L1 WHOLENESS

• the essence of knowledge is self-knowledge : plato
• What is SELF

  • In Philosophical terms, it is the being, which is

  the source of a person’s consciousness

  – It is the agent responsible for an individual’s

  thoughts and actions.

  • It includes a person’s life,Purpose, meaning, and

  aspiration.
• In Psychology, the term personality is referred to

  as the set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and

  motives that identifies an individual.
• Personality is the essence of who we are and the

  embodiment of one’s physical, psychological,

  cognitive, affective, and spiritual self.

  In Psychology, the self will

  be described in terms of

  personality.
• Feist and Rosenberg, 2012

  • Personality refers to the unique and

  relatively enduring set of behaviors,

  feelings, thoughts, and motives that

  characterize individual.
• Gordon Allport

  • Personality is a pattern of habits,

  attitudes, and traits that determine an

  individual’s characteristics, behavior, and traits.
• The Johari Window is a psychological tool created by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in 1955 to help individuals better understand their relationships with themselves and others
• Open Area : This quadrant includes traits and information about yourself that both you and others are aware of. It’s the “public” part of your personality.
• Blind Area : This includes aspects that others see in you, but you are unaware of. Feedback from others can help reduce this area.
• Hidden Area : This contains information you know about yourself but keep hidden from others. Sharing more about yourself can reduce this area.
• Unknown Area: This quadrant includes aspects that neither you nor others are aware of. It represents the unconscious or undiscovered parts of your personality.
• wholeness

  
• how do we get to know our self: 1. self analysis 2. self reflection 3. be aware 4. self affirmation
• Trait Theory

  • An approach in identifying types of personalities based on

  certain traits or attitudes, which vary from one person to

  the other.
• • Personality Trait – a disposition to behave consistently in a

  particular way.

  Example: shyness or social awkwardness
• nature : traits that we inherit at our family from genes
• nurture: the outside things that molded us to be us
• Big five Trait theory: put the whole words per each

  A) openness

  B) conscientiousness

  C) extraversion

  D) agreeableness

  E) neuroticism