SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE OF CABUYAO

MAMATID RD , CABUYAO CITY , LAGUNA

BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATONATION

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

SUBJECT BY MS. MARIJOY PARABUAC

THE SELF SOCIETY AND CULTURE

TOPIC
 Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1) Explain the relationship between and among the self, society, and culture.
2) Describe and discuss the different ways by which society and culture shape the self.
3) Compare and contrast how the self can be influenced by the different institutions in the society;
and

4) Examine one’s self against the different views of self that were discussed in this class .
 INTRODUCTION

 "I am me, nothing more, nothing less and it's enough" -Rose Vergara

 People are expected to abide by certain rules and practices in society. These characteristics can be found in
ourselves, which explains why they are comparable to one another. Both the ego and society can benefit from
one another. The things you believe in and your ethnicity are only two examples of how you can contribute to
society.
 Self According to Different Philosophers:

 SOCRATES- Self has two distinct parts. A physical body and a soul your physical body is imperfect
and bound to the earth. The soul on the other hand is perfect and is unchanging thing of beauty that
transcends death that goes on forever. Thu’s it also holds our ability to reason.
 DESCARTES- There are two parts of the self. The mind and the body. The mind is an internal
dynamic thinking thing that has no shape or substance it is responsible for all our thoughts and feelings.
The body is simply a vessel for the mind and it's more material.
 KANT- Self has two unified parts. The transcendental self and the empirical self. The empirical self
organizes all of your experiences and sends input that make it understandable. The transcendental self
analyzes these input, informs your thoughts and feelings on what you have perceived.
 What is the self ?

 Seperate- it means that the self is distinct from other selves. The self is always unique and
has its own identity.
 The unique quality of a person that sets them apart from others, especially when
considered as the focus of reflection or action.
 Self its self-contained and independent.
 Self is unitary in the center of all experiences and thoughts that run through a certain
person.
 The Self and Culture

 According to Marcel Mauss, everyself have two faces;

• Personne- is composed of social concepts of what it means, to be who he is.

• Moi- refers to a person’s sense of who he is, his body, and his basic identity, his biological givenness .

 Language- is another interesting aspect of this contruction contructivism; it is a silent part of

culture and ultimately, has a tremendous effect in our crafting of the self.

 If self is born into a particular society or culture, the self will have to adjust according to its exposure .
 The Self and the Development of the Social World

 More than his givenness ( personality, tendencies, and prospenties, among others ), one is believed to be in
active participation in the shaping of the self.
 Men and women in their growth and development engage actively in the shaping of the self.
 The unending terrain of metamorphosis of the self is mediated by language.
 Mead and Vygotsky

 The way that human persons develop is with the use of language acquisition and interaction with
others.
 Both Mead and Vygotsky treat the human mind as something that is made, constituted through
language as experienced in the external world and as encountered in dialogs with others.

MEAD VYGOTSKY
 Self in families
 The kind of family that we are born in, the resources available to us ( human, spiritual, economic), ang the kind of development
that we will certainly affect us.
 Human beings are born virtually helpless and the dependency period of a human baby to its parents for nurturing is relatively
longer than most other animals.
 In trying to achieve the goal of becoming a fully realized humans, a child enters a system of relationships, most important of
which is the family.
 Human persons learn the ways of living and therefore their selfhood by being in the family. It is what a family initiates a person
to become that serves as the basis for this persons progress.
 Gender and the self

 Gender is subject to alteration, change, and development.

 The sense of self that is being taught make sure that an individual fits in a particular environment, is dangerous and detrimental
in the goal of truly finding one’s self, self determination and growth of the self.
 It is important to give one the leeway to find, express, and live his identity.
 Gender has to be personality discovered and asserted ang not dictated by culture and the society.
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BSED FILIPINO 1
PRESENTATION PREFFERED BY:
LOUIE JOY M. ARCEGA
AND
GHINELLE SANGGALANG