s experiences; it has three sections:
“ME”
MATERIALISTIC SELF, SOCIAL SELF, SPIRITUAL SELF
onsists of things that belong to us or that we belong to (e.g., family, clothes, our body, money)
Material Self
who we are in a given social situation
. Social Self
who we are at the core
Spiritual Self
“__-“ Self is classified as the thinking self
“I”
A person is in her/his true self if she has a sense of ___________________________________
INTEGRITY AND OF CONNECTED WHOLENESS.
When the person has to comply with external rules, such as being polite or otherwise following social codes, then a _________is used.
false self
When the false self is functional both for the person and for society then it is considered healthy. The healthy false self feels that it is still being true to the true self.
Healthy false self
A self that fits in but through a feeling of forced compliance rather than loving adaptation is unhealthy.
- Unhealthy false self
controlling a situation by making things happen or by preparing for possible future problems
- CONTROL THINGS
Self as Proactive
- A social cognition theory of Albert Bandura that views people as self-organizing, proactive, self-reflective and self-regulating as times change
-The capacity for human beings to make choices in the world - agent
Agentic
states that we are not merely reactive organisms shaped by environmental forces or driven by inner impulses
-react
Agentic Perspective
is seeing the world as agents of change
- everything is seen as temporary
Agentic Self
- a belief that the needs of each person are more important than the needs of the society
- promotes individual goals, initiative and achievement
- own opinion is important over the general opinion; task over relationship
Individualism
PERSONALITY TYPE OF NVIDUALISTIC
more assertive and strong;
artistic type
-the self is part of the community
-the rights of families, communities, and the collective supersede those of the individual
- working with others and cooperating is the norm
Collectivism
personality type ON COLLECTIVISM :___________________________
trustworthy; honest;
generous; sensitive
Can be seen as a code of ethical conduct, of how one should properly act according to their relationship with other people; thus, it is also focused on having a harmonious social life
Confucianism
the identity and self-concept of the individual are interwoven with the identity and status of his/her community or culture, sharing its pride as well as its failures
Confucianism
The cultivated self in Confucianism is what some scholars call a _______wherein personal needs are repressed (subdued) for the good of many, making Confucian society also hierarchal for the purpose of maintaining order and balance in society
“subdued self”
2 TYPES OF BEHAVIOR:
- COVERT
- OVERT
UNOBSERVABLE EG. THOUGHTS
COVERT
VISIBLE AND APPARENT
OVERT
