Anthropological Self And Psychological self

Culture

Refers to the system of beliefs, values, customs, and behaviors shared by a group of people.

How does the self stabilizes it’s survival?

By Adopting to the environment and social conditions.

Culture is…what?

shared, learned, integrated, and symbolic

Identities

Multifaceted products of cultural adaption

Enculturation

Leaning culture from birth and growing up apply what they learned to others

Symbols

Verbal, nonverbal, behaviors, sounds, or objects in which has a certain meeting for a group or community that share the same culture

How does culture survive?

By being passed on from generation to generation using different modes of communication

You self-identity in relation to culture

This is established when one learns about the different identities to one culture and applying it to one’s self in exploring our own identity

Looking Glass Self Theory

The theory in which says that what people perceives about you shapes you as the person you molded you self as of the present.

Who wrote about the Looking Glass Self?

Charles Horton Cooley

Norms

What should and what should not be done in social situations in context to culture

What are the 4 types of norms?

• Taboo

• Laws

• Mores

• Folkway

Folkways

Day to day doings of people in that culture on different social settings

Mores

These are dos and dont’s that pertain to morality. Social sanctions are to be observed if not done properly.

Taboos

Actions that can give very bad feedback from the people in our culture. Like grabe jud ang hate nila ana na murag makuyawan ka ganern

Laws

What people from the culture are expected to behave in social situations. It is enforced with Authority. Different levels of sanctions are to be observed when violated.

Explain how globalization and technology can influence one’s self-identity

Globalization exposes individuals to diverse cultural values and lifestyles, expanding personal identity options, while technology provides digital platforms for online self-presentation, social comparison, and global connections.

Information explotion

The privilege to attain multiple information from different mediums from technology advancements: radio, tv, phone, social media, internet, etc.

Adaptive Culture

Trying to keep up with the new technological advancements while still sustaining the culture’s identity.

William James

Had a different perspective of nature self in which reflects through a dual structure.

General definition of I self

The subjective part of one self

General Definition of Me Self

The objective part of the self. What the person considers their own

What are the POVs of I and Me self

I-self: a first person viewpoint, internal, and is spontaneous

Me-self: a third person viewpoint, external, and is socially structured

What are the function of I and Me Self

I self: Agent of Awareness annd responsible for decision making

Me self: Product of reflection, and social feedback.

Material Self

The things that you posses for yourself and the things that identify you. E.g., phone, clothes, bag, etc.

Social Self

What others perceive/see in you.

Social Self can differ. How?

Each self does not even have to agree with the others all the time. It is possible that the selves are harmonious, like when you are the same person with the same qualities shown to others. Also, there is a potential for the different social selves to be contradictory, like when one is rough with others but kind to selected ones.

Spiritual Self

Inner thoughts and reflections become the foundation of the mind of the person; their mindset, how they perceive things, and how they decide on certain situation.

What are the two types of Material self

Bodily and Extracorporeal Self

Bodily Self

The physical body of the self

Extracorporeal Self

Possessions of things and relationships that is external to one’s body

What are the two types of social self

Relational and Collective Self

Relational Self

Derived from direct personal relationships (“i am my father’s son”,”i am ara’s best friend”)

Collective Self

Derived from broader social roles, categories, and group memberships (e.g., "I am a Filipino")

Who proposed the notions of the real and ideal self?

Carl Rogers

Real Self

Who the person actually is.

Ideal Self

Who the person ASPIRES to be in the FUTURE. Not including negative. Mostly positive affirmations for the future.

Period of Differentiation

a lifelong developmental process—intensifying during childhood and emerging adulthood—where an individual learns to separate their own thoughts, feelings, and identity from those of their family and peers. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Possible SElf

Similar to ideal self, but it includes the things that they do not wish to become, and the self they HOPE for.

What are the differences between Possible and Ideal self then?

Possible self = Is the things the wish to do and avoid to achieve the ideal self.

Ideal self = the OUTPUT of doing what the real self aspires to be. it is a whole new identity.It

Ebook Page 36: Multiple Selves vs. Unified Self

Gordon Allport and Prescott Lecky argue that despite playing multiple social roles, the self maintains an integrated sense of inward unity and self-consistency.

Prescott Lecky's Self-Consistency Theory

Proposes that people are motivated to preserve the integrity, consistency, and unity of the self.

Ebook Page 38: The Self as Agent

Details Roy Baumeister's theory of executive function, where the self is proactive, agentic, and capable of self-regulation.

Roy Baumeister's Executive Function

The active aspect of the self responsible for choice, decision-making, exercising control over the environment, and self-regulation.

Self-Regulation

The process of monitoring, managing, and controlling one's actions, feelings, and thoughts to adapt to social contexts and pursue goals.

Freud's Iceberg Model (Slide 3)

Illustrates mental states: Conscious (small visible tip), Preconscious (just below surface), and Unconscious (vast submerged reservoir of repressed drives).

Freud's Id

Operates on the pleasure principle; primitive, unconscious, and seeks immediate gratification of sexual and aggressive instincts.

Freud's Ego

Operates on the reality principle; conscious mediator balancing the drives of the Id, expectations of society, and constraints of reality.

Freud's Superego

Operates on the morality principle; represents internalized moral standards and social ideals, instilling guilt or shame when rules are broken.

Introversion vs. Extraversion (Jung)

Psychological orientation types where Introversion focuses energy inward toward thoughts and Extraversion directs energy outward toward people and environment.

Incongruence

a psychological mismatch between how you view yourself and your actual experience or ideal self