05/10/2019

Like liquid, able to take

many forms, depending
on the factors and
context affecting it.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF

MY FAVORITE MYSTERY WHO ARE YOU?
DE BALDO “You are very pwerful,
BENEFICIAL IN
provided you know how
INSTRUCTOR powerful you are”-Yogi
INCREASING SELF
AWARENESS
Bhajan

1 2

SELF/SELF CONCEPT Past experiences REAL AND IDEAL SELVES

❑Carl Rogers- Self or our self
Personality traits
concept is “an organized, Ideal self Real Self
consistent set of perceptions ❑Our notion of both selves are
Abilities
of and beliefs about oneself”. results of our self-schemas.
Person we Who we
❑ These are called self Physical Features want to be actually are ❑Our ideal self is essential in
schemas. –Formed by guiding and motivating us to
Idealized behave in a way that would lead
numerous factors that we may Values version of How I see me us to the best version of who we
be aware or unaware of, some yourself
want to be.
of which are: Goals
How I should Also called
be “actual self”
Social Roles
Ideal and Real Self
FACTORS AFFECTING SELF CONCEPT

3 4

VISUAL IMAGINING EXERCISE INCONGRUENT AND CONGRUENT SELVES

• Important in achieving the ideal self/any goal.
• It is best that we know as accurate as possible who we
want to become or achieve.
Actual
• WE can see our ideal self taking shape. Actual self Actual self Actual
experience experience

Incongruence: self concept meshes well Congruence: self concept does not mesh
with actual experience well with actual experience

5 6

1
 05/10/2019

BELOW IS A FIGURE, WHAT DO YOU SEE?

• We have to learn to separate behaviors from the totality of one’s

being.
• We may have behaved badly but it does not mean that we are
automatically an entirely bad person.
• Negative labels could come from a single failure or blunder.
.
• Sadly, a single unintentional mistake is used to judge a person
holistically.

7 8

SELF ESTEEM AND SELF EFFICACY

Self esteem
• Self esteem refers to one’s overall
assessment of one’s worth as a
person, one’s self worth.
Self esteem Emotional Image Academic self image Physical self image
• People with high self esteem succeed
more, have better relationships, and
are happier compared to those with
low self esteem. Relationships Emotional Course Physical
Expression Work Appearance
• Our self esteem refers to how we
value ourselves and perceive our Peers Anger English Weight
worth as a person. “There is nothing noble significant Happiness History Smile
about being superior to others Love Psychology Hairstyle
• Who we are is never defined by one’s some other man. The true
success or failure nobility is in being superior
to your previous self.”- Structure of Self esteem (Weiten et al., 2014)
Hindu Proverb

9 10

SELF EFFICACY SELF ESTEEM FACTS

• How one performs

• Directly correlated with self esteem.
• Self efficacy = self esteem
• Self esteem ≠ Self efficacy (be motivated)
• Give positive regard to each other

11 12

2

• Understand and accept that we are very
capable to help ourselves an attain our ideal
self.
• Ideal does not always mean perfect.
• Life may be imperfect, work with that and use
to our advantage.
• Stop comparing ourselves with other people
especially those on social media.
• Invest and value ourselves by leaning
something relevant everyday,
13
05/10/2019
“No matter what happened in the past, no matter what is
happening now, we can do something, no matter how
little, to contribute to the future we hope to have. It might
not turn out exactly the way we planned it to be, but it will
be great and awesome. Just hang in there. Continue
persevering and keep the faith.”
14