This document outlines the key topics and concepts to be covered in an undergraduate course called "Understanding the Self". The course aims to help students understand factors that influence personal identity from various perspectives including philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. It will examine the self from different lenses such as the physical, sexual, material, spiritual, political, and digital selves. The main assignments include an activity worksheet and a video presentation about the student's understanding of their self from childhood to present.
This document outlines the key topics and concepts to be covered in an undergraduate course called "Understanding the Self". The course aims to help students understand factors that influence personal identity from various perspectives including philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. It will examine the self from different lenses such as the physical, sexual, material, spiritual, political, and digital selves. The main assignments include an activity worksheet and a video presentation about the student's understanding of their self from childhood to present.
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This document outlines the key topics and concepts to be covered in an undergraduate course called "Understanding the Self". The course aims to help students understand factors that influence personal identity from various perspectives including philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. It will examine the self from different lenses such as the physical, sexual, material, spiritual, political, and digital selves. The main assignments include an activity worksheet and a video presentation about the student's understanding of their self from childhood to present.
This document outlines the key topics and concepts to be covered in an undergraduate course called "Understanding the Self". The course aims to help students understand factors that influence personal identity from various perspectives including philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. It will examine the self from different lenses such as the physical, sexual, material, spiritual, political, and digital selves. The main assignments include an activity worksheet and a video presentation about the student's understanding of their self from childhood to present.
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Topics:
I. THE SELF FROM VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES
A. Philosophy B. Sociology C. Anthropology D. Psychology E. The Self in Western and Oriental/Eastern Thoughts
II. UNPACKING THE SELF
A. The Physical Self B. The Sexual Self C. The Material Self D. The Spiritual Self E. The Political Self F. The Digital Self COURSE REQUIREMENT:
1. ACTIVITY WORKSHEET
2. VIDEO PRESENTATION ABOUT “SELF”
(FROM CHILDHOOD TO PRESENT) What is “Understanding the Self” subject about? •Understanding the Self is a fundamental course in the General Education Curriculum for tertiary education. •Itis designed to help the students understand the nature of identity including factors that influence and shape personal identity. The meaning of understanding the self is having insight into one's own • behavior • attitudes • strengths • weakness It is the individual's ability to say and know what he or she is good at or needs improvement. Self -understanding is one of the highest goals in psychology One's self-perception is defined by one's 1. self-concept 2. self-knowledge 3. self-esteem 4. social self'. Self-concept - is a general term used to refer to how someone thinks about, evaluates or perceives themselves. To be aware of oneself is to have a concept of oneself.
Self-concept is what we think about the self.
Self-knowledge refers to knowledge of one's own mental states, processes, and dispositions. Most agree that it involves a capacity for understanding the representational properties of mental states and their role in shaping behavior.
Self-knowledge refers to knowledge of one's own mental states,
processes, and dispositions Self-esteem is an individual's subjective evaluation of their own worth. It encompasses beliefs about oneself.
Self-esteem is the positive or negative evaluations of the self, as in
how we feel about it. Social self refers to how we perceive ourselves in relation to others. It involves relationship building, empathizing, and communicating. A healthy, or not so healthy, social self will also impact your overall mental wellbeing and ability to meet life goals.
Social self refers to how we perceive ourselves in relation to
others. Self-identity is a combination of My ATTRIBUTES, My ACTIONS and My ASPIRATIONS My Attributes – Passions, Values, STRENGTHS •What are passions – Things and works that I like. •What drives me ( My values) . •Once we start looking at these questions, we will be able to identify our strengths. Things that I like to do, things that I am self- driven and hence they are my strengths. My Actions – Roles, Associations, CONTRIBUTIONS • We are what we do. • We are also impacted by the company we keep.
A look at what roles we enjoy help us in defining
our self-identity. Our associations also impact how we and others perceive us. A hard and honest look at our actions, successes and failures will help us how we have been able to contribute to our team or society. Our contributions also define us. My Aspirations – Dreams, Goals and PURPOSE •Our dreams are what we want to be or what we can be. We must intentionally ask ourselves what our dreams and aspirations are. •To achieve our dreams we need to plan and set goals with time lines. Our dreams, our actions also help us discover our larger purpose of our lives. What we want to do for ourselves and others. Activity 1 Describe your “SELF”