Understanding the

William James

was one of the earliest psychologists to study the self and conceptualized the self as having two aspects- the "I "and the "me.

French Anthropologist Marcel Mauss

According to ________, every self has two faces; personne and moi.

Greek refers

Matter or hyle in ________ to the "common stuff that makes up everything in the universe.

Humes

________ argues that the self is nothing like what his predecessors thought of it.

Carl Rogers

________ captured this idea in his concept of self- schema or our organized system or collection of knowledge about who we are (Gleitman, Gross, and Reisberg 2011; Jhangiani and Tarry 2014)

David Hume

A Scottish philosopher has a very unique way of looking at man.

Culture

It can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation.

Descartes

In ________ view, the body is nothing else but a machine that is attached to the mind.

Confucianism

_______ can be seen as a code of ethical conduct, of how on should properly act according to their relationship with other people.

Buddhism

________- there are various groups who have adopted ________; thus, you may find differences in their teachings with our discussion but more likely, their core concepts remain the same.

Tao

The self is not just an extension of the family or the community; it is part of the universe, one of the forms and manifestations of the ________.

Gilbert Ryle

Solves the mind- body dichotomy that has been running for a long time in the history of thought by blatantly denying the concept of an internal, non- physical self.

contemporary literature

The self, in ________ and even common sense, is commonly defined by the following characteristics:

Merleau Ponty

is a phenomenologists who assert that the mind- body bifurcation that has been going on for a long time is a futile endeavor and an invalid problem.

Separate

It is meant that the self is distinct from other selves.

Immanuel Kant

recognizes the veracity of Humes account that everything starts with perception and sensation of impressions.

Thomas Aquinas

the most eminent thirteenth century scholar and stalwart of the medieval philosophy, appended something to this Christian view.

Immanuel Kant

Thinking of the self as a mere combination of impressions was problematic for ________.

Rene Descartes Father of Modern Philosophy

conceived of the human person as having a body and a mind.

Western

The Self in ________ and Eastern Thoughts Different cultures and varying environments tend to create different perceptions of the "self "and one of the most common distinctions between cultures and people is the Eastern- vs- Western dichotomy wherein Eastern represents Asia and ________ represents Europe and Northern America.

Taoism

________- is living in the way of tao or the universe.

David Hume

A Scottish philosopher has a very unique way of looking at man

Immanuel Kant

Thinking of the self as a mere combination of impressions was problematic for Immanuel Kant

Self

concept is what basically comes to your mind when you are asked about who you are(Oyserman, Elmore and Smith 2012)