UTS Flashcards
2 important entities of understanding self
Self-concept & Self-esteem
2 Components of self-concept
Social Identity and Personal Identity
Bracken (1992) has six specific domains of self concept
Social
Competence
Affect
Academics
Family
Physical
Humanist Psychologist
Carl Rogers
The human psychologist 3 components of self-concept
Self-image
Ideal self
Self-esteem
Factors Affecting Self-concept
Health status
Role stressors
Development transitions
personal success and failure
Crisis or life events
Things that affect the development of self concept
It is assumed that gender stereotypes and parents’ expectations influences children’s understanding of themselves, by around 3 years of age.
the unique set of characteristics
identity
your sense of who you are
self
influence of external factors after conception
Nurture
pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors.
nature
something distinguishing a person or thing from others.
singularity
general statement that covers a range of things.
generality
Know Thyself
Founder of Moral Philosophy
Socrates
Pupil of Socrates
“Everything is becoming, nothing is”
Plato
“I am doubting therefore I am”
Humankind is created in the image and likeness of God
St. Augustine
“I think therefore I am”
Father of modern western philosophy & French Philosopher
Recreate the nature of the reasoning process and understand its relationship to the human self
Rene Descartes
Two distinct entitles of Rene Descartes
Cogito & Extanza
The mind & The Body
“The self is consciousness”
English Philosopher and Father of Liberalism
Human jind at birth is tabula rasa / blank state
John Locke
“There is no self”
Self is constructing its own reality creating a world that is familiar and predictable
Emanuel Kant
“There are two selves”
Established the Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud/ Sigismund Scholomo Fred
“The self is the brain”
if there’s no brain, then self is not existent
Paul Churchland
Being able to connect individual experiences and societal relationships
Sociological perspective
directs sociologists to consider the symbols and details of everyday life, what these symbols mean, and how people interact with each other
Symbolic Interactionism
