Understanding The Self (Midterms)

• Anthropological Perspective


  Holistic view of human nature, concerned with how cultural and biological processes interact to shape the self
• Factors that influence the development of the self

  • Biological
  • Cultural
• Egocentric concept of the self


  Each person is defined as a replica of all humanity but capable of acting independently from others
• Sociocentric concept of the self


  The self is viewed as dependent on the situation or social setting, wherein the membership of a person in a particular social group defines the boundaries of the self
• Identity toolbox


  Features of a person's identity that he or she chooses to emphasize in constructing a social self
• Features used for self-identification


  • Kinship
  • Family membership
  • Gender
  • Age
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Ethnicity
  • Personal appearance
  • Socioeconomic status
• Personal naming


  A universal practice with numerous cross-cultural variations that establishes a child's birthright and social identity, an important device to individualize a person and to have an identity
• One's identity is not inborn, it is something people continuously develop in life</b>
• Three-phased rite of passage

  1. Separation phase: people detach from their former identity to another

  2. Liminality phase: a person transitions from one identity to another

  3. Incorporation phase: the change in one's status is officially incorporated
• ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SELF

  The Self As Embedded in Culture
• ANTHROPOLOGY


  - It holds a holistic view of human nature. It is concerned with how cultural and biological processes interact to shape the self.

  - Anthropology considers human experience as an interplay of "Nature" referring to genetic inheritance which sets the individual's potentials and "nurture" which refers to sociocultural environment
• BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS


  Two (2) factors have significant influence in the development of the self
• EGOCENTRIC AND SOCIOCENTRIC


  In Anthropological Perspective, what are the two (2) ways in which the concept of self is viewed?
• EGOCENTRIC CONCEPT


  The __________ of the self suggests that each person is defined as a replica of all humanity but capable of acting independently from others.
• EGOCENTRIC VIEW


  In __________, the self is viewed as autonomous and distinct individual with inherent characteristics.
• SOCIOCENTRIC CONCEPT


  In the ____________ of the self, the self is viewed as dependent on the situation or social setting.
• SOCIOCENTRIC VIEW


  In ___________ of the self, wherein the membership of a person in a particular social group defines the boundaries of the self.
• IDENTITY TOOLBOX


  "Features of a person's identity that he or she chooses to emphasize in constructing a social self"
• -KINSHIP

  -FAMILY MEMBERSHIP

  -GENDER

  -AGE

  -LANGUAGE

  -RELIGION

  -ETHNICITY

  -PERSONAL APPEARANCE

  -SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS


  SELF IDENTIFICATION MAY BE (9) ATTAINED BY WHAT?
• PERSONAL NAMING


  A universal practice with numerous cross-cultural variations establishes a child's birthright and social identity.
• NAME


  A _____ is an important device to individualize a person and to have an identity.
• IDENTITY


  A one's _____ is not inborn. It is something people continuously develop in life.
• -SEPARATION PHASE

  - LIMINALITY PHASE

  - INCOPORATION PHASE


  The Three (3) Phased Rite of Passage
• SEPARATION PHASE


  People detach from their former identity to another
• LIMINALITY PHASE


  A person transitions from one identity to another
• INCORPORATION PHASE


  The change in one's status is officially incorporated