Personal Development Lesson 1: Knowing Oneself

A set of vocabulary-style flashcards covering key concepts from Personal Development: Johari Window, self-concept, self-awareness, self-worth, self-love, and Freud’s Id/Ego/Superego.

Johari Window Model

A framework developed by Luft and Ingham to enhance self-awareness by mapping four areas of the self: Open, Blind, Hidden, and Unknown.

Open Self (Johari Window)

What is known to you and known by others.

Blind Self (Johari Window)

What is unknown to you but known by others.

Hidden Self (Johari Window)

What is known to you but not known by others.

Unknown Self (Johari Window)

What is unknown to both you and others.

Self-Concept

One’s abstract general idea about oneself, including values, perspectives, and behavior.

Self-Concept: Learned

Self-concept develops over time; no one is born with it.

Self-Concept: Organized

You may hear others’ views but keep your own view as right.

Self-Concept: Dynamic

As a person encounters problems, self-concept may change.

Self-Awareness

The ability to recognize and understand one’s own thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and motivations; awareness of how you affect others and drive decisions.

Self-Worth

Belief that you are valuable and deserving of love, respect, and good things, regardless of achievements or others’ opinions.

Self-Love

Valuing and caring for yourself emotionally, mentally, and physically; accepting yourself and showing kindness.

Id

In Freud’s theory, the pleasure-principle-driven part of personality that seeks immediate gratification.

Ego

The reality-principle part of personality that mediates between the id and the superego to satisfy desires in socially acceptable ways.

Superego

The moral component of personality that holds judgments of right and wrong learned from family and environment.