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GEC101 Lesson 5

This document discusses concepts related to the self, including identity and self-concept. It defines self-schema as our organized system of knowledge about who we are. Self-schema can include aspects like being an athlete. There are also actual, ideal, and ought selves. The self and identity are described as social products that are influenced by others and our social context. Self-awareness includes private and public selves, while self-esteem is our positive or negative self-evaluation. Social comparison involves learning about ourselves and status through comparing to others upwardly or downwardly.

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GEC101 Lesson 5

This document discusses concepts related to the self, including identity and self-concept. It defines self-schema as our organized system of knowledge about who we are. Self-schema can include aspects like being an athlete. There are also actual, ideal, and ought selves. The self and identity are described as social products that are influenced by others and our social context. Self-awareness includes private and public selves, while self-esteem is our positive or negative self-evaluation. Social comparison involves learning about ourselves and status through comparing to others upwardly or downwardly.

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THE SELF AS

COGNITIVE
CONSTRUCT –
CHAPTER 5
by Ms. Rohaida A. Macaumbang, RPm
OTHER CONCEPTS
SIMILAR
TO THE SELF
CONCEPTS SIMILAR TO THE SELF
IDENTITY SELF-CONCEPT

 Personal one’s concept of


characteristics himself/herself
 Social roles
 Responsibilities
QUESTION

Are self, identity, and self-concept constant?


SELF-SCHEMA
SELF-SCHEMA

Self-schema is our organized system or


collection of knowledge about who we are.
EXAMPLE

If being an athlete is one of your self-schemas,


then you will tend to notice others’ bodies and
skills.
SELF- THREE OTHER
SCHE SELF-SCHEMAS
MA  Actual Self

 Ideal Self

 Ought Self
SELF AND IDENTITY AS
SOCIAL PRODUCTS
SELF AND
IDENTITY
 We do not create ourselves out of
AS nothing.
SOCIAL
PRODUCT  Whether we like to admit or not,
S we actually need others to
affirm and reinforce who we
think we are.

 What we think is important to us


may also have been influenced
by what is important in our
social or historical context.
Social interaction and group affiliation are vital
factors in creating our self-concept.
SELF-AWARENESS
SELF-AWARENESS

Self-awareness refers to our awareness of our


self-concept or who we are as a person.
TWO TYPES OF SELF WE ARE AWARE OF

PRIVATE SELF PUBLIC SELF

Our private self refers to Our public self refers to


our internal standards, our public image.
and private thoughts and
feelings.
SELF CONSCIOUSNESS

Social consciousness is when we are concerned


about being observed and criticized by others.
SELF-ESTEEM

Self-esteem is defined as our own positive and


negative perception or evaluation of ourselves.
SOCIAL COMPARISON

Social comparison is where we learn about


ourselves, the appropriateness of our behaviors,
as well as our social status.
TWO TYPES OF SOCIAL COMPARISON

DOWNWARD SOCIAL UPWARD SOCIAL


COMPARISON COMPARISON
SELF-EVALUATION
MAINTENANCE THEORY

Self-evaluation maintenance theory states that


we can feel threatened when someone out-
performs us, especially when the person is close
to us.
NARCISSISM

Narcissism is a “trait characterized by overly


high self-esteem, self-admiration, and self-
centeredness.”
STAY PRESENTATION
SAFE! ENDS HERE.

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