PERDEV Flashcards
Defining the concept of self
Knowing oneself
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”
Aristotle
4 elements of self:
Body
Thoughts
Emotion
Sensation
- physical attributes/ characteristics
- Easy to observe
- Health
- Posture
Body
- mindset/thinking
- Rational species - humans.
- because we have the ability to think
Thoughts
What do you feel
Emotion
Sights, smell, touch, hearing and taste
Sensation
- Individual
- Physical attributes such as height and skin
- Psychological characters such as: (temperament or mood)
Self
- mood
- Inherited by parents
- Brought by environmental factors
Temperament
2 factors that can influence us:
Parents
Environmental (environment)
2 types of environment:
Social environment
Natural environment
People around us
Social environment
Ex:
Alaska - cold. They use thick jackets.
Ph - hot. They don’t usually wear jackets.
Natural environment
Responsible from our skin, eyes to protect our skin
Melanin
2 types of social environment that can influence us:
Positive influence
Negative influence
3 types of dimensions of the self:
Physical dimension
Psychological dimension
Spiritual dimension
body of a human
Physical dimension
stress cognition, behavior, attitude, emotion and personality
Psychological dimension
spiritual level
supernatural
Spiritual dimension
One belief
Monotheism
Many beliefs
Polytheism
No belief
Atheism
Confused
Agnostheism
Personal responses towards our concerns
Attitude and its components
A settled way of thinking and feeling about someone or something
Attitude
- your unconscious that you have this attitude
- Unaware
Implicit attitudes
- conscious
- Aware
Explicit attitudes
3 components of attitude:
Affect
Cognition
Behavior
- feelings or emotion
- term used to represent emotion
Affect
- mind
- Thoughts and the way we think
Cognition
action form or manifestation of attitude
Behavior
4 factors affecting our attitude:
Social factors
Learning
Operant conditioning
Modelling
The social norm that tell you what to do
Social factors
We tend to associate what we observed with attitude of other people
Learning
- Consequences, sunction (punish)
- Can motivate the person
- Can also demotivate
Operant conditioning
2 types of sunction:
positive
negative
Punish
Negative sunction
Rewards
Positive sunction
- ideal group
- Role model
- When someone particularly close to us, a person
Modelling
- what do you think of yourself?
- How do you view yourself?
Self concept
- how do you feel for yourself?
- How to value ourselves
Self esteem
2 importance of how to value ourselves:
Self awareness
Introspection
Being aware of different aspects of the self including traits, behavior and feeling.
Self awareness
Your ability to reflect and think about your own thoughts, feelings and action is essential in understanding.
Introspection
