Understanding the Self: Complete Lecture Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering all key concepts, terms, and definitions across the five sources on Understanding the Self, including the Sexual Self, Dimensions of Self, Nature/Structure of Human Person, and the Physical Self.

Self

A person's organized sense of who they are, including personal characteristics, thoughts, feelings, values, memories, roles, relationships, abilities, goals, and beliefs.

Self-Concept

The beliefs and perceptions a person holds about oneself.

Identity

A person's sense of who they are through characteristics, roles, values, relationships, commitments, and belonging.

Physical Self

The bodily dimension of personhood, including biological characteristics, physical appearance, health, bodily sensations, physical abilities, and developmental changes.

Psychological Self

The cognitive dimension of the self that includes thoughts, beliefs, perceptions, memories, attitudes, motives, problem-solving, and personality patterns.

Emotional Self

The dimension of the self involving feelings and the ability to recognize, understand, express, and regulate emotions.

Social Self

The dimension of the self developed through social roles and relationships within family, peer groups, school, work, and community.

Moral and Values Self

The dimension of the self comprising personal values, principles, standards, and beliefs about right and wrong that guide decisions.

Spiritual Self

The dimension of the self concerning meaning, purpose, transcendence, deeply held beliefs, and questions about ultimate significance.

Self-Awareness

The ability to recognize and understand one's own thoughts, emotions, motives, strengths, limitations, values, habits, and behavior.

Self-Esteem

A person's evaluation of personal worth and competence.

Self-Worth

The sense that a person has inherent value as a human person.

Sexual Self

The part of self-understanding connected with the body, biological sex characteristics, gender, identity, attraction, relationships, values, boundaries, and associated meanings.

Sex

Biological characteristics associated with reproductive anatomy, physiology, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary sex characteristics.

Gender

Socially and culturally shaped roles, expectations, meanings, and identities associated with being male, female, or other gender identities.

Gender Identity

A person's internal sense or experience of gender.

Gender Expression

How a person presents or communicates gender through appearance, behavior, clothing, voice, or other forms of expression.

Sexual Orientation

A pattern of romantic and/or sexual attraction, commonly described with terms such as heterosexual, gay/lesbian, bisexual, or other orientations.

Gender Role

Social expectations concerning behaviors, responsibilities, or characteristics considered appropriate for people based on gender.

Gender Stereotype

An oversimplified belief that members of a gender should possess particular traits or behave in particular ways.

Gender and Development (GAD)

An approach to understanding how gender relations, roles, opportunities, resources, and institutions affect people's participation and well-being.

Gender Socialization

The lifelong process through which people learn social expectations, norms, behaviors, and roles associated with gender.

Gender Equality

The principle of equal dignity, rights, opportunities, and participation regardless of gender.

Gender Equity

Fairness in responding to different barriers or circumstances so that people can participate meaningfully.

Gender Sensitivity

Awareness of how language, assumptions, policies, practices, and social expectations may affect people differently because of gender.

Consent

Freely given and voluntary agreement that is specific, can be withdrawn, and cannot be assumed from silence, pressure, past agreement, clothing, or relationship status.

Tripartite View of Man

The trichotomous framework describing human personhood in terms of body (material), soul (personal/psychological), and spirit (spiritual/transcendent).

Plato's Tripartite Soul

A model dividing the soul into appetite (bodily desire/pleasure), spirit (emotional energy, courage, thymos), and reason (rational governance and truth-seeking).

Freud's Structural Model

A psychological model describing personality through the id (instinct/pleasure principle), ego (reality principle/mediation), and superego (internalized morality/conscience).

Tabula Rasa

John Locke's concept of the mind as a 'blank slate,' emphasizing that knowledge and individual development occur substantially through experience.

Rousseau's View of Human Nature

The perspective that humans possess basic natural goodness or innocence in their original condition, but develop corruption through civilizational inequality and competition.

Hobbes' View of Human Nature

The pessimistic perspective that without effective social authority, human self-preservation and competition make life 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.'

Spiritual Death

In Christian theological anthropology, a condition of alienation or separation from a proper spiritual relationship with God.

Material / Immediate Self

A state of human existence dominated by survival, possessions, pleasure, power, security, status, and immediate physical satisfaction.

Spiritual / Transcendent Self

The human capacity to reflect upon existence and ask questions beyond immediate biological needs and material survival.

Physiological Needs

Basic bodily requirements necessary for survival, functioning, growth, and health, including nutrition, hydration, oxygen, sleep, and movement.

Physical Self-Concept

Beliefs and perceptions about one's physical characteristics, capabilities, appearance, fitness, strength, health, and motor skills.

Body Image

The subjective thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and attitudes a person holds concerning their physical body and appearance.

Body Satisfaction

Relative acceptance, appreciation, or positive evaluation of one's physical body.

Body Dissatisfaction

Negative evaluation or distress concerning aspects of one's appearance or physical body.

Physical Wellness

A condition achieved through behaviors and practices that support optimal bodily functioning, health, recovery, and disease prevention.

Body Appreciation

Recognizing the inherent value and functions of the body while accepting natural human diversity and age-related changes.