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    The Self and Its Social

    Agencies
    Presented By: Geic Geic Lingo
    Human development is largely influenced by membership in
    crucial social groups that shape various aspects of the self:
    from belief systems, values orientation, and behaviors. An
    individual is born into a family and toward the end of his or
    her life, he or she is evaluated in the context of his or her
    contribution to the society, the quality of his or her social
    relationship, and how he or she has touched lives of people
    whom he or she has directly encountered.
    Knowledge and social skills gained from mentors,
    relatives, and peers contribute to how the social self is
    harnessed. The information gleaned from books, lectures
    of mentors and insights from classmates are assimilated
    and imbibed consequently in the inner recesses of the self.
    One’s knowledge of the world is shaped by collaborative
    learning conditions, as one is exposed to the insights of
    his or her learning peers.
    Culture

    According to Edward Tylor (1871), “culture is the


    complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, law,
    art, moral, custom, and other capabilities and habits
    acquired by man as a member of Society.”
    Bioecological Systems Theory

    Urie Bronfenbrenner’s (1935) Bioecological


    Systems of Development explains and individual’s
    social development, using biological,
    environmental, and ecological lenses.
    5 specific systems that shape
    an individual’s sense of self

    Microsystem Mesosystem

    Exosystem Macrosystem

    Chronosystems
    Individualism-Collectivism Model
    Another model that highlights the impact of
    culture to the self is the Individualism-
    Collectivism model proposed by Hazel Rose
    Markus and Shinobu Kitayama (1991). According to
    the model, individualism as an orientation focuses
    on one’s individual attributes and personal
    distinctiveness. People who are individualistic are
    observed to be competitive and self-reliant.
    Outgroup Stranger
    Ingroup

    Friend
    Friend

    Self

    Mother Brother

    Stranger
    Outgroup Stranger
    Ingroup

    Friend
    Friend

    Self

    Mother Brother

    Stranger
    I vs. Me
    According to Mead, the “I” is who an individual
    really is. It is one’s opinion of himself or herself as
    a whole. The “I” is manifested when one acts
    naturally for his or her own motivations and not
    because of others. On the other hand, the “Me” is
    the awareness of how others expect one to
    behave.
    Thank You

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