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This document discusses self-concept and its components. It defines self-concept as one's perception of oneself as a multidimensional being, including physical, spiritual, emotional, social, and moral dimensions. The three essential components of self-concept are identified as physical characteristics, personality traits, and social identity. Self-esteem, self-worth, and self-efficacy are also discussed as being closely related to one's self-concept. Theories around the looking glass self, self-awareness, and self-discrepancy are presented. Internal and external self-awareness are distinguished.

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This document discusses self-concept and its components. It defines self-concept as one's perception of oneself as a multidimensional being, including physical, spiritual, emotional, social, and moral dimensions. The three essential components of self-concept are identified as physical characteristics, personality traits, and social identity. Self-esteem, self-worth, and self-efficacy are also discussed as being closely related to one's self-concept. Theories around the looking glass self, self-awareness, and self-discrepancy are presented. Internal and external self-awareness are distinguished.

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UNIT 1: GETTING TO KNOW ONE’S SELF

LESSON 1: TAKING A LOOK AT ONESELF

Self-concept- Everything that you know about yourself is called ______. It is your perception of
yourself, how you define and understand yourself as a multi-dimensional (physical, spiritual,
emotional, social, and moral) human being.
However, among all these varying self-concepts lie three essential components:
1) physical characteristics
2) personality traits
3) social identity.

*Physical characteristics- used to describe how you look in either a positive or negative way.
*Personality traits- the stable characteristics that determine your behavior.
*Social identity- would refer to the social group where you belong. Self-concepts are never
simple, given the differences in backgrounds of individuals.
*Self-complexity- the different ways in which you think about yourself, can be high or low
according to researchers.

Self-esteem- Self-concept is greatly associated with _____, which is the value that you put on
what you know about yourself.
Self-worth- how much you value yourself.
Self-efficacy- the belief and confidence that you can accomplish tasks and control your
environment.
Self-esteem- a positive or negative self-evaluation of the self-concept.
Self-concept- your perception of yourself, how you define and understand yourself as a multi-
dimensional (physical, spiritual, emotional, social, and moral) human being.
Charles Horton Cooley- In 1902, an American sociologist popularized the concept of the looking
glass self-wherein he theorizes that people around you serve as mirrors that reflect how you see
yourself.
Shelley Duval and Robert Wicklund- In 1972, psychologists 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 Theory- When you focus on yourself, there is the tendency to compare what
you currently observe to the standards you set for yourself.
*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.
*Self-Concept Clarity- Having a clear and defined self-concept.

SELF-AWARENESS COMES IN TWO TYPES:


*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 – to know yourself well and to receive
feedback on how others see you.

LESSON 2: DISCOVERING MY UNIQUENESS


Individual differences- refers to the differences and similarities among people in a psychological
way.
Demographics- It is the statistical characteristics of people like age, gender, religion or
socioeconomic status.
Albert Bandura- proposed the Social Learning Theory. According to him, people learn from each
other. They do this through observation, modeling, and imitation.

CONDITIONS FOR EFFECTIVE MODELING


1. Attention- It refers to the active processing of specific information about your surroundings.
2. Retention- It is described as remembering the person, object, action, or event where
attention is given.
3. Reproduction- It is the duplication of the object, action, action, or event.
4. Motivation- It is the push to imitate or duplicate.
Reciprocal Determinism- Bandura also emphasized that the person’s behavior and the world
cause each other. This means that when a certain behavior is imitated by another, this can cause
a chain reaction in which other people will begin to imitate this behavior until it becomes a
habit or accepted by many.

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