Lesson 1 :

Knowing and
Understanding
oneself
Ms. Fuentes
 Today’s Objectives:
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 of by our
attributes relationships ➜ The collective
and personality with significant self reflects our
traits that others. membership in
differentiate us
social groups.
from other
individuals.
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Humanist psychologist, Carl Rogers believed that there were three

different parts of self-concept:
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You might believe
Congruence and Incongruence that you are great
at academics, but
your school
transcripts might
tell a different
According to Carl Rogers, the degree to which a person's story.
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 !