MODULE 2

• The Self Theory

  WILLIAM JAMES:
• responsible for the thinking which allows that individual to become aware of his/her environment and self-aware possible.

  I
• responsible when this person makes him/herself the object of his/her own thinking

  Me
• Understanding the Self, begins with looking it into three categories


  ▪ Its constituents;

  ▪ The feelings and emotions they arouse, (Self-feelings);

  ▪ The actions to which they prompt, (Self-seeking and Self-preservation)
• contains your body, family, home, and other material possessions that you value and you consider your own.

  material self
• is the image you created as perceived by others.


  social self
• is your thoughts, your beliefs, and your feelings, it is your psychic disposition.


  spiritual self
• This is an associated feelings and emotions resulting from your knowledge and assessment of your empirical existence.

  Self-feelings
• Connotes your effort to preserve and improve yourself based on your knowledge and resulting feelings.

  Self-seeking and Self-preservation
• The Person-centered Theory

  CARL ROGERS
• connotes what an individual actually is intrinsically.

  The real self
• It is the self that feels closest to how one identifies with. It is the self that feels most natural, comfortable, and true to what and who one really is.


  real self
• Agentic Theory of Self

  Albert Bandura
• 1. makes us behave with purpose

  Intentionality
• permits us to expect results 


  Forethought
• allows us to motivate and regulate our actions, acting in ways that give us satisfaction and avoid behavior that results to self-ensure.

  Self-reactiveness
• gives us the ability to reflect on our thoughts and behavior and make changes when necessary. 


  Self-reflectiveness
• Self is the sum total of all the he can call his

  James (1890)