Society. A group of people sharing the same culture.
Culture. Material or non-material.
Norms. Set of rules on what to do or not what to do in a certain situation.
Values. Ideal behavior or principle the sets the standard.
Social Institution. Are created, developed, practices norms focus on addressing the needs of society.
Socialization. Life-long process of learning, teaching, internalizing, and living the culture of society.
Status. It is a position in society or a particular group.
Ascribed. Given at birth or inherit.
Achieved. Personally acquired for achieving something.
David Hume. Believes that all concepts as well as knowledge come from the senses and experiences.
Religion/Church. Is an organized set of practices, symbols, and artifacts regarding the belief of the supernatural.
Socrates. Believed that it is the duty of the philosopher to know oneself.
Paul Churchland. Was one of those who proposed the use of "eliminative materialism" or "eliminativism".
Clifford James Geertz. Looks at culture as a collection of symbols with meanings, and these meanings are made, communicated, and negotiated by each person to make sense of their lives and interactions.
According to John Locke, a person's mind is a blank slate or tabula rasa at birth.
Society. Is composed of people.
Economics/Market is a system which aims to regulate the flow of resources and services.
Appetitive. Is the one responsible for the desires and cravings of a person.
William James. He was one of the earliest psychologists to study the self and he conceptualized the self as having two aspects the I and the Me.
I. Is the thinking, acting, and feeling self.
Me. Is the physical characteristics as well as psychological capabilities.
Identity. Composed of one's personal characteristics, rules, and responsibilities as well as affiliation that define what one is.
self concept. Basically what comes to your mind when you are asked about yourself.
George Herbert Mead. Of symbolic interactionism argued that human interactions helps develop the self.
The result of this interaction between who we think we are and how the others see us is what others call self-concept.
private self. A person's internal thought's and feelings.
public self. What a person commonly showed to others, specifically for creating good public image.
Actual self. Is who we are at the present.
Ideal self. Is who we like to be especially in the future.
Ought self. Is who we think we should be in contrast to the actual self.
self awareness. May be positive or negative depending on the circumstances and our next course of action.
In other instances, self awareness can be too much that we are concerned about being observed and criticized by others, also known as self-consciousness.
Downward social comparison. We create a positive self-concept by comparing ourselves with those who are worse off than us.
Upward social comparison. Comparing ourselves with those who are better off than us.
Narcissism. Is a trait characterized by overly high self-esteem, self admiration, and self-centeredness.
self-esteem. Which is defined as our positive or negative perception or evaluation of ourselves.
Kinship/Family. Close family ties.
Political/Government. Give and maintain peace and order of our society.
Education/School. Teach history from past and present; passed from one generation to other generation.