Untitled Flashcard Set

Self

A person's essential being that distinguishes them from others; it perennially molds and develops through time and experience.

Philosophical Self

Explores the nature and essence of the self through the lens of philosophy, dating back to the ancient Greeks.

Plato's Tripartite Soul

Plato's model of the soul dividing it into three parts: reason, spirit, and appetite.

Aristotle's Causes of Human Action

Seven reasons that motivate human actions including chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reasoning, passion, and desire.

St. Augustine's Twofold Process

Consists of self-presentation (expressing oneself) and self-realization (discovering true identity).

Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory

Framework that studies a person across multiple layers of environment including microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem.

Winnicott's False Self

Concept differentiating between healthy and unhealthy selves, highlighting conditioned beliefs about self-worth.

Berne's Three Ego States

Three distinct states of self that form personality: Parent, Adult, and Child.

Chinese Philosophical Self Goals

Single-word goals associated with major Chinese philosophies: Confucianism = morality, Daoism = harmony, Mohism = impartial utility, Legalism = order, Buddhism = enlightenment.