THE SELF IN WESTERN AND ORIENTAL/EASTERN THOUGHTS Flashcards
FRANK JOHNSON’S FOUR CATEGORIES OF THE SELF
Analytical
Monotheistic
Individualistic
Materialistic/Rationalistic
refers to rules that describe goodness and appropriate behavior.
Dharma
refers to the movement from past incarnations that affect the present and future.
Karma
refers to distorted perceptions of reality and experience that can be identified such as only with direct attention to our own process of awareness that come through internal concentration or meditation.
Maya
refers to a concept of universality in which the self is seen not as individual but as part of the entire cosmos.
Atman
The self is something that is formed through up bringing and the environment. Personality is achieved through moral excellence.
Confucianism
a doctrine which is often defined as no-self or no-soul.
Annata
heart of righteousness
Yi
heart of compassion
Jen
heart of propriety
Li
heart of wisdom
Chih
4 beginning of self
Jen, yi, li, chih
core value of the Filipinos according to Virgilio Enriquez (Father of Sikolohiyang Pilipino).
Kapwa
BAUMEISTER’S THREE ASPECTS OF THE SELF CONCEPT
Private, public, collective
mental processes that perceives one’s own traits or behaviors.
Private