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RODELP.JAMESULA
BSCE-
C-3A

COURSECODE:GEUSELF
COURSETI
TLE:UNDERSTANDI
NGTHESELF
TOPI
C:Module1-
THESELFFROM VARI
OUSPERSPECTI
VES:
Phi
l
osophi
cal
Per
spect
ive

PRETEST
I
nst r
ucti
ons:Ify out hi
nkt hestatementi scorr
ectwr ieagr
t eeotherwisewr i
tedisagr
ee.
disagree1.Differ entphilosopher sholdthesamev iewsaboutt heself.
agree2.Phi l
osopher susedempi ri
calandrati
onal lensinex pl
aini
ngt heself.
disagree3.Phi l
osophyoft heselfasexpl ai
nedbymoder nphi l
osopher sismor erel
evant
thanthatofanci entphi losophers.
agree4.Philosophi calviewsoft heselfareuseful guidetohaveabet terl
if
e.
disagree5.Phi losophyoft hesel fshouldonlybest udiedbyolderindiv i
dual
sandnotby
youngergener ations.
(Gobacktothispr etestafteryouhavefini
shedthi
slessonandcheckony ouranswers)

SELF-EVALUATI
ON
Note:Myanswersar
einbol
dandi
tal
izedf
orm.

Chooset hebestansweroft hef ollowing.Checky ouranswer si ntheanswerkeybel owaf ter

youhav ef i
nishedanswer ingthet est.
1.Thegoal ofhumanexi stencei suni onandet ernal fell
owshi pwithGod
a. StThomasAqui nas c.Ar i
st otl
e
b.Gi l
ber tRy l
e d.ReneDescar t
es
2.Thesel fi sbestunder stoodasapat t
ernofbehav ior,thet endencyordisposi
tionfora
persont obehav ei nacer tainwayi ncer t
ai ncircumst ances.
a. StThomasAqui nas c.Ar ist
ot le
b. Gi lbertRyle d.ReneDescar t
es
3.Thesel fi s acombi nat i
onoft wodi sti
nctent it
ies,t hecogi t
o,thet hi
ngthatthinks,
whichist hemi ndandt heext enzaorex tensi
onoft hemi ndwhi chisthebody .
a.Dav idHume c.ReneDescar t
es
b.SigmundFr eud d.Socr at es
4.The Lebenswel tor“ lived wor ld,
” i st he f undament algr ound ofourbei ng and
consciousness.
a.Immanuel Kant c.Gi l
ber tRy l
e
b.Maur iceMer l
eau-Pont y d.Pl ato
5..TheSel f ,issi mply“ abundl eorcol lect
ionofdi fferentper cepti
ons,whichsucceed
eachot herwi thi nconceivabler apidit
y ,
andar einper petual fl
uxandmov ement”.
a.Dav idHume c.ReneDescar tes
b.SigmundFr eud d.Socr at es
6.“ The sel fconst ructsi ts own r eali
ty,act i
v ely cr eati
ng a wor l
dt hatisf amili
ar,
predict
able, and, mostsi gnifi
cant l
y ,mine.”
a.ImmanuelKant c.Gi l
ber tRy l
e
b.Maur iceMer leau-Pont y d.Pl ato
7.Fort hebr ain,ast hebodyandasanysubst ance,maychange,whi l
econsciousness
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remainsthesame.Ther ef
ore,personal
identi
t yisnoti nthebr ain,buti
nconsci
ousness.
a.Socrates c.JohnLocke
b.Immanuel Kant d.Si gmundFr eud
8.“Theunex aminedl i
feisnotwor t
hl i
ving”.Ex aminingone’ sselfi
sthemostimportant
taskonecanunder take,foritalonewi l
lgiv eust heknowl edgenecessarytoanswert he
questi
on‘howshoul dIl i
vemyl i
fe’.
a.Socrates c.JohnLocke
b.Immanuel Kant d.Si gmundFr eud
9.ThereAreTwoSel ves,OneConsci ous, OneUnconsci ous
a.Socrates c.JohnLocke
b.Immanuel Kant d.Si gmundFr eud
10.Thereisbothi mmat eri
almind(soul)andmat eri
albody ,anditi
sthesoult
hatknows
theforms.
a.Immanuel Kant c.Gi lbertRyl
e
b.Maur i
ceMer leau-Ponty d.Pl ato

POST-
TEST
Answerthefol
lowing:
A.Explainbri
efl
ybutconcisel
ytheconceptofselfoft
hefoll
owingphil
osopher
s:
Socr
ates, Plato,JohnLocke,RenéDescart
es, St.Augusti
ne,Davi
dHume,
JohnLocke,h.ImmanuelKant
,Gi
lber
tRyl
e,Maur i
ceMer
leau-
Ponty“

Answer :
Anunex ami nedl i
fei snotwor thliving”,thisisthekey wordofSocr atesi deaaboutsel f.
Hest atest hatt hesouli simmor talandev enifahumandi ed,it’snoti t
send.Ther eiswhat
wecal lt hewor l
daf terdeat h.I nhisconcepthei ntroducedphy si
calandi dealr eal
m.The
bodybel ongst ophy sicalrealm,whi let hesoulbel ongst oi
dealr ealm.Soi nor dertohav ea
goodl i
fe,onemustl i
veagoodl ife.That ’swhatbr oughthappi nessev enaf terlifebecause
wedi dt her ealpur poseofl i
fe,tobecomegood.Anot herconceptf r
om Pl ato,“ Thesouli s
i
mmor tal”.Accor di
ngt ohi mt hesel fconsi stsofr eason,spi ri
torpassi on,andphy sical
appet it
e.Reasonmeanst hi
nkdeepl yaboutsomet hing,Spi ri
tincludesbasi cemot i
on,and
physi calappet iteincludesourbasi cbi ologicalneeds.Theset hr eehav er elationwi theach
other.I nshor t,toli
v eahappyl ife,humansmustconsi stentlymakesur et hatt hei rr
easoni s
i
ncont roloft heirspi r
itandappet i
te.Anot herconceptf r om Aristotl
ewhi chst atedt hat,“The
souli st heessenceoft heself”.Forhi m,t hebodyandsoular enott wosepar ateelement s
buti sonet hing.Thesouli st heessenceoft heselfbuti tcan’ tex i
stwi thoutt hebody .In
addition,hest atedt hatwear ear ationalani malort hroughr easonwebecamehuman.So
basical l
y, wear edef i
nedbaseonourr easont hatgivesusdi sti
nctchar acteristics.Mov i
ngon
toSt .August ineconcept ,hei ntegratedt hei deaofPl at oandChr ist
iani
ty .Fur thermor e,he
statedt hatt hephy sicalbodyi sdi f
ferentf rom andi nferiortoitsinhabitant,thei mmor talsoul.
Heal soex plainedt hathumani scr eatedt hroughi mageandl ikenessofGodandwear e
createdasagoodi ndi vi
dual.

Nexti
sReneDescar t
eswi thhiskey st
one,“Ithinkt her ef
oreIam” .Asexplainedbyhi m,
theactofbei ngself-conscious-i sinitsel
fprooft hatt herei sself
.Inl i
newi ththis,the
essenceofself-athinkingentit
yt hatdoubts,underst and, analy
zes,questi
ons,andr easons.
Inaccordthereisasoulandabodywhi charenoti ndependentofoneanot herandeachcan
exi
standf uncti
onwi thouttheot her.ForJohnLocke,anot herphil
osopherstatedthat“ The
sel
fisconsciousness”.Heex plai
nedt hatatbirt
hourmi ndsi satblankstat
eandsel fidentit
y
i
s being developed primaril
yf rom sense ex periences.Mor e so,self-
consciousness is
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i
mpor tantto have coherentper sonali denti
tyorhav i
ng t
he same identi
tyin diff
erent
sit
uati
ons.Lastl
y,tounderstandandachi eveaccurat
econclusi
onsaboutself,weshoulduse
thepowerofr easonandi ntr
ospection.Nexti sDav i
dHume’ sconcept,“Thereisnosel f”
.
Hume suggest ed thatifpeopl e carefullyexamine thei
rsense experi
ence through the
processofintr
ospect i
on,theywilldiscov ert
hatthereisnoself.Thustheideaofper sonal
i
dentityisar
esult
ingimagination.

SigmundFr eudGi l
bertRylePaulChur chlandMaur i
ceMer l
eau-Ponty
Nex ti s“ thesel fmul t
il
ayered”bySi gmund Fr eud.Based onhi m,t heselfconsist sof
consci ous,unconsci ous,andpr econsci ous.Theconsci oussel fi
sgov ernedbyt her ealit
y
principle.The unconsci ous cont ains the basici nsti
nctualdr i
ves and governed byt he
pleasur epr inciple.Thepr econsciousi sbet weenconsci ousandunconsci ouspartofthesel f
thatisnott hreateningandi seasil
ybr oughttomi nd.Mov ingont oGilbertRyl
e,“Thesel fis
thewaypeopl ebehav e”.Thesel fi sbasi cal
lyourbehav i
or.Thi
sconceptpr ovi
dedt he
philosophi cal pri
nciple,“Iactther
ef oreIam” .I
nshort,thesel fi
sthesameasbodi lybehav i
or .
Anot herconceptbyMaur ice Mer leau-Ponty,“The selfi s embodied Subjecti
vi
ty”.Thi s
conceptex plainedt hatalltheknowl edgeofour selvesandourwor l
disbasedonsubj ective
exper i
ences.I tismor eonhow wev i
ew andgi veper ceptions.Theselfcannev erbet ruly
object i
fied.

B.Essay.Af terr
ev i
ewi ng,discussing,andr ef
lecti
ngont hev ari
ousper specti
ves
r
egardingt heselfthatyour eadaboutanddi scussedi nt hi
schapter,compose apaper
whichr ef
lect
sy ourownsy nthesisoft heseissues.Yourpoi ntofv i
ew shouldbewel l-
r
easonedandseekt oint
egrat eav ari
etyofdi f
ferentphilosophi
calperspect
ives.I
naddi t
ion,
youshouldweav eintoyouranal ysisy ourownper sonalrefl
ecti
onsandl i
feexperiencesto
i
ll
ustr
atet heconceptualpoi
nt sthaty ouaremaki ng.

Answer
:

From t heseconceptsofphi losophers,Iagreetot hephilosophicalperspect

iveofSt .
AugustinebecauseIbel i
evedinGodwhocr eatedallofusi nHi sowni mageandl ikeness.
WithoutHi m, t
herear enous.OnlyGodcangi vethelif
et hati
sbestf orus.Godwi l
lgiveme
thebestt hatwillhel
pmef indtherealhappinessinmyownsel f.Ial
soagr eedtotheconcept
ofGilbertRy l
eabout“ Theselfi
sthewaypeopl ebehave”,becauseformet hat
’showIdef i
ne
theselfofpeopl e,baseont hei
rbehavior
.

Fi
nally
,myownphi l
osophyofself
,“Iam constr
uctedbyGodandshapebymy
act”
.Thisisrel
atedt oSt
.Augusti
neandGilber
tRy l
econceptsbecauseIbel
iev
edt hatGod
putusint hi
swor l
dt ofi
ndourpurposebygivi
ngusbodyandsoulequi ppedwith;andour
parti
st oshapet hi
sconstr
ucti
onbyf i
ndi
ngour sel
vesthroughtheact
ionswedoi never
y
experi
ences.

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COURSECODE:GEUSELF
COURSETI
TLE:UNDERSTANDI
NGTHESELF
TOPI
C:Module2-
THESELFFROM VARI
OUSPERSPECTI
VES:
TheSel
f,Soci
etyandCul
tur
e
TI
MEFRAME:4hr s.

PRETEST
I
nstr
ucti
ons:
Ify
out
hinkt
hest
atementi
scor
rectwr
ieagr
t eeot
her
wisewr
iedi
t sagr
ee.

Agr
ee1.Cult
ureisimpor t
antinthedev el
opmentofone’sself
.
Di
sagr
ee2.Peopleyoudonotknowdonotaf fecty
ourself.
Agr
ee3.One’sbehaviorisaf
fect
edbyt hepeoplearoundhim.
Agr
ee4.Soci
alinst
ituti
onshaveani nfl
uenceonone’sself
.
Di
sagr
ee5.Peopledonotneedot herpeoplet
osurvive.

(
Gobackt
othi
spr
etestaf
tery
ouhav
efi
nishedt
hisl
essonandcheckony s)
ouranswer

ACTIVI
TY1.
“
Mysel
fThrought
heYear
s”

Pasteapict
ureofy
ouwheny ouwereinelementary
,inhighschoolandnowthaty
ouarei
n
col
lege.Bel
owthepict
ure,
li
stdownyoursali
entcharact
eri
sti
csthatyouremember.

Myel
ement
aryl
if
e!

Not
e:Idon'
thav
epi
ctur
edur
ingmyel
ement
aryy
ear
s..

 Spoi
l
ed

 Appr
oachabl
e

 Per
sist
entonmyst
udi
es

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Myhi
ghschooll
if
e!

 Appr
oachabl
e

 Ki
nd

 Per
sist
ent

 Fr
iendl
y

Mycol
legel
if
e!

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 Per
sist
ent

 Fr
iendl
y

 Har
dwor
king

 Appr
oachabl
e

Af
terhav
ingexami
nedy
our“
sel
f”i
nthedi
ff
erentst
ages,
Fil
loutt
het
abl
e:

Si
mil
ari
ti
esi
nal
lst
agesof Dif
ferencesinmy“sel
f” Possi
blereasonsf
ort
he
my“sel
f” acrossthethreest
agesof di
ffer
encesinme
myl i
fe
Per
sist
ent Ithinkthesel
fwillnottot
all
y
Har
dwor
king developed and unabl e
Appr
oachabl
e enhanced the abil
it
ies and
Spoi
led skil
ls t o ful
ly equi pped
Ki
nd my self
.

SELF-EVALUATI ON
Not e:
Myanswer sar einboldandi taliz
edf orm.
Chooset hebestansweroft hef ollowing.Checky ouranswer si ntheanswerkeybel owaf t
er
youhav ef inishedanswer i
ngthet est.
1.Thesel fbeingdi sti
nctfrom othersel f,
uniqueandhasi tsowni denti
ty
a.separ ate c.unit
ary
b.consi st ent d.pri
vate
2.Thesel fhav ing aper sonalit
yt hatisendur ingandt hereforecanbeex pectedtopersi
st
forquitesomet ime
a.separ at e c.unit
ary
b.consi st ent d.pri
vate
3.Thesel fisisolatedfrom theext ernalwor l
d.Itli
v eswithinit
sownwor ld
a.separ at e c.unit
ary
b.consi st ent d.pri
vate
4.Believedt hatl anguagedev elopsf rom socialinteracti
ons,forcommuni cat i
onpurposes.
a.Mar cel Maus c.Wi lli
am James
b.LevVy gotsky d.AugusteCompt e
5.Ithasmucht odowi thwhati tmeanst ol i
vei napar ticul
arinstit
uti
onandhowt obehav e
givenex pect ati
onsandi nf
luencesf rom others.
a.per sonne c.moi
b.language d.gender
6.Acompl exwhol ewhichincludesknowl edge,bel ief
,art
, l
aw, morals,
custom, andanyother
capabili
tiesandhabi t
sacquiredbymanasamemberofsoci ety”.
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a.rel
igi
on c.cult
ure
b.l
anguage d.gender
7.Classi
fi
cat i
onofgenderi ntotwodi st
inct,opposit
ef ormsofmasculineandfeminine,
whetherbysoci alsystem orcult
ural
belief
.
a.genderbi nary c.genderex pr
essi
on
b.genderi dentit
y d.gendernonbinary
8.Masculinerol esareusual l
yassociatedwi t
hst r
ength,aggr
essi
on,anddominance,whil
e
femini
nerolesar eassoci at
edwithpassivi
ty,nurt
uri
ng,andsubordi
nati
onisanexampleof
a.genderi denti
ty c.genderexpressi
on
b.genderr ole dgenderbi nary
9.Themaj oragentf orsociali
zat
ioni
st he
a.family c.school
b.rel
igion d.government

POST- TEST
Answert hef ol
lowi ngquest i
ons:
1.Di scusst hei nf
luenceofthefamil
yinthedevel
opmentoftheself.
Answer :Childrendev elopthei
rsenseofselffrom t
heenvir
onmenti nwhicht
heygr ow up.
Usuall
y ,t
hef ami lyenv i
ronmentplaysalargerolei
nshapi
ngt heident
it
yofchil
drenasthey
growint oadol escenceandbecomeadul ts.Thewayf ami
lymember srelat
etooneanot her
andoper atet oget herasasoci algroupcanshapeachi l
d'
sself-est
eem,soci
ali
zati
on,and
cult
ural i
dentit
y .

2.Ex plai
nhowl anguageimpactont hedev el
opmentoftheself
.
Answer:Languageissuchapowerconceptbecausei thastheabili
tytocompl etel
yshape
one’spersonalI
dentit
y.Theusageofwor dsandphr asessi
gnifi
cantl
yimpactsi ndiv
iduals’
thought
sandchar acter/
personalident
it
y.Languageisanextremelypowerfultoolthataids
i
nbui l
dingnew rel
at i
onshi
psandexper i
ences.Whenonespeakst oanother,theat t
it
ude,
tonal
it
y,andpostur
epl aysamaj orrol
eintheimpressi
onaboutanindivi
dual
.

3.Ref l
ectonwhataspectofy oursel
fthaty
ouwouldli
ketochangeandhow;andwhat
youwouldnotli
ketochangeandwhy .
Answer:Ineverysecondallt
hingshasbeenchangedof ,buti
nmyaspectt hethi
ngthatI
abletochangeisnothingbecauseasahumanbei ngIknow mycapabil
i
tiesandstr
ength
thatnooneknows.Iam justcontentedandhappyofwhatIhav
eandIbelievedthi
senough
andwiththatIam confi
dentt
omy self
.

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COURSECODE:GEUSELF
COURSETITLE:UNDERSTANDI
NGTHESELF
TOPIC: Modul
e3-THESELFFROM VARI
OUSPERSPECTI
VES:The Sel
fAsaCogni
ti
ve
Constr
uct

PRETEST

I
nstr
ucti
ons:I
fyout hi
nkt hest atementiscorr
ectwrieagr
t eeother
wisewriedi
t sagr
ee.
agr
ee1.Theselfi
sdy nami candev erchangi
ng.
di
sagree2.TheSelfrefl
ectswhatpeopl eseeorperceiv
et hemselvesdoi
ng.
agr
ee3.Wear ealway sawar eofwhatwear e.
agr
ee4.Wet endtoseeour selvesfrom whatotherpeople’
sreacti
onsonus.
agr
ee.Therearesti
llalotoft hingsthatwedonotknowaboutoursel f.

SELF- EVALUATI ON
Chooset hebestansweroft hef oll
owi ng.Checky ouranswer si ntheanswerkeybel owaf t
er
youhav ef inishedanswer ingt het est .
Note: Myanswer sar einbol dandi tali
zedf orm.
1.“Thesenseofper sonal identityandofwhowear easi ndivi
duals”
a. Sel f c.Culture
b.Consci ousness d.Unconsci ous
2.Di stingui shedt hreecomponent soft heMeSel f
.Thesei nclude:themat er i
alself,the
social self,thespi r i
tualsel f.
a.Wi l
li
am James c.CarlRoger s
b.G. H.Mead d.SigmundFr eud
3.Def i
nedas" theor gani zed,consi stentsetofper cept i
onsandbel ief
saboutonesel f.
a.sel f-
schema c.self-
concept
b.sel f-
awar eness d.self-
esteem
4.Aper son' sov erallsenseofsel f-
wor thorper sonalv alue.Inot herwor ds,how muchy ou
appreci ateandl i
key our self.
a.sel f-
schema c.self
-concept
b.sel f-
awar eness d.self-
esteem
5.Cat egor i
esofknowl edge t hatr eflecthow weex pectour selvest othink,feel
,andacti n
parti
cul arset t
ingsorsi tuations
a.sel f-
schema c.self
-concept
b.sel f-
awar eness d.self-
esteem
6.Thi st akespl acewhenwecompar eour selveswi tht hosewhowebel ievearebetterthan
us.
a.Conf li
ct c.Upwar dSoci alCompar ison
b.Downwar dSoci al Compar ison d.self-
ev al
uat i
on
7.Whi choft hef ollowingi snotasi gnofhi ghself-esteem.
a.Youv oi ddwel l
ingonpast ,negat iveexper i
ences,c.Youhav eaposi tiveoutl
ookonl if
e
b.Youputot herpeopl e'sneedsbef oreyourown d.Youex pressyourneeds
8.Thesel fiscr eatedanddev el
opedt hroughhumani nteracti
ons.
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a.sy mbolicinter
act i
onism c.psychoanalyti
ct heory
b.self-awarenesst heory d.sel
f-
evaluationtheory
9.Sawt hesel fasament alprocessandone’sbehaviori
st heresul
toft hei nt
eract
ionoft
he
i
d,ego,andt hesuper ego
a.Wi ll
i
am James c.CarlRoger
s
b.G. H.Mead d.SigmundFreud
10.Accor di
ngt oFreudi st hepri
miti
veandinsti
nctualpartofthemi ndt hatcontai
nssexual
andaggr essivedri
vesandhi ddenmemor i
es
a.id c.ego
b.super ego d.dreams

POST-
TEST

Makeanessaydescr
ibi
ngyourSELFtaki
ngint
oaccountthedi
ff
erentconstr
uctsdiscussed
i
nthi
schapt
er.Di
scusshowyourSELFdevel
opedaccor
dingtot
hesediff
erenttheor
ies.

Answer
:

Iwoul ddescribemy selfmysel fnowi nfourdifferentpar ts.Iwoul ddescr i

bemy selfasa
kind,generousandhel pfulperson.Ilovet ohelpmyf r i
endsoutbygi vingt hem adv i
cewi t
h
theirproblems,andbyhav ingt hei
rbackwhenev ert heyneedi tfrom suppor t
ingt hem in
activi
ti
est obeingt her
eemot i
onallywhenabr eakuphappens.Iwoul dal sodescr i
bemy self
asi maginativ
eandcr eati
ve.Iwoul ddescr i
bemy selfasav eryi ntelligent,curiousand
wondr ousper son.Il i
ket osol vepuz zl
esandquest iont hingst hatIam i nterestedi nor
unfami l
i
arwi t
h.Fi nall
y,Iwoul ddescr i
bemy selfasashyper son.Il iket okeept omy self
mostoft heti
meandst andouti nt hecrowd.Ijustwantt oenhancemycapabi l
iti
est of ul
l
y
equippedf orbettersocialinteracti
onandcommi tmentf orot hers.My selfwant st ofindof
whoIam andwhatIam t oattaintheset t
inggoalsandbui l
dingagoodchar act
eristi
ct r
ait
s
toinspir
eandi mpr essev ery
body .

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COURSECODE:GEUSELF
COURSETITLE:UNDERSTANDINGTHESELF
TOPIC:Module4-THESELFFROM VARI
OUSPERSPECTI
VES:
TheSel
finWest
ernand
East
ernThought
s

PRETEST
TwoSi desoftheSamePl anet
Writetop5diff
erencesbetweenwesternandeasternsociet
y,cul
tur
eandindi
vidual
s,
i
nthetabl
ebel ow.Ci
teyoursour
ces.Aft
erwef ini
shthischapter
,gobacktothi
spret
estand
compareyouranswerswithwhatwewe’reabletodiscussinthecourseoft
hist
opic.

West
ern East
ern

Wester
ncultur
eall
owspeopl
etobemor
e East
ern cultur
eis emphasi
zed on r
eli
gion
openmindedandcr
it
ical
. andsoci
al norm.

A per
sonf r
om Easter
nCountri
esmakesa
deci
sioncol
lecti
vel
ybydi
scussi
ngt
ohisor
A person fr
om west
ern count
ri
esismore herownfamily.
fr
eeandf lexi
blet
oreachdecisi
ononhi
s/
herown.

Inthewesternworld,el
derl
yper
son’swel
fare i
n t he eastern wor l
d, t he el
ders are
becomest heresponsi
bil
it
yoft hestat
ei n considered as a sacr ed and most
col
laborat
ion with chi
l
dren orotherclose respectabl
epersons,chil
dren do whatthe
rel
ati
ves. elder
ssaywi t
houtquest
ioningthem.

Peoplef r
om t he Westare more open t
o peoplei
ntheeastmayhol
diti
nfort
actand
expressi
ngt hei
rfeel
ings.I
ftheyareangry, goodmanner
s.
theyventitout.

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LEARNI
NGACTIVITI
ES:
CONTENT/
DISCUSSIONOFTHETOPI
C

Act
ivi
ty:I
NDIVIDUALISM ANDCOLLECTI VI
SM SCALE( 15minutesact
ivi
ty)
(alsoknownastheCult
ureOrient
ati
onScale)
(Out
come2–I dent
ifyvari
ousmani
fest
ati
onsofindiv
idual
i
sti
candcollect
ivi
stcul
tur
es
amongFil
ipi
nos)

Descripti
on ofMeasur e:A 16-it
em scale designed t
o measur efourdimensions of
coll
ectiv
ism andindivi
dual
ism
Alli
temsar eanswer edona9- poi
ntscal
e,rangingfrom 1=neverordefi
nit
elynoand9=
al
way sordef i
nit
elyyes.
Verti
calCollecti
vism –seeingthesel
fasapar tofacollect
iveandbei
ngwi l
li
ngtoaccept
hi
erarchyandi nequal
it
ywithint
hatcol
lect
ive

Vert
icalI
ndi
vidual
ism –seei
ngt
heselfasful
lyautonomous,butr
ecogni
zi
ngt
hati
nequal
i
ty
wi
ll
ex i
stamongindiv
idual
sandt
hataccept
ingthi
sinequal
i
ty.

Hor
izont
alColl
ect
ivi
sm –seeing t
hesel
faspar
tofa col
l
ect
ivebutper
cei
vi
ng al
lthe
membersoft
hatcol
lect
iveasequal
.

Hori
zont
alIndivi
dual
ism –seei
ngt
hesel
fasf
ull
yaut
onomous,andbel
i
evi
ngt
hatequal
i
ty
bet
weenindi
vidualsi
stheideal
.

I
TEM 1 2 3 45 67 8 9Al
way
s
S
N
ev
er

1.I'd 
rathe
r
depe
nd
on
my s
elf
than
other
s.

2.I 
rel
y
on
my s
elf
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most
of
the
ti
me;
I
rarel
yrely
on
other
s.

3.I 
oft
en
do
"my
own
thi
ng
.
"

4. 
My
pers
onal
i
dent
i
ty,
i
nde
pend
ent
of
other
s,is
very
i
mpo
rt
ant
to
me.

5.It 
i
s
i
mpo
rtant
thatI
do
my

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j
ob
bette
r
than
other
s.

6. 
Winn
i
ngis
every
thi
ng
.

7. 
Com
peti
ti
onis
the
l
aw
of
natur
e.

8. 
Whe
n
anot
her
pers
on
does
bett
e
r
than
Ido,I
get
tens
e
and
arou
sed

9.I
f 
a
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cow
orker
gets
a
pri
ze,
I
woul
d
feel
prou
d.

10. 
The
well-
bein
gof
my
cow
orker
sis
i
mpo
rt
ant
to
me

11. 
To
me,
plea
sure
i
s
spen
ding
ti
me
with
other
s.

12.I 
feel
good
when
I

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coop
erate
with
other
s.

13. 
Pare
nts
and
chil
d
ren
must
stay
toget
her
as
muc
has
poss
i
ble.

14.It 
i
smy
duty
to
take
care
of
my
famil
y,
even
when
1
have
to
sacri
fi
ce
what
I
want
.

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15. 
Fami
l
y
mem
bers
shou
l
d
sti
ck
toget
her,
no
mat t
er
what
sacri
fi
ces
are
requi
red.

16.It 
i
s
i
mpo
rtant
to
me
thatI
resp
ect
the
decis
i
ons
mad
eby
my
grou
ps.

Acti
vi
tyProcessing:
1.Howdoy oufi
ndtheact
ivi
ty?
Answer:Ifi
ndt heacti
vi
tybycr
it
ici
zingandanal
yzi
ngmy
sel
fofwhatIhav
e.

2.Whichar
eadoyouscoret
hehighest
.?Basedontheresultoftheacti
vit
y,doyou
agr
eethaty
ouanindi
vi
dual
istorcol
l
ecti
vist
?Ifnot
,sharepersonalexperi
encewhy
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y
out
hinkt
haty
ouar
enoti
ndi
vi
dual
i
storcol
l
ect
ivi
st.

Answer
:Hor
izont
alcol
l
ect
ivi
sm.Yes

SELF-
EVALUATI
ON

TestyourMemor y
(30Minutes)
Let
’sTestyourMemor y
I
denti
fythewor dst hatdescr
ibet
heconcept sbelow.Enci
rcl
ethewor
dsei
therv
ert
ical
l
y,
hor
izont
all
y,ordiagonal
ly.

A C C D K L I N N M T O D B A

C D O P K N N I L A N T R P N

P O L V N B D H A R M A L I A

S X L C S A I L M U H M N N L

Y V E D A S U O N M I Y A Y Y

F H C I S U C I A Q U T R B T

B R T P X C B N Y W T Q G L I

O T I R U B B S A A X P H R C

E M V I K B U V Z F D L Y F D

F O I V H U O M W E S J O S T

L L S A T O I I Q D W G I F J

I R M T R I S N C U L T U R E

E N V E M T M B H F E V S O N

L I C U A N A N I G F Z D A N

O L K L R E X V H N O J R X Z

Cl
ues:
1.I ti
sthetendencytoseereali
tyasanaggr
egat
eofpar
ts.
2.I ti
stheprinci
pleofcosmicorder
.
3.I ti
sadoctr i
netaughtbyBuddha.
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4.Itmeansgoodwi l
l,politeness, andgener osity.
5.Itmeanswi sdom.
6.Itmeanshav i
ngther ightt opr acti
cepr opr i
et yi
nallthatyoudo.
7.ItistheArabicwor df or“ sel
f”
8.Itisthedivi
neuniv ersal consciousness.
9.Itembodi es speci fi
cv alues,t hought s,ori deas thatpl ayan i mport
antrol
ei n
deter
mini
ngt heper son’ ssenseof“ sel
f.”
10.I
temphasizest hemor al worthoft heindi vi
dual.
11.Thi
si saFi l
ipi
nopsy chol ogistandeducat orwhodet er
mi nedt hestr
engthsofthe
Fi
li
pinocharacter
.
12.I
trefer
stothement al processest hatper ceiveone’sownt raits.
13.I
trefer
stothegener ali
z edv i
ewofsel f
.
14.I
trefer
stotheex tentt hatwev al
ueourdut yt ogroupstowhi chwebelong.
15.Thesearetheearliestr eli
giouswr iti
ngsi nt heEast.

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POSTTEST

Create arepresentat
ion,diagram,orconceptmapoft heSELFaccordi
ngt
othe
Fil
ipi
noculture.Pr
ovideabr i
efexplanat
ionofy ouroutput
.Youcanal socit
eboosand
resear
chesaboutFil
ipinocult
ure,
selfandident
it
ytofurt
herelabor
ateont
hetopi
c.

Sel
faccor
dingt
oFi
li
pinoCul
tur
e

Cul t
urerefer
st oaper son'
sancestorsorthetradi
tional
way sin whi ch gr oups
organize t
heirway s ofbehavi
ng,t
hinki
ng,and feel
ing.Itis passed down f r
om
generati
on togenerat
ion.Itshows people how tointeractwith others andthei
r
surroundi
ngs.Culture shapes sel
f-
concept by inf
luencing thedevelopment of
generalcharacter
isti
cs,rol
eexpectati
ons,
and val
ues.Gener alcharacteri
sti
csar e
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cri
ti
calforunderstandinghow peopleseethemselveswithi
nthecontextofsociety.
Cult
ureist heinterconnectednetworkofnor msandrol
es t hat represents the
desi
gns orr ecipes forl ivi
ng.It
encompasses a society
's modes oft hi
nking,
acti
ng,andfeel
ing,aswel laswhatan i ndivi
dualhasacquired asamemberof
thatsoci
ety.We l earn and deter
minewhat behav
iorisappropri
ate and whati s
i
nappropr
iatefrom our cul
tur
e,whatisgood and whati sbad,whati sallowed
andwhati
spr ohibi
ted.

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COURSECODE:GEUSELF
COURSETI
TLE:UNDERSTANDI
NGTHESELF
TOPI
C:Module5.UNPACKING THESELF:
ThePhy
sical
andSexual
Sel
f

PRETEST

I
nstructi
ons:Ifyouthinkthestatementi scor r
ectwr i
teagreeother
wisewr i
tedisagr
ee.
Agree1.Thephy si
calselfgoesthroughchangesi none’slif
eti
me.
Agree2.One’ sparentsandr el
ativ
esar et hesolesourcesofone’sgeneti
cmake- up
Agree3.Ther earerelat
ivestandardsofbeaut y.
Agree4.Eachi ndivi
dualhasauni queDNA
Disagree5.Wecannotcont rolsexualur ges
Agree6.Oursex ualit
yispurelybiological
Agree7.Sex ualori
entati
onembodycogni ti
ve,aff
ective,
andbehaviordomains
Agree8.Wear ebornwi t
hsexual i
ty
Disagree9.Sexandgenderar ethesame.
(Gobacktothispret
estaf
teryouhavef i
nishedthi
slessonandcheckony s)
ouranswer

SELF-
EVALUATI
ON

WhatWoul
dYOUDo?
DI
RECTI
ON:Pl
easecheckt
heboxofy
ourpr
efer
redanswer
.

Answers:
1.No
2.No
3.No
4.No
5.No
6.No
7.Yes
8.Yes
9.Yes
10.Yes
11.No
12.No

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Checky
ouranswer
sbyev al
uati
ngitaccordi
ngtowhaty ouhavelear
nedfrom t
hischapt
er.
Doyouthi
nkyourr
esponsesref
lectaresponsi
blesexualbehav
ior?Why?
Whynot ?

POST-
TEST

A.Per
sonal
Essay
:Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ionsbr
ief
lybutconci
sel
y:

1.Explaintheinteracti
onofheredi
tyandenvi
ronmenti nshapingt
hephysi
calself
.
Answer:Bothher edi
taryandenv i
ronmentalf
actor
scani nf
luenceaperson’
sper sonal
it
y.
Heredi
tysetsthel i
mi t
ationwhichenvir
onmentaldif
ferencesdecidetheconcl
udingresul
t.
However,genet
icfactorshav ealar
gereff
ectonpersonali
tytr
aits.

2.Personall
yhowwi l
lyougoaboutinimpr ov
ingyourphysi
calsel
f?
Answer
:;
 Walkatleastanhouraday ,pref
erablymor e,
rai
norshineandpreferablyi
nnature;
 Don’teatjunkfoodandjunkbev er
ages-av oi
dsugar-eatwholefoods-easyont he
meat ;
 EatONLYwheny ouaretr
ulyhungry,meanswheny ourstomachtell
sy ouiti
sli
teral
ly
empt y-don’teatti
l
lyouare“ful
l”,
thereshouldberoom f
ormore;
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 Takesuf fi
cientsleep-ear lytobedanear l
ytor i
se;
 Av oidannoy i
ngpeopl e( i
fyoucan) ;
 Tr yandcopewi thstress;
3.Howcanoneenhanceone’ ssex ual maturi
tyandsensi t
ivi
ty?
Answer:Sexualmat urit
yisthecapabi l
ityofanor ganism toreproduce.I
tmaybeconsi dered
synonymouswi t
hadul t
hood, but
,inhumans, pubert
yencompassest heprocessofsexual
maturati
onandadul thoodisbasedoncul t
uraldefi
nit
ions...
.Also,cert
aincuesmaycause
theorgani
sm tobecomesexual l
ymat ure.
4.Ar eyouinf avorofsamesexmar r
iage?Why ?Whynot ?
Answer:It
’sokaytohav esamesexmar ri
agebecausewecanl ovewhowewantt o.You
can’
tblamet hem becauset heyar edif
ferentfrom us,theyarestil
lhumansandwecan’ t
for
ceaper sontobel ikesomeonet heirnot.Whoam It oj
udge?

B.CreativeWork.Proposeapr ogr
am i
nyourschoolorcommunitythatwil
lrai
sethe
awar enessofthestudent
sandhel pel
iminat
esexuallyt
ransmit
teddiseases.
Answer
:Orientati
on/
Sy mposium aboutonhowtoeli
minateSTD.

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MODULE6

Lear
ningModul
einGEUsel
f-Under
standi
ngt
heSel
f

Ti
tl
e:TOBUYORNOTTOBUY?THATI
STHEQUESTI
ON!

Pr
e-Test
.Mul
ti
plechoi
ce.Wr
it
eyouransweront
hespacepr
ovi
ded.

A1.I
tref
erst
othet
echnol
ogywher
eindi
vi
dual
cant
ransactmoneyonl
i
ne.

a.E-
banki
ng b.Aut
omat
ion c.E-
commer
ce d.I
oT

C2.I
tisanonl
i
nepl
atf
orm wher
eindi
vi
dual
canbuyandsel
lthei
rpr
oduct
s.

a.E-
lear
ning b.E-
banki
ng c.E-
commer
ce d.E-
loadi
ng

B3.I
tref
erst
othemostsacr
edpar
toft
hesel
f.

a.materi
alsel
f b.spi
ri
tual
sel
f c.phy
sical
sel
f
d.sexualsel
f

Act
ivi
ty1

(
Prov
idey
ouransweront
hegi
venbox)

1.Amongthefour
:body,cl
oth,
immedi
atefamil
yandhome, creat
eyourown
hi
erar
chyofimport
anceaccordi
ngt
oy ourpr
efer
ence.Then,expl
ainwhy
.

Her
eismyownhi
erar
chy
:

1.Body-t
hisismytopmosthi
erar
chybecausei
tist
hemai
nsour
ceofal
ltodo
di
ffer
entaspect
soccur
ingi
nphenomenon.

2.Clothes-thisi
smysecondpr i
ori
tybasedonmypreferencebecauseithel
psto
coveredthet hebodysot hatitcanconfidentt
osoci
ali
zewithotherpeopl
efor
bui
ldingstrongrelat
ionship.

3.Home-thismytop3impor
tantbecauseIbel
iev
edev
eryhumanneedshomeasa
headquar
terwhi
l
edeali
ngindaytodayliv
ing.

4.Immediatefamil
y-t
hisi
smyl astimpor
tanthier
archy,
why?Ever
yhumanneeded
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vedeci
sion-
maki
ngar
e 24
thebesttohaveafamil
ywithbondedtogethernotforashor
tperi
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Sel
f-
Eval
uat
ion.Tr
ueorFal
seWr
it
eTi
fthest
atementi
str
ueandFi
fthest
atementi
sfal
se.

F1.Homei
sthef
ir
sthi
erar
chyofmat
eri
alsel
f.

F2.Accor
dingt
oBel
k,mat
eri
alsel
fist
hemostsi
gni
fi
cantsel
famongot
herpar
t
oft
heself
.

T3.I
mmedi
atef
ami
l
yist
heear
li
estnestofoursel
fhood.

T4.Accor
dingt
oLot
ze,
clot
hingi
sessent
ial
par
toft
hemat
eri
alsel
f.

T5.Mat
eri
alsel
finv
est
mentdi
agr
am shows5i
mpor
tantaspect
sofmat
eri
al
sel
f.

PostTest
:Wi
tht
hei
deasy
ouhav
elear
nedofmat
eri
alsel
f,answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ions.

1.Const
ructanarr
ati
veanal
ysi
sont
heassoci
ati
onofsel
fandpossessi
onbasedonwhat
you'
veunderst
ood.

Wheny ouhaveyourmi ndwithyou,thenitbecomesself

.Wheny ourmindi snotwi
thyou,it
becomespossessi
on.Weonl ythi
nkofpeoplepossessedbysomeghostorspiri
t,whi
chcanbeeven
thei
rownlowervi
brati
onstaki
ngthoseper
sonali
ti
es.So,nowt
hequest
ion,"
Arey
out hebei
ngincont
rol
ofyourmindcont
rolsyou?
"

I
fyouareincontrol
,youcanbringthemi ndpowertoyourcont
rolbyyourwil
lpower.Yourli
fe
wouldgoasy ouwil
l
.Buti fyouar
econt r
oll
edbyy ourmindandyourmindispossessedbythe'above
said'
qual
iti
es,y
ourl
ifewouldgoasitthinks.I
tcanbegoodorbad.Itcanalsobegoodf orafewdays,
thenbadforsomeotherdaysorevi
lforsomeot herday
s.Asthemindwishes.Notaverygoodpl
ace.

So,i
tisgreattohaveapowerf
ulsel
fthatbri
ngsundercont
rolapowerf
ulmindbyselfwi
l
l
poweranddoexactlywhatt
hesel
fwant
stoachi
eveinli
fe.Ex
cel
l
entpl
acetof
indonesel
finl
i
fe.

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