Lesson 2 Human Person

• this refers to our conscious or unconscious perceptions and feelings about ourselves and our worth as persons.

  self-concept
• when does self-concept begin?

  early development
• this occurs when a person tries hard to exhibit his worth to others by overstressing his strength.

  superiority complex
• this occurs when a person overstresses his weakness

  inferiority complex
• 3 Dimension of Self-Concept

  1. Self-image
  2. self-confidence
  3. self-esteem
• refers to all our perceptions and feelings about our worth with regards to physical and social appearance

  self -image
• refers to all perceptions and feelings about our worth with regards to our capabilities.

  self-confidence
• refers to all our perceptions and feelings about our worth with regards to our lovability.

  self-esteem
• Multi-dimensional being as individual:

  1. physical
  2. intellectual
  3. moral
  4. spiritual
• Multi-dimensional being in the community:

  1. social
  2. economic
  3. political
• this is something that is freely chosen from alternatives and is acted upon; that which the individual celebrates as being part of his creative integration in development as a person.

  value
• is the process by which we help a person to discover values through behavior, feelings, ideas and through important choices he has made and is continually, in fact, acting upon in and through his life.

  value clarification
• categories of value

  1. choosing
  2. prizing
  3. acting
• It is the process whereby a person examines, as comprehensively as possible, all of his values and then ranks them, prioritizes them, or put them within a hierarchy of values.

  value-ranking
• primary value

  1. self-value
  2. value of others
• this helps a human being develop to the best of his capacity, and therefore, he has a goal beyond normal functioning in society to exceptional function. This is basic and necessary for development to take place. 


  primary value
• related values

  1. health
  2. truth
  3. love
  4. social responsibility
  5. spirituality
  6. economic efficiency
  7. nationalism and patriotism