University of Cebu

Department of the Allied Courses

BANILAD-CAMPUS
Cebu City
Date: September 18, 2020
Subject: Psych 101—Understanding of the Self Subject Time/Days: 4:30-06:01/Mon-Wed
School Year/Semester: 2020-21/1st Sem. Term: Prelim Period
Individual Activity 1B
(Reading-Article Based: “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Name: Cathy S. Zapanta EDP No: 91188/91233 Course/Year: BSN-1 I

I. Instructions:
- Read the given article on separate page(s).
- After reading, answer the following question(s).
- Yet, follow the required number of sentences in the formulation of the answers.
- Use this paper for the output.
- If there is problem of using this paper directly for the output, rewrite the entire
content but follow the format.
- Submission of the output will be on September 21, 2020/ 12:00 NN
- Output will be submitted only into the LMS.

Note:
- You will be given numbers of days prior to submission so that you can have more
times reading and rereading for understanding.
- It is advisable to make use of dictionary or thesaurus as you go through your
reading.

II. Question(s):

Paragraph 1
 According to the reading, what is “self” of man ideally?
 Moreover, what “self” of man is not?

Paragraph 2
 According to the reading, why is it difficult for man to live his/her very own self?
In other words, why man has “self-identity crisis” in living up his/her life?

Output:
- Starts here…
- Output must be consisted of 20 sentences only (that comprises paragraph 1 and 2
all together)

Self of man defines individualism as a profound and unshakeable trust in one’s

own intuitions. Embracing this view of individualism, he asserts, can revolutionize
society, not through a sweeping mass movement, but through the transformation of one
life at a time and through the creation of leaders capable of greatness. Emphasizes the
importance of trusting one’s own conscience, only by doing so can one realistically
expect to maintain one’s personal integrity. Everyone is constantly faced by social
pressures to conform and follow a path that other people have established. While this
option may seem easier or cause one less inner anguish, unthinking adherence to other
people’s ideas and expectations will rarely yield good results. The only purpose is the
want for people to avoid conformity. Self of man is in order for a man to truly be a man,
he was to follow his own conscience and "do his own thing. Essentially, do what you
believe is right instead of blindly following society. Man is an individualism as a
profound and unshakeable trust in one’s own intuitions. The reason man does not
experience his true cultural self is that until he experiences another self as valid he has
little basis validating is own self.
 Man has self-identity crisis because we cannot tell the true story behind them. It’s hard
for man because they will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than
you know yourself. In general, I think it’s wise to be self-critical. But I also believe that in the
deepest sense we must trust our instincts and have the courage to put our ideas out into the
world.  After all, the world’s greatest thinkers and leaders had the courage to hear themselves
and to follow their convictions, without concerning themselves overly about tradition and what
others might think. They taught themselves to ignore the doubt, and their ideas resonated with
the world because they reflected a truth that others had sensed privately as well. Still, it can be
hard to feel sure of ourselves particularly as our personal failures accumulate. And yet we must
be brave enough to follow through on our ideas.