Millendez, Gerlone Calzada September, 2021

Bachelor of science in Criminology 1-C

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

MODULE 3: THE SELF, SOCIETY AND CULTURE

ACTIVITY:

My Self Through the Years

Paste a picture of you when you were in elementary, in High School, and now that you are in college.
Below the picture, list down your salient characteristics that you remember.

My Elementary Self: I am more independent,

become discourage easily, competitive, enjoy
repetition, and feel the need to be successful.

My High School Self:

Beginning of my truer
sense of self develops,
has high interest in
philosophical, ethical, and religious problems, interested in
co-educational activities, Need opportunities for self-
expression.

My College Self: I am willing to take risk to

become a well-functioning individual.
III. ANALYSIS:

After having examined your “self” in its different stages, fill out the table below:

Similarities in all stages of my Differences in my “Self” across Possible reasons for the
“self” the three stages of my life differences in me

I am hunger in being successful.
I always do things in my best.
I fully enjoy the journey toward
achieving my goal
In my elementary days I am very
immature and selfish but when
it came to high school my mind
became matured and likes to
help others and became
selfless. But when it comes to
my college self, I don’t think I
have a change yet I just became
more mature than my high
school self.
The reason why there is
differences on me before and
me today is because I want to
improve and develop myself to
become a better person than
before.

V. APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT:

Answer the following questions cogently but honestly. Write your answers in the space provided.

1. How would you describe yourself?

I am an ambitious person. I focus on achieving my goals and always do things with my best.

2. What are the influences of family in your development as an individual?

My family guide me and made me realize that I need to be successful in order for me to have a better
life in the future.

3. Think of a time when you felt you were your “true self.” What made you think you were truly

who you are during this time of your life?

The time I felt that I am my true self is when I am at high school it's because that I can make discission
on my own and I when I feel like a am an adult individual.
4. Following the question above, can you provide a time when you felt you were not living your

“True self”? why did you have to live a life like that? What did you do about it?

It is when I was only an elementary student its because I was easily manipulated and I cant make
discissions on my own. Back when that days I was not matured enough and I was still learning about life.

5. What social pressures help shape yourself? Would you have wanted it otherwise?

Culture, Our social culture helps us in a way of understanding ourselves better and the reason behind
our every belief.

6. What aspects of yourself do you think may be changed or you would like to change?

I want to become a better well being person so I would like for my self to improve more and develop
more so that I can achieve my goals much more securely.