WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts
Understanding the Self
Name: Thankme, motherfckr Date: _10/16/2020_____
IDENTIFICATION
I. Philosophical Perspective of the Self
1. he made famous the line, “Know Thyself”
Socrates
2. he popularized the concept of the “tabula rasa”
John Locke
3. this person experimented on obedience to authority
Stanley Milgram
4. these are false, temporary identities that keep humans from experiencing their true spiritual
essence
Iraj Anvar
5. he said, “Cogito Ergo Sum”
Rene Descartes
6. he said that the self is a name used to refer to the behaviors that we make
Gilbert Ryle
7-8. the two hemispheres of the brain
7. Left hemisphere
8. Right hemisphere
9. school of thought which believes in free will, choice, and personal responsibility
Existentialism
10. he authored the book, “The Protean Self”
Robert Lifton
11. he said that a person is a being which consists of “not-yet-being”
Jose Ortega Gasset
12. he believed in the concept of body-mind
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
13-15. Plato’s 3-part soul
13. Reason (Rational soul)
14. Physical appetite (Appetitive soul)
15. Spirit or Passion (Spirited soul)
II. Social Perspective of the Self
1-3. The 3 (three) phases of the development of the self, according to Cooley
1. We imagine how we present ourselves to others
2. We imagine how others evaluate us
3. We develop some sort of feeling about ourselves based upon our perception of what
we think others have of us
4 -7. According to Mead, these are how the self emerges from social interaction
4. Observing and interacting with others
5. Responding to other’s opinions about oneself
6. Internalizing external opinions and internal feelings about oneself
7. A term coined by Cooley to refer to the first group one is introduced to
Primary Groups
8. These describe children who were raised with very limited social interaction
Feral Children
9. He popularized the concept of the “more knowledgeable others” (MKO)
Lev Vygotsky
10. Cooley said that this concept basically means that our self-image comes from our own self
reflection and from what others think of us
The Looking Glass Self
11. According to Cooley, this group is the most influential on our learning of ideas, beliefs, and values
Primary Groups
12. What do the acronym “ZPD” stand for
Zone of Proximal Development
13-14. The two (2) parts of the self, according to Mead
13. The I
14. The Me
15. Using the terminology of Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development, what does the
MKO provide
Better understanding, more knowledge and higher ability level etc.
III. Psychological Perspective of the Self
1. this defense mechanism is also known as “pointing fingers”
Projection
2-3. two (2) forms of rationalization
2. Coping Mechanism
3. Defense Mechanism
4. Adler mentioned them as similar to Freud’s defense mechanisms because they protect the
body against stress
Safeguarding Tendencies
5. Maslow identified these needs as the most important of all the needs
Physiological Needs
6. this Jungian archetype comes from the Latin word meaning “mask”
Persona
7. this refers to the condition a person must meet in order to regard himself or herself positively
Conditions of worth
8. according to Jung, they are “outward-turning.”
Extraverts
9. this defense mechanism is the most basic or most elementary form of defense mechanism
Denial
10. this defense mechanism is simply the channeling of unacceptable impulses, thoughts and
emotions into more acceptable ones.
Sublimation
11. according to Freud this operates according to the “pleasure principle”
ID
12. this part of the Jungian archetype is the masculine side of every female
Animus
13. it is the result when too much of the positive is nurtured in the 1st psychosocial stage
Sensory distortion
14. according to Erikson, this Psychosocial Stage encompasses the period of adolescence
12-18
15. it is the result when there is too much of the negative in the 8th Psychosocial stage
Disdain
