WORKSHEET 3

The Self from the Anthropological Perspective

Instruction: Answer the question below in essay form of not more than 300 words.
Question: After going through the lesson on the self from the anthropological perspective, what
truths or realizations can you formulate about yourself? Give at least three statements that you
consider true about yourself based on the anthropological perspective. Explain each statement
briefly.
Statement 1: “There are masks that people wear and there are parts they only play”
Brief Explanation: When I was a kid I used to show my weak side most of the time because I seek love,
care, and attention. However, as I grew up I slowly learned how to manage my own emotions and not
let other people be bothered with my own chaos. I am different when I am with my family, with my
friends, or with strangers. There’s this mask that I wear to cover what I truly feel inside. I need to
show strong and courageous in front of my family because I want them to know I am fine. When I am
with my friends, I can somehow release my hidden emotions. Being an adult, we need to consider
what parts and fights we should play knowing that there are things not worthy of our time and
energy. We need to listen to what our mind tells us, and redirect our paths and recalibrate our actions
towards the better place.

Statement 2: “The self is revealed by situation”

Brief Explanation: Towards this moment, I've seen that individuals have rich and so well self-concepts,
and that they frequently want to perceive themselves in a good light. Of course, these more cognitive
and emotive sides of ourselves don't happen by themselves. The social factors that surround us have
a big impact on them. Some of these forces have previously been hinted to. We observed how input
from others may alter our self-concept and esteem in our discussion of self-verification theory. We
also looked at how the content of our self-concept is influenced by our sociocultural origins. Self-
labeling, which occurs when we consciously integrate others' labels into our self-concept, may
develop if we are constantly labeled and judged by others. The impact of self-labeling on our self-
esteem appears to be highly dependent on the labels' nature. Labels used in regard to psychiatric
illnesses diagnosis can be harmful to persons who absorb them.

Statement 3: “Keeping in mind that factors such as poverty and ethnicity may make individualism and
self-reliance difficult to achieve”
Brief Explanation: This is not how it should be, and it is not how it should be. When systematic health
disparities are deemed preventable by reasonable effort, they are simply unjust. Health inequality is a
term we use to describe this. It is a question of social justice to address these imbalances - enormous
and reversible disparities in health between and within nations. Many of the social factors described
below are subsets of or contributors to these three groups. Although it may be difficult to directly
alter income disparity at the community level, a non-governmental or community-based group may
be able to do so by tackling a specific issue.