Ateneo de Zamboanga University

School of Liberal Arts

Learning Packet
UNDSELF – Understanding the Self
1st Session SY 2020-2021

Learning Packet Activity Sheet No: 3 Date:

Topic: Understanding the Self Week 3 Session: 1
Learning Intent
At the end of Week 3, the students can:
1.1 Articulate the differences between the real and ideal self.
1.2 Describe Carl Roger’s concept of incongruence in relation to anxiety and self—actualization
1.3 Reflect on life experiences based on the characteristics of a fully functioning person.
I. Concept Notes
Carl Rogers’s believed that humans have one basic motive that is the tendency to self-actualize, to
fulfill one’s potential and achieve the highest level of “human beingness’. But for a person to achieve
self-actualization they must be in a state of congruence with the ideal self and real self.
Learn more about Carl Rogers’s Theory of Self-Actualization.

“Like a flower that will grow to its full potential if the conditions are right, but which is
constrained by its environment, so people will flourish and reach their potential if their
environment is good enough.
However, unlike a flower, the potential of the individual human is unique, and we are meant
to develop in different ways according to our personality.” 

Read Carl Rogers’s Theory of Self-Actualization, click here and there.

II. Checking for Understanding (This activity will be done during our online class.)

Instructions: Click the link provided below. Answer the activity/test provided on the website. After
which, connect to at least 2 of your classmates and discuss your answers or the findings of the test
and validate the results of your answers to look for congruence or incongruence. Make sure that
you have a copy (printscreen) of the results or the computation. Share your final thoughts on the
google docs online discussion board.
 Congruence Test
What I thought:
What (classmate’s name) thought:
What (classmate’s name) thought:

What we will share:

III. Analysis
Instructions: Click link for the essay and answer the question below. Share your answer during our
synchronous class meeting on Wednesday at 1:00 pm via Zoom.

1. What can you say about her essay?

2. What are some of the incongruence and congruence of the self that you can find in the essay?
3. Would you say that she is a fully functioning person? Why or why not?

IV. Reflection Paper: After reading the required articles, please answer the following questions:

Discussion Topic: Discernment.

1. Have you encountered instances/situations when you have to live up to your ideal self and
sacrifice your real self?
2. How did you reconcile these incongruences that you have experienced?

(The reflection paper must be submitted on August 26, 2020. Please use the separate
worksheet posted in eclass when writing the reflection paper.)

Resources: Readings on Psychological View

Schultz, Duane and Sydney Schultz. (2013). “Carl Roger’s Self Actualization Theory” in Theories of
Personality, 10th ed. Belmont, Wadsworth. 265-283.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html