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The document discusses various concepts related to understanding the self, including self, self-concept, self-esteem, identity, and self-awareness. It explains that understanding the self involves insight into one's own behaviors, attitudes, strengths and weaknesses. Understanding the self is important for adapting to life changes, self-improvement, career success, and developing self-confidence. The formation of identity is influenced by biological, physical, cognitive, emotional, and socio-cultural factors from childhood through adolescence. The Johari window model categorizes different areas of the self that are open, hidden, blindsided, or unknown to both oneself and others.

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Im 01 Concept of Self

The document discusses various concepts related to understanding the self, including self, self-concept, self-esteem, identity, and self-awareness. It explains that understanding the self involves insight into one's own behaviors, attitudes, strengths and weaknesses. Understanding the self is important for adapting to life changes, self-improvement, career success, and developing self-confidence. The formation of identity is influenced by biological, physical, cognitive, emotional, and socio-cultural factors from childhood through adolescence. The Johari window model categorizes different areas of the self that are open, hidden, blindsided, or unknown to both oneself and others.

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IM 01
GEC 001- UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

THE CONCEPT OF SELF


Self
 Refers to the characteristic in which define ourselves , the idea we hold of
ourselves, and the sense of who we are and what makes us different from
everyone else.
 The totality of our experiences, ideas, thoughts and feelings with regard to
ourselves.
 Self is a mental model a person about himself/herself, an idea, a concept, or way
of thinking. (https://www.mentalhelp.net)
 Self is “what it is like to be you”. It refers what and how you judge yourself, how
you think others judge you, how you imagine and think about your body, and
what you believe others think of you.
Understanding the Self - is having insight into one’s own behavior, attitudes,
strengths, and weakness. It is the individual’s ability to say and know what he or she is
good at or needs improvement.
Importance of understanding the Self
 The more you know about yourself, the better who you are in adapting life and
such changes that suit your needs.
 Able to identify changes we want to make and recognize our strengths so we can
build on them.
 Have a clearer path in professional life.and self-improvement.
 Recognize personal core values , thus increasing capacity for self-compassion
 Promotes emotional wellness and self-esteem
 It gives us the power to influence outcomes.
 It helps us to become better decision-makers.
 It gives us more self-confidence
 It allows us to understand things from multiple perspectives
 It frees from our assumptions and biases.
Self-concept
 Refers to a description of oneself and it includes our qualities, feelings and
thoughts and what we are capable of doing
Self-esteem
 Refers to our evaluation or judgment of ourselves according to the standards we
have set for ourselves which are largely influenced by society.
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Identity
 Refers to the qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, and/or expressions
that characterize a person or a group.
 It encompasses the memories, experiences, relationships, and values that create
one’s sense of self that creates a steady sense of who one is over time, even as
new facets are developed and incorporated into one’s identity.
Self-identity
 Refers to how you identify and define one’s self, a combination of all personality
traits, physical attributes, and interest and the like.
 Personal identity refers to our attributes or qualities that make us
different from others.
 Social identity refers to those aspects that link us to a group –
professional, social or cultural.
Formation of identity
 a process of growing up as influence by content and environment
 Biological ( genetic characteristics or traits we inherit from out parents )
 Physical changes (in the body) – brought about by the development and
characteristics of the self-infancy, early childhood, middle childhood and
adolescence (pubescence)
 Cognitive changes brought about knowledge, remembering, observation,
thinking, problem solving and decision making (such as the ability to think
systematically about all logical relationships within a problem) from abstract
thinking to concrete and logical operations.
 Emotional changes marked by a gradually increasing ability to perceive,
assess, and manage emotions.
 Mood swings from being happy to feeling irritated and depressed in a
short span of time.
 Emotion - a feeling such as happiness, sadness, love fear, trust, disgust,
anger or hatred, anticipation, surprise, which can caused by then situation
that you are in or the people you are with.
 physiological response ( heart palpitation, perspirations) behavioral
response (such as smile indicate happiness and frown to indicate
sadness)
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 Socio-cultural contexts –brought about the influences of the family, friends,


community, school, parish (church) and complementary functions
 Individuality – the ability to have one’s own point of view
 Connectedness – greater sensitivity to and respect for other’s views to
other’s views.
Importance of identity to success
 The way we see ourselves, the internal narrative we embrace (memories,
relationships and values we create), has a powerful influence over our daily
choices, decisions, and ultimately, our long-term success.
Self- awareness
 The capacity to look inward and understand our own feelings, emotions,
stressors, and personality. These understandings play a critical role in influencing
our judgments, decisions, and interactions with other people
(https://hr.mcmaster,ca)
Self-reflection
 Refers to taking time to think about, meditate on, evaluate, and give serious
thought to one’s behaviors, thoughts, attitudes, motivations and desires.
(hhtps://www.holstee.com)
JOHARI WINDOW
 The JOHARI WINDOW (Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham) is a framework for
understanding conscious and unconscious bias that can help increase self-
awareness and understanding of others.
 It is a model used to help better understand their relationships both with
themselves, and with others.
 A useful technique for improving an individual’s self-awareness and development
in group situations and communications with the group.
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 Johari Window Quadrant 1: Open Arena or Open Self.


 Open arena or open self is the area in which the information about the
behavior, feelings, and emotions about the person is known to that person
itself as well as the other members of the group.
 Johari Window Quadrant 2: Blindspot or BlindSelf
 Blindspot (blind self) is the area in which the certain information about the
person is known to others but that information is not known to the person. .
 Johari Window Quadrant 3: Hidden Self
 Hidden Self is the area in which the information is known to the person but
the others are unknown to the information. The person hides the information
from others.
 Johari Window Quadrant 4: Unknown Areas or Unknown Self
 Unknown self is the area, in which the information is unknown to the person
as well as the others.

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