Body Map

BODY MAP
What do you think about your body map? How would you
describe it?
When you feel sad, angry or fearful, (etc.) what happens to your
body? What does your body feel like doing? (even if you don’t
do it)?
How do you feel inside when you are angry (etc.)? Are there
other feelings beneath your anger (etc.)?
How can we express our feelings, needs, and wishes in ways that
will feel better and safer?
SELF,
SOCIETY AND
CULTURE
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. State the relationship between the self, society, and culture
2. Describe and discuss the different ways by which society and
culture shape the self
3. Interpret how the self can be influenced by the different institutions
in the society; and
4. Examine one‟s self against the different views of self that were
discussed
SELF?
The self, in contemporary literature and even common
sense, is commonly defined by the following
characteristics: “separate, self-contained, independent,
consistent, unitary and private.”
SEPARATE
it is meant that the self is distinct from other selves .The
self is always unique and has its own identity.one
cannot be another person. Even twins are distinct from
each other.
SELF-CONTAINED AND
INDEPENDENT
-because in itself it can exist its distinctness allow it to
be self-contained with its own thoughts,
characteristics, and volition. It does not require any
other self for it to exist.
CONSISTENT
because it has a personality that is enduring and
therefore can be expected to persist for quite some time
its consistency allows to be studied , described, and
measured, consistency also means that a particular self
traits , characteristics, tendencies, and potentialities are
more or less the same.
UNITARY
- in that it is the center of all experiences and thoughts
that run through a certain person it is like the chief
command post in an individual where all processes ,
emotion, and thoughts converge.
PRIVATE
Each person sorts out information, feelings and
emotions, and though processes within the self. This
whole process is never accessible to anyone but the
self. This last characteristic of the self being private
suggest that the self is isolated from the external world.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST
PERSPECTIVE
that argues for a merged view of the person and their
social context where the boundaries of one cannot
easily be separated from the boundaries of the other.
Social constructionists argue that self should not be
seen as a static entity that says constant through and
through. Rather, the self has to be seen as something
that is in unceasing flux, in a constant struggle with
external reality and is malleable in its dealings with
society.
As a man of different roles [as a father, friend, teacher,
husband] one can expect a person to change and adjust his
behaviors, ways and even language depending on his social;
situation. We ourselves play different roles, act in various
ways depending on our circumstances. This is not only
normal but it is also acceptable and expected. The self is
capable of morphing and fitting itself into any circumstances
it finds itself in.
THE SELF
AND
MARCEL MAUSS
Moi - refers to a person's sense of who he is, his body,
and his basic identity, his biological governess. Moi is a
person's basic identity personne on the other hand, is
composed of the social concepts of what it means to be
who he is.
Personne - has much to do with what it means to live in
a particular institution, a particular family, a particular
religion, a particular nationality and how to behave
given expectations and influences from others.
THE SELF
AND THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SOCIAL
WORLD
The unending terrain of metamorphosis of the self is
mediated by language. Language as both a publicly
shared and privately utilized symbol system is the site
where the individual and the social make and remake
each other.
MEAD AND VYGOTSKY
For Mead & Vygotsky the way that the human persons
develop is with the use of language acquisition and
interactions with others - without a family biologically
and sociologically a person may not even survive or
became a human person.
GENDER
AND THE
GENDER is one of those loci of the self that is subject
to alteration, change, and development. We have seen
in the past years how people fought hard for the right to
express, validate, and assert their gender expression.
However, from the point of view of the social sciences
and the self, it is important to give one the leeway to
find, express, and live his identity. This account
illustrates that our gender partly determines how we see
ourselves in the world. Often times society forces a
particular identity unto us depending on our sex and /or
gender .
SELF IN
FAMILIES
Apart from the anthropological and psychological basis
for the relationship between the self and the social
world, the sociological likewise struggled to understand
the real connection between the two concepts. In doing
so, sociologists focus on the different institutions in
powers at play in the society. Among these the most
prominent is the family. GENDER has to be personally
discovered and asserted and not dictated by culture and
the society.
ASSIGNMENT/ REFLECTION
1. What social pressures help shape yourself? Would
you have wanted it otherwise?
2. What aspect of your self do you think may be

changed or you would like to change?

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