UNDERSTANDING THE SELF GED 101

POINTERS TO REVIEW
UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
Introduction to Self Understanding
Different controversies/issues on self
- Nature vs Nurture
- Self vs Identity
Different Dimensions of the Self/Identity (Factors that may affect the self)
Determinants of Personality
Personality
Personality Traits
Who am I?
THE SELF ACCORDING TO PHILOSOPHY
What is Philosophy?
Rationalism
Empiricism
Classical Antiquity (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle)
Middle Ages and Renaissance Period (St. Augustine, Réne Descartes, John
Locke, David Hume, Immanuel Kant)
Modern Times ( Gilbert Ryle, Patricia Churchland, Maurice Merleau-Ponty)
THE SELF ACCORDING TO SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
What is Sociology?
Society
5 Major Social Institutions
A Kapwa-Psychology
Pagkataong Filipino – The value system of Filipino Psychology
The Self embedded in culture
THE SELF ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGY
What is Psychology?
Jean Piaget- Theory of Cognitive Development
Abraham Maslow-Hierarchy of Needs
William James-ME Self and I Self
Carl Rogers- Person-Centered Theory
Donald Winnicott-True versus False Self
Albert Bandura-Social Cognitive Theory
THE SELF IN THE WESTERN AND ORIENTAL/EASTERN THOUGHT
Individualistic versus Collective Self
The Social Construction of the Self in Eastern Thought
- Buddhism
- Taoism
- Confucianism
- Naikan Therapy