Lesson 1: Knowing Oneself

• Self-development

  • process of discovering oneself by realizing one’s potential and capabilities that are shaped over time.
  • also called personal development.
• Actual Self - built on self-knowledge which is derived from social interactions that provide insights into how others react to you. (True self).

  Ideal Self - how we aspire or want to be. It is an idealized image that we have developed over time.
• Know Thyself

  • old maxim or aphorism which in time has been used in varied literature and consequently gained different meanings.
  • knowing oneself is the open door that leads us to know others better.
• Read Thyself

  • Hobbes stressed that an individual could learn more by studying others and that they can do this by engaging themselves in reading books.
• Self-concept

  • one's abstract and general idea about themselves, particularly towards their unique personality and their perception about their set of values, point of view, and behavior.
  • refers to your awareness of yourself.
• Self-concept Theory

  1. Self-concept is learned.
  2. Self-concept is Organized
  3. Self-Concept is Dynamic
• Components of Personality Within Self

  • Sigmeun Fried, the creator of psychoanalysis criticism, proposed that there are three components of Personality within us: the Id, Ego, and Superego.
• Id

  • man's personality is driven by the pleasure principle.
  • satisfy man's desire without thinking much of the situation.
• Ego

  • provide a man some guidelines on how to behave accordingly while they fulfill their pleasure.
  • decision-making component of personality.
• Superego

  • holds our moral judgment or concept of right and wrong that are believed to be acquired from family and environment.
  • Incorporates the values and moral of society, Incorporates the values and moral of society,