UTS Flashcards
the sense of personal identity and of who we are as individuals.
SELF
On Self Within
- was one of the earliest psychologists to study the self, and he conceptualized the self as having two aspects - the “I” and the “me”.
William James
*The ___ is the thinking, acting, and feeling self.
“I”
The ___ is the physical characteristics as well as psychological capabilities that make who you are
“me”
On Self Within
*The “I” as the one who acts and decides.
*While the “me” is what you think or feel about yourself as an object
*Carl Rogers’ theory of personality also used the same terms.
Similar concepts to “self”
-is composed of one’s personal characteristics, roles, and responsibilities, as well as affiliations that define who one is.
- Identity
- is basically what comes to your mind when you are asked about yourself
- Self-concept
- our own organized system or collection of knowledge about who we are
*Carl Rogers captured this idea in his concept of self-schema
The ____is not limited to the given example. It may also include your interests, your work, your course, your age, your name, and your physical characteristics among others. As you grow and adapt to the changes around you, they also change.
schema
They actively shape and affect how you see, think, and feel about other things or the people around you.
*Carl Rogers captured this idea in his concept of self-schema
*Theories generally see these concepts of self and identity as mental constructs, created and recreated in memory.
FRONTAL LOBE
- Current research points to the frontal lobe of the brain as the specific area in the brain related with the processes of the self.
FRONTAL LOBE
~Planning
~Problem Solving
~Motivation ~Judgement
~Decision Making ~Impulse Control
~Social Behavior ~Personality
~Memory Learning
~Reward
~Attention
Frontal
Executive Functioning-DA
FRONTAL LOBE
FRONTAL
(Mental & Physical)
ACTION
-the most influential psychologist who followed the trend of thought by looking deeper into what they thought was the mind.
Sigmund Freud
-he conceptualized the processes, construct, and behavior of the “self” as the results of the interaction between the Id, the Ego, and the Superego.
Sigmund Freud
-pleasure principle
-the impulsive and unconscious part of our self that responds directly and immediately to basic urges, needs, and desires.
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-reality principle
-it’s what the person is aware of when they think about themselves and what they usually try to project toward others.
Ego
-incorporates the values and morals of society, which are learned from one’s parents and others.
-motivates us to behave in a socially responsible and acceptable manner
*Superego
morality principle
Superego
makes the decision.
EGO
Internal and External
* Recalling____ “symbolic interactionism”, argued that human interaction helps develop the self.
George Herbert Mead,
, argued that human interaction helps develop the self.
“symbolic interactionism”
*The results of this interaction between who we think we are and how others see us is what others call “self-concept”.
“symbolic interactionism”
Internal and External
______ identified two types of self that we can be aware of:
1. The private self or a person’s internal thoughts and feelings
2. The public self or what a person commonly shows to the others, specifically for creating a good public image.
*Carver and Scheier