PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF: UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

Self image

- How you SEE yourself

Psychological Perspective

observing and understanding human behavior

I

- perception of self categories

-thinking and awareness

Spiritual Self

- constituent of self

- thoughts, beliefs, feelings

- connection to higher being

- Kant, internal

(inner sense)

Pure Ego

"most puzzling aspect of the self"

Self feelings

the feelings and emotions they arouse

Self seeking

effort or every individual to improve self

Congruence

agreement between selves

Incongruence

real self and ideal self is not consistent

Ideal self

- What you want to be

- Dreams and ambitions

Adolescent stage

challenging phase in human development

Psychology

study of the mind

William James

- Self Theory

- American philosopher and

psychologist

➔ Humans have capacity to be a thinking subject

➔ Humans can also be an object of their own thinking

Me

-perception of self- categories

-you are the subject of your own

thinking

Material Self

- constituent of self

-possessions

Social Self

-constituent of self

- image and reputation to others

Self

object to be reflected upon

Carl Rogers

-Developed "client-centered" therapy

-"Self does not exist at birth: developed gradually during childhood wherein one differentiate self from non-self."

➔ Self = center of experience

Real Self

- Who an individual really is,

intrinsically

- Most natural, comfortable, and true - One's self-image

Ideal Self

- Molded by expectation and

perception

- Product of pressure

- Idealized image

Self Concept

- Totality

- Dynamic system of beliefs

- What the person holds to be true about personal experience/existence

- Generalization of the self based on experience

Existential Self

- Individual recognizes his

existence as a separate

entity from others

- He or she will continue to

exist over a period of time

- Infancy-early childhood

- Child can relate to outside

world

Categorical Self

- Becomes aware that he or

she is an object in the world

- Categorizes oneself

according to age, weight,

height, etc.

- Self-description

Self worth

- What one THINKS of oneself

Donald Winnicott

-True and False Self

True Sel

- Core

- Real, authentic, vulnerable,

spontaneous self

- Original "you" and the state

one is born in

False Self

- Fake, ideal, perfect self

- Pseudo self

- Behaviors are altered, one's

needs are set aside

Social Mask

helps one to interact properly in a large variety of interpersonal context.

Global Models

- whole, totality

- Cannot be broken down into

parts

Gestalt Psychology

- "the whole is greater than the

sum of all its parts."

- Max Wertheimer

- Reject the view that self is

composed of id, ego,

superego

- Entirety of self

understanding the self thru social behavior

Humanistic Psychology

- "human beings, as humans,

supersede the sum of their

parts."

- cannot be reduced to

components

- Personality should be viewed

from an individual's

subjective experience

- Understand one's emotions

and experiences to know

their identity

-understanding the self as how others perceive it

Differentiated Models

- Examines parts

- Can be broken into components

Sigmund Freud and Carl

Jung

studied the human

psyche and its structure

Freud

id, ego, superego

ID

instinct and

desire (libido)

EGO

reality principle

SUPEREGO

morality principle

JUNG

ego, personal

unconscious, collective

unconscious

EGO

center of

consciousness

PERSONAL

UNCONSCIOUS

info stored in a

person's mind

COLLECTIVE

UNCONSCIOUS

instincts

Albert Bandura

Agentic Theory

Bobo Doll Experiment

AGENT

have the ability to make life decisions

Human Agency

- the ability to decide for

himself or herself

INTENTIONALITY

how intention is formed

FORETHOUGHT

how plans are positioned in the future

SELF-REACTIVENESS

self-regulators; actions

SELF-REFLECTION

self-examining