WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Liberal Arts

Understanding the Self

Name: Date: _10/28/2020_____

IDENTIFICATION

I. Philosophical Perspective of the Self

1. he made famous the line, “Know Thyself”

2. he popularized the concept of the “tabula rasa”

3. this person experimented on obedience to authority

4. these are false, temporary identities that keep humans from experiencing their true spiritual
essence

5. he said, “Cogito Ergo Sum”

6. he said that the self is a name used to refer to the behaviors that we make

7. the two hemispheres of the brain

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9. school of thought which believes in free will, choice, and personal responsibility
10. he authored the book, “The Protean Self”
11. he said that a person is a being which consists of “not-yet-being”
12. he believed in the concept of body-mind
13. Plato’s 3-part soul
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II. Social Perspective of the Self

1. the 3 (three) phases of the development of the self, according to Cooley

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4. according to Mead, these are how the self emerges from social interaction
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7. a term coined by Cooley to refer to the first group one is introduced to
8. these describe children who were raised with very limited social interaction
9. he popularized the concept of the “more knowledgeable others” (MKO)
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
11. according to Cooley, this group is the most influential on our learning of ideas, beliefs, and
values
12. what do the acronym “ZPD” stand for
13. the two (2) parts of the self, according to Mead
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15. using the terminology of Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development, what does the
MKO provide

III. Psychological Perspective of the Self

1. this defense mechanism is also known as “pointing fingers”

2. two (2) forms of rationalization
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4. Adler mentioned them as similar to Freud’s defense mechanisms because they protect the
body against stress
5. Maslow identified these needs as the most important of all the needs
6. this Jungian archetype comes from the Latin word meaning “mask”
7. this refers to the condition a person must meet in order to regard himself or herself positively
8. according to Jung, they are “outward-turning.”
9. this defense mechanism is the most basic or most elementary form of defense mechanism
10. this defense mechanism is simply the channeling of unacceptable impulses, thoughts and
emotions into more acceptable ones.
11. according to Freud this operates according to the “pleasure principle”
12. this part of the Jungian archetype is the masculine side of every female
13. it is the result when too much of the positive is nurtured in the 1st psychosocial stage
14. according to Erikson, this Psychosocial Stage encompasses the period of adolescence
15. it is the result when there is too much of the negative in the 8th Psychosocial stage