Getting To Know Oneself: Personal Development Grade 11 1St Quarter

GETTING TO KNOW
ONESELF
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
GRADE 11
1ST QUARTER
TERMS TO REMEMBER
1. Self-concept: your perception of yourself, how you define and
understand yourself as a multi-dimensional (physical, spiritual,
emotional, social, and moral) human being
2. Self-esteem: a positive or negative self-evaluation of the
self-concept
3. Self-worth: how much you value yourself
4. Self-efficacy: your belief and confidence that you can accomplish
tasks and control your environment
5. Self-Complexity: the different ways in which you think about
yourself
Self-Concept as a
Product of Social
Relationships
One of the propositions made about
self-concept that directly affects
self-esteem is that what you know
about yourself is primarily a product
of your relationships with others.
In 1902, American sociologist Charles
Horton Cooley popularized the concept of
the looking glass self wherein he
theorizes that people around you serve as
mirrors that reflect how you see yourself.
You merely reinforce others’ impressions
and build this idea of yourself based on
these interactions. And so, based on this,
if you think that others have a negative
perception of you, this creates a
negative self-concept and low
self-esteem.
EXAMPLE:
Growing up, John has always been
compared to his brother James. James
would always get better grades than him.
Everyone around John has, at one point or
another, made him feel that he was not as
smart as James. He felt that his parents
would only always praise James, and even
his friends admired his brother.
He grew up believing that he was not good
enough to do well academically and so, in
all his years in school, he just lived with
what he thought was the expectation of
him. He would fail exams, and repeat
subjects left and right.
Who here feels the
same way like John?
There are many social factors that
influence your self-concept and
self-esteem. How you come to
know who you are is influenced by
the ways other people react to you.
When you receive positive
reactions to your skills and traits,
you develop a positive idea of
yourself.
However, when your behavior is
ignored or reacted negatively, your
self-concept turns sour as well and
you end up with negative
judgments of yourself. Comparing
yourself to others also affect what
you know and think of yourself. If
you perceive others to be more
successful than you, it is probable
that you do not think highly of
yourself and vice versa.
However, of course, such
comparisons can also be a source
of motivation to make the self
better and give more value to the
self. The extent to which you
identify with other people around
you is a factor in how you perceive
yourself.
Factors that influence self-concept and
self-esteem:
the ways others react the way an individual the extent to which an
to an individual compares himself to individual identifies
others with these other people
Self-Awareness
When one can access his knowledge of
himself easily, that person is said to be
self-aware. Self-awareness is the ability to
know yourself extensively, not just regarding
traits and characteristics, but also knowing
your inner state and how you think. It is a
deeper understanding of your emotions,
belief systems, and patterns in behavior and
thought that should allow us to effectively
redirect negative traits into positive ones if
needed.
Therefore, to be self-aware, you must
attempt to be non-judgmental and
unbiased in assessing or understanding
yourself.
SELF-AWARENESS
1972, psychologists Shelley Duval and
Robert Wicklund first studied
self-awareness and stated in the
self-awareness theory that when you
focus on yourself, there is the tendency to
compare what you currently observe to the
standards you set for yourself.
SELF-AWARENESS
And when there is a mismatch between
your ideal self and your actual self, this
becomes a source of distress for you and is
much likely to affect your self-esteem. In
the same way, if the ideal self is
consistent with the actual self, you react
positively. This is what the
self-discrepancy theory states.
In effect, people who are highly self-aware
feel more pressure to live up to their ideals as
compared to those who do not know
themselves well enough.
SELF-AWARENESS
The goal then is to have a clear and defined
self-concept. Having high self-concept clarity
helps you and your desire to become self-aware by
providing a more stable view of your positive
traits. This creates higher self-esteem and less
vulnerability to the stress caused by
inconsistencies between the actual self and ideal
self.
Self-awareness
The more well-defined and stable your self-concept is,
the more capable you become in addressing
mismatches you will encounter of yourself.
REMEMBER ME!
1. Self-Awareness Theory: When you focus on yourself, there is the

tendency to compare what you currently observe to the standards
you set for yourself.
2. Self-Discrepancy Theory: When there is a mismatch between your
ideal self and your actual self, this becomes a source of distress
for you and is much likely to affect your self-esteem.
3. Self-Concept Clarity: Having a clear and defined self-concept
TWO TYPES OF
SELF-AWARENESS
Internal self-awareness: refers to
clearly seeing your inner self–your
personalities, values, desires, reactions,
and impact on other people.
External self-awareness: involves

understanding how others see you.
The goal here is to attempt to reach
a balance of both types of
awareness – 1.) to know yourself
well and 2.) to receive feedback on
how others see you
FOUR TYPES OF PEOPLE
A study made by Dr. Tasha Eurich for the Harvard
Business Review shows four types of individuals
and how you exhibit internal and external self-
awareness. It represents the different categories
of your self-awareness with the mixture of its
internal and external types. This categorizes your
knowledge of yourself and of others.
Knowing Yourself
and Dealing With
Others
An individual who is well-aware of
their strengths and weaknesses is an
empowered individual.
Knowing Yourself
and Dealing With
Others
If you are highly self-aware individual,
you are more capable of being able to
accept responsibility for your actions
and more capable of being
independent of the negative
influences of others.
Knowing Yourself
and Dealing With
Others
Because you are more observant of
yourself and your responses to certain
situations, you can make smarter choices
in life, has more control of your
experiences, and can also realize the
need to change negative patterns of
behavior when needed.
EXAMPLE
Rica’s friends planned to sneak out of

school that day to skip class and go to
the mall to watch the latest movie of
one of her favorite actors.
EXAMPLE
They tried to convince her to go with them
by telling her that there weren’t any exams
or quizzes that day for her to miss.
However, Rica, who is highly aware of
herself, knew that it was wrong and she
should not break the rules for a movie.
EXAMPLE
Not only would she be putting herself in danger,
but she would also be disappointing her parents
who are working hard for her education. As a
sister to her younger siblings, she also knew that
this going would not be a good example to them.
Rica thought of herself as a responsible student,
and so she did not sneak out with them.

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1. Self-Awareness Theory: When you focus on yourself, there is the

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Rica’s friends planned to sneak out of

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