MODULE 2 - COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTION SELF

Question 1

The self is divided into two categories:
1. I-Self
2. Me-Self

Answer 1

• William James

Question 2

Refers to the self that knows who he or she is, which is also called the thinking self. This is how we interpret the things around us.

Answer 2

I-Self

Question 3

ü This is the empirical self, which refers to the person’s personal experiences and is further divided into subcategories.

Answer 3

The Me-Self

Question 4

Subcategories of the Me-Self:

Answer 4

Material Self
Social Self
Spiritual Self

Question 5

attributed to an individual’s physical attributes and material possessions, contributing to their self-image.

Answer 5

Material Self

Question 6

(relationship with other people)

Answer 6

Social Self

Question 7

(cannot be seen in our physical self that needs a depth understanding of our self and relationship with God)

Answer 7

Spiritual Self

Question 8

ü According to Mead, the ____ is himself or herself doing things without the opinion of other people.

Answer 8

“I”

Question 9

ü The ____ is the awareness of how people might be thinking about you or the expectation of people around you.

Answer 9

“Me”

Question 10

Created the Self Theory: Real and Ideal Self

Answer 10

• Carl Roger

Question 11

 The ______- is defined in a broad way as the individual’s tendency to act in ways which actualize himself, the belief about himself, how he evaluates himself, and a mental picture of who he is.

Answer 11

Self-Concept

Question 12

 Our self-concept begins to develop in _____ throughout the lifespan—the self-concept of how someone thinks about himself.

Answer 12

early childhood

Question 13

 Rogers suggests two components of self-concept:

Answer 13

1. Real Self
2. Ideal Self

Question 14

ü It consists of all the ideas, how we see ourselves, how a person feels and thinks.

Answer 14

Real Self

Question 15

ü It is the person’s conception of what one should be or what one aspires to be, striving for the attainment of what he wants to be.

Answer 15

Ideal Self

Question 16

• In Rogers’ theory, the closer the ideal self to the real self, the more ________ and the _____ person’s self-worth.

Answer 16

consistent
higher

Question 17

Contrary, when the ideal self is far from the real self, the person becomes ______ and ______

Answer 17

unhappy and dissatisfied.

Question 18

the alignment of the real self and the ideal self

Answer 18

Congruence

Question 19

happens when there is inconsistency between the real self and the ideal self

Answer 19

Incongruence

Question 20

o The mind is made of a multiplicity of selves and there are notions that humans have a single self.

Answer 20

• Andras Angyal

Question 21

• For an adolescent’s understanding self is conceptualized as ______ and _______.

Answer 21

multiple or unified

true or false

Question 22

o A pediatrician and a psychoanalyst, explains his theory about the true self and the false self.

Answer 22

• Dr. Donald Winnicot

Question 23

 He expounded the idea that the function of the false self is to _____ and _____ the true self.

Answer 23

hide and protect

Question 24

 Winnicott highlighted the importance of the mother as the _____ and the child as ______, meaning they just do whatever they want without thinking.

Answer 24

caregiver

spontaneous

Question 25

 He posits that humans, through their agency, are perceived as proactive agents of experiences.

Answer 25

Albert Bandura

Question 26

______ defined that a human has the capability to influence one’s functioning and actions.

Answer 26

Albert Bandura

Question 27

 There were four core properties of human agencies that are described:

Answer 27

Intentional
Forethought
Self-Reactiveness
Self-Reflection

Question 28

includes action plans and strategies where we humans plan and do things intentionally.

Answer 28

Intentional

Question 29

forming goals and anticipating future events, where we expect the consequences of our actions.

Answer 29

Forethought

Question 30

processes of self-management, self-regulation, and self-motivation, where we make choices and decide after we think about the consequence.

Answer 30

Self-Reactiveness

Question 31

refers to self-examining and reflecting on our decisions.

Answer 31

Self-Reflection

Question 32

Reflection Cycle

Answer 32

Before/Planning - Goal Setting

During/Doing - Capture the Moment

After/Reflecting - So What?

Metacognition: Change over time