Lesson 1 :

Knowing and
Understanding
oneself
Ms. Fuentes
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At the end of this module, you will be able to:

1. Explain that knowing yourself can make you

accept your strengths and limitations and
dealing with others better;
2. Share your unique characteristics, habits
and experiences; and,
3. Start and maintain a journal
 Imagine yourself
looking into the mirror.

What do you see?

Do you see your ideal
self…
Or your actual self?
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Defining Self-Concept

Self-concept is generally thought of as our individual

perceptions of our behavior, abilities, and unique
characteristics—a mental picture of who you are as a
person.
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According to the book Essential Social

Psychology by Richard Crisp and Rhiannon
Turner:
➜ The relational
➜ The individual self is defined
self consists by our
of attributes relationships ➜ The collective
and personali with self reflects
ty traits that significant our
differentiate others. membership
us from other
in social
individuals.
groups.
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Humanist psychologist, Carl Rogers believed that there

were three different parts of self-concept:
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You might
Congruence and Incongruence believe that you
are great at
academics, but
your school
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According to Carl Rogers, the degree to which a might tell a
different story.
person's self-concept matches up to reality is known
as congruence and incongruence.
 Let’s recap +
class participation
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ACTUAL SELF
IDEAL SELF
It is the one that you
It is the self that you actually see.
aspire to be.
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Self - Concept

Actual - Self Ideal – Self

Self - Esteem
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How can
understanding
yourself pave the
way to self-
acceptance and
better relationship
with others?
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Believe in
yourself !