Aristotle

Und_Self Reviewer - Plato's dent

- Tabula rasa - a blank tablet, the mind

The self from various perspective
- experiences is acquired by our senses.
Philosophy
- Self is composed of matter and form, matter is
- is the use of reason in understanding such a continuous process developing and becoming.
things as the real world and existence.

The ancient Triumvirate

The post-Aristotelians
- group of 3 men holding power
Stoicism
Socrates
- doesn’t let emotion bother them.
- Know thy self
- Embracing adversity
- first task of Philo is understanding the self
Hedonism
- An unexamined life is not worth living.
- YOLO
- Dualistic reality: Body and soul
- live eat and drink. for tom you'll die
- Our soul strives for wisdom and perfection
- maximize pleasure and minimize pain
Plato
Epicureanism
- Socrates student
- moderate or balance pleasure
- 3 part of soul
- content with the simple things
*Reason, divine essence that made us think
deeply, make wise choices and achieve of true Theo-centric
understanding of internal Jews - having God as a central focus
* Physical appetite - hunger, thirst and sexual St. Augustine
desire
- more likely to Plato
* spirit/passion - basic emotions; love,
angriness, ambition, aggressiveness St. Thomas Aquinas

- Has dynamic relationship of the three, it must - more likely Aristotle

be in harmonic synch
- Dominican

- experiencing that something exist doesn’t tell

us what it is

- Knowing and learning that thing requires a

long process of understanding
Anthropocentric Western Self vs non-western self

- thinkers began to reject the scholastics - western self, autonomous and egocentric

- does self does even exist? - no-western self, Identity is shared with others

"I think therefore I am" - Rene Descartes Individualism vs collectivism

- individualism, independent part is celebrated

David Hume - collectivism, integral part of a society

- bundle of changing perceptions

Immanuel Kant The self in oriental/ oriental thought

- the self is a unifying subject Asian Schools of Thought

Gilbert Ryle Buddhism

- you are the way you behave - Siddhartha Gautama

Paul & Patricia Churchland - How to bring happiness to the world

- everything can be localized in the brain. - why life is full of suffering

Edmund Husserl - self is the source of all sufferings

- Father of phenomenology/ phenomenological - renounce the self

approach
Hinduism
- If how you describe that is
- fusion of various Indian cultures and traditions
Embodied Subjectivity
- no stated founder
- synthesis of mind and biology
- karma
The Creation of Identities
- mental and physical is binned
- balance the need to be similar
Taoism
- the need to be a unique individual
- Lao-tzu
- new identities are forged in new relations
- Chinese Philo
Anthropology
- yin yang principle
- Scientific study of humans, human behavior
- life must be lived in balance
and society in the past and present
- self doesn’t exist without the other

- sensation of otherness
Confucianism 5. Genital Stage (puberty)

- Confucius Erik Erikson

- master Kong - Psychosocial theory of development

- constructive process - sense of competence as the body grows

- concept of the self is the end of the searches

- relationship with other people Bryan Turner

- Filial piety, teaches on how one property act Somatic Society

with the relationship with other people
- The sociology of the body
"Learn how to see. Realize that everything
- the new found of the importance of the body
connects to everything else." - Leonardo da Vinci
in contemporary society

- Importance of body
PHYSICAL SELF
- back then beauty was already being
- refers to the body which we interface with emphasized
human beings
Body Shaming
- is the concrete dimension, the tangible aspect
- Criticizing appearance through judgement or
of the person that can be directly observed and
comparison.
examined.
Physical self-Issues and conflicts
William James
Eating disorders
- body is an initial source of sensation
- anorexia nervosa. loss of body weight and
Sigmund Freud
refusal to eat.
- the father of psychology
- Bulimia Nervosa, eating then vomiting.
Oedipus complex
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- principle, lack of attention
- slight defect in appearance.
- the feel of competition between your dad to
your mom
SEXUAL SELF
Psychosexual Stages of Personality
Biological perspective of one’s sex
Development
-Primary, sex organs that are present indirectly
1. Oral Stage (Birth-1.5 years)
involve in human reproduction first 22 pairs are
2. Anal Stage (1.5-3 years) called autosomes, last pair is sex chromosomes

3. Phallic Stage (4-5 years) - Secondary, sexual organs or traits.

4. Latent Stage (5 years – puberty)

Erogenous zones Gender

- where the libido is centered - structure of social relations

- underlies assumptions regarding 'masculine' or

'feminine' behavior
The Sexual Response cycles
- sexual orientation
stage 1 Excitement: preparation of body
Gender – normative
stage 2 plateau: physical arousal builds
- Behavior that is compatible with cultural
stage 3 orgasm: climax response cycle. Sudden
expectations
release of sexual tension
Gender non-conformity
stage 4 resolution: refractory period of men.
- Behaviors that are views as incompatible with
Lust
this expectation such as; feelings and attitudes.
- extreme release
Sexual Diversity
- hypothalamus of the brain plays a big role
- sex and gender are often thought of as binary
- Testosterones and estrogen categories; male or female.

Attraction - false assumption

- romantic entailments Gender Identity

- involves the brain pathways that control - innermost concept of self

“reward” behavior
- based on chromosomes
- High level of Dopamine and norepinephrine
- lies on the birth
Attachment
CISGENDER - opposite sex attraction
- great dominant factor in relationship
TRANSGENDER - doesn’t attraction to opposite
- oxytocin (cuddle hormones) and vasopressin sex

Transwoman- male as woman

Sex vs. Gender Transman - female as identifies as man

Sex Straight (Heterosexual) – Attracted to the

opposite gender
- male: penis
Gay/Lesbian (Homosexual) – Attracted to the
- female: Vagina same gender
- also refers to sexual acts, as in "having sex"

- both primary and secondary

Gender Expression MATERIAL AND ECONOMIC SELF

- behavior

- clothing William James on the self

- haircut or voice - has 4 selves: materials, social, spiritual, and

soul.
Sexual Intercourse

- UNITIVE - unite the couple

Material self
- PROCREATIVE - create more people
- tangible objects
Avoid STIs and AIDS
- Bodily self, intimate part of who we are
- Abstinence, not to have sex
- Extended self, psychological ownership
- Mutual Monogamy, agree to be sexually
active with only one person. Possessions can go beyond their functional
value.
- Vaccination, vaccines to prevent it
• Influence
Transmitted Through
• Power
▪ Unprotected sex
• Sympathy
▪ Drug addicts
• Social status
▪ Blood transfusion
• Emotions
▪ Pregnancy
Materialism
▪ Non-sterile instruments
- primary source of satisfaction
Not Transmitted:
- satisfaction, but not happiness
▪ Touching
Symbolic communication model
▪Food
- once possession is part of one self
▪ Kissing
- identifies oneself
▪ Insect bites
- positive sense of self
▪ Swimming in pools

Conspicuous Consumption
Sexual Orientation
– people who has a high-priced material to
- is all about who you are physically, spiritually,
impress others and convince their high social
and emotionally attracted to.
status.
Loss of Possessions - individuative -reflective stage (21 years old
and up)
– Loss of material can lead to negative reactions
Logotherapy
Possessions as Unstable Meanings
- Victor Frankl
- Meaning is in a constant
- Someone - special someone
Pets as Extensions of the Self
- Deed, Act or work – passion
- Pets can be an extended self
- Suffering – deeper sense of ourselves and
- Pets or dogs as ‘Co-therapist’
experiences

POLITICAL SELF
SPIRITUAL SELF
- an increasing awareness of the deeply
Religion and Spirituality dysfunctional

Religion - concerned with power

- Rituals Politics

- ideas about the spiritual or supernatural realm - action or activities concerned with achieving
and using power in a nation or society.
types of rituals
Active citizenship
- According to the calendar
- national service program
- Based on crisis

Spirituality
DIGITAL SELF
- concerns an aspect of the divine and
supernatural - self in the cyberspace

- the search for meaning and direction in life Cyberpsychology

and the ways.
- interaction with others thru tech

- mobile computing
The meaning of Spirituality
- virtual reality
- Yabut, 2013
Self and identity in the cyberspace
- Phenomenological Experience
- Identity in the online world

Online Anonymity
Stages of faith development for adolescence
- other than f2f interactions
- Fowler, 1981
Identifiable Offline world
- Synthetic conventional stage (12 years old
- person's true self is often inhibited
and up)
Anonymous online world

- discarded mask, true selves emerge

- negative rants

Identifiable online world

- hoped for possible selves

- socially pleasing identities

Digital citizenship

- Being online

- Well-being Online

- Rights Online

Fear of missing out (FoMO)

- anxious of being left out

Screen dependency disorder

- failure to reduce the use of screen activities

- not yet official

Positive Effect of SocMed

- Amount of contact that someone has with

others

Negative Effect of SocMed

- Increased aggression and anti-social behavior

Autonomy

- People can try new behavior without fear of

consequence

Internet gaming disorder

- usage of mobile games

- loss of control over gaming

- for further study