MODULE 2 - COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTION SELF Flashcards
The self is divided into two categories:
1. I-Self
2. Me-Self
- William James
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.
I-Self
ü This is the empirical self, which refers to the person’s personal experiences and is further divided into subcategories.
The Me-Self
Subcategories of the Me-Self:
Material Self
Social Self
Spiritual Self
attributed to an individual’s physical attributes and material possessions, contributing to their self-image.
Material Self
(relationship with other people)
Social Self
(cannot be seen in our physical self that needs a depth understanding of our self and relationship with God)
Spiritual Self
ü According to Mead, the ____ is himself or herself doing things without the opinion of other people.
“I”
ü The ____ is the awareness of how people might be thinking about you or the expectation of people around you.
“Me”
Created the Self Theory: Real and Ideal Self
- Carl Roger
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.
Self-Concept
Our self-concept begins to develop in _____ throughout the lifespan—the self-concept of how someone thinks about himself.
early childhood
Rogers suggests two components of self-concept:
- Real Self
- Ideal Self
ü It consists of all the ideas, how we see ourselves, how a person feels and thinks.
Real Self
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.
Ideal Self
- In Rogers’ theory, the closer the ideal self to the real self, the more ________ and the _____ person’s self-worth.
consistent
higher
Contrary, when the ideal self is far from the real self, the person becomes ______ and ______
unhappy and dissatisfied.
the alignment of the real self and the ideal self
Congruence
happens when there is inconsistency between the real self and the ideal self
Incongruence
o The mind is made of a multiplicity of selves and there are notions that humans have a single self.
- Andras Angyal
- For an adolescent’s understanding self is conceptualized as ______ and _______.
multiple or unified
true or false
o A pediatrician and a psychoanalyst, explains his theory about the true self and the false self.
- Dr. Donald Winnicot
He expounded the idea that the function of the false self is to _____ and _____ the true self.
hide and protect
Winnicott highlighted the importance of the mother as the _____ and the child as ______, meaning they just do whatever they want without thinking.
caregiver
spontaneous
He posits that humans, through their agency, are perceived as proactive agents of experiences.
Albert Bandura
______ defined that a human has the capability to influence one’s functioning and actions.
Albert Bandura
There were four core properties of human agencies that are described:
Intentional
Forethought
Self-Reactiveness
Self-Reflection
includes action plans and strategies where we humans plan and do things intentionally.
Intentional
forming goals and anticipating future events, where we expect the consequences of our actions.
Forethought
processes of self-management, self-regulation, and self-motivation, where we make choices and decide after we think about the consequence.
Self-Reactiveness
refers to self-examining and reflecting on our decisions.
Self-Reflection
Reflection Cycle
Before/Planning - Goal Setting
During/Doing - Capture the Moment
After/Reflecting - So What?
Metacognition: Change over time
