UTS MODULE 5: PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF

PSYCHOLOGY

It deals with the description, explanation, prediction (na may basis), and control of behavior

• WILLIAM JAMES

• MURRAY BOWEN

• CARL ROGERS

• DAVID LESTER

• DW WINNICOTT

• ALBERT BANDURA

Psychologists who contributed to the Study of the Self:

WILLIAM JAMES

Theory of the Self

• ME SELF

• I SELF

What are the 2 parts of the self according to WILLIAM JAMES?

ME SELF

• AKA the empirical me

• considered as a separate object

• a person refers to when describing their personal experiences

I SELF

• AKA thinking self

• it is the self that knows and recognizes who they are and what they have done

• Material Self

• Social Self

• Spiritual Self

What are the 3 categories of ME SELF?

Material Self

• consists of the things that belong to the person or entities that a person belongs to such as

  • body - aligning our bodies to our minds or what we believe is true

  • family - extension dwa tayo

  • clothes

  • possesions, etc.

• pagmamay-ari mo daw

Social Self

• refers to who the person is in a particular situation

• iba ang behavior depende sa social context

Spiritual Self

• refers to the self that is more concrete when compared to the material and social selves

• most subjective and intimate

• may bias as sarili at kung saan magbebenefit kayo

MURRAY BOWEN

• Family Therapy and Systematic Therapy

• describes the natural emotional processes which shape families and other social groups

• saw family as the big picture

• GLOBAL SELF

• DIFFERENTIATED SELF

What are the 2 selves described by MURRAY BOWEN?

GLOBAL SELF

represents the overall value that a person places upon themselves

DIFFERENTIATED SELF

• A balance should be maintained between “togetherness” and “individuality”

  • if walang balance, may friction mangyayari daw

• Has the ability to separate feelings and thoughts

CARL ROGERS

Person-Centered Theory

• Real Self

• Ideal Self

What are the 2 types of self according to CARL ROGERS?

REAL SELF

• Refers to all information and perception that person has about himself

• “Who am I?”

IDEAL SELF

• Model version that person has of himself

• this is what the person aims for himself to be

• “Who do I want to be?”

DAVID LESTER

Multiple Selves Theory

MULTIPLE SELVES THEORY

• suggests that there exists in the individual different aspects of the self

• However, a person should still make sense of the sometimes confusing and conflicting aspects of themselves and integrate them into a single, unified self.

DW WINNICOTT

True and False Self

• True Self

• False Self

What are the 2 selves according to DW WINNICOTT

TRUE SELF

• seen as creative, spontaneously experiencing each day

• characterized by a high level of awareness

• real authentic self

FALSE SELF

• lack spontaneity and is dead and empty

• enables the person to form superficial but productive social relationships

• fake idealized self

• It is formed when our True Self is denied or insufficiently provided for the needs of our authentic selves

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE: Both TRUE SELF and FALSE SELF should be present and functional for the advantage of person and society

ALBERT BANDURA

• Social Cognitive Theory

• The person is seen as proactive and agentic

• Proactive initiates behaviors

• Intentionality

• Forethought

• Self-Reactiveness

• Self-Reflectiveness

What are the Features of Human Agency according to ALBERT BANDURA?

INTENTIONALITY

Person has full awareness of his behavior

FORETHOUGHT

• The person’s anticipation of likely outcomes of his behavior.

• Involves the ability to anticipate the outcomes of actions

SELF-REACTIVENESS

the process in which the person is motivated and regulates his behavior as he observes his progress in achieving his goals.

SELF-REFLECTIVENESS

the person looking inward and evaluating his motivations, values, life goals and other people’s effect on him

RESULTS IN SELF REGULATION

• allows the person to set goals that are better and higher than the former

• challenging his capabilities and making him a wiser and self-actualized individual