IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT

SOCIAL SELF
[PSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE]

By: Prof. NOEMIE DC. BUNYE, LPT, RPm

Technological University of the Philippines
College of Liberal Arts- Social Sciences Department
Answer these questions
 ERIK ERIKSON THEORY OF
PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- Development is
shaped by the
challenges that
individuals face from
the social relationship
and institutions that
they are involved in
each stage of their
lives.

- Ego Development
Epigenetic Principle
… anything that grows as a ground plan,
and out of the ground plan the parts arise,
each having its own special time of
ascendancy, until all parts form a
functional whole”.
THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY

CRISIS

 “turning point, a crucial period of increased

vulnerability and heightened potential.”

 a time- out period during which individual can

freely explore various roles, beliefs, pre-
occupations, without having to commit.
THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY
Who am I?
= Who was I?
+ Who will I be?

 Ego Identity: a subjective sense of temporal

spatial continuity

 Personal Identity: behavioral and personality

repertoire that distinguishes you

 Social Identity: occupation of recognized roles,

a valued niche, within a society.
THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY
- Others serve as “social mirrors” through which
person learns about self (Cooley: the “looking glass
self ”)

- Society recognizes, affirms or rejects the

characteristics and roles of the person
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

- study of social relationships or interactions.

- broad field which goal is to understand explain

how thoughts, feelings, perceptions and behaviors
are influenced by the presence of, or interactions
with others. Plotnik & Kouyoumdjian (2014)

- Studythe effect of social factors on individual

behavior, perceptions, attitudes and motives. Gerrig
and Zimbardo (2002)
INTERACTIONS
-mutual and reciprocal exchange of
communication and actions between two
or more persons or groups

RELATIONSHIP
- there is an established connection,
kinship or attachment between persons,
groups attributable to several factors –
interests, philosophy of life, goals or
ways of thinking- that bind them
together.
ACTIVITY: DIFFERENTIATING
INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

1. Six students from different schools

who met one another only during an
afternoon workshop were asked to
discuss and exchange views about
the a topic “effective student
leadership” They elected leader to
steer the discussion.
2. Thee schools entered to an agreement as
“sisters schools” for five years.

3. Four students were seated in the

bleachers watching a basketball game.
While game was going on, they discussed
with one another the strategies of the most
valuable player. After the game, they went
home.
4. A group of doctors are member of an
organization. Every end of the month they
come get together to report what they have
accomplished in their assigned projects.

5. The Alumni of TUP, Class of 1981, come

together to attend the annual grand
reunion every December. They have become
a closely- knit group, such that even outside
December reunion they meet, plan, and
implement projects for their school.
6. There is a long line people waiting
to be served by the bank. Two persons
who were classmates many years ago
recognized and greeted each other,
they exchange greetings, they shared
with each other many things about
their jobs, families and what keeps
them busy. After 30 minutes, they
went their separate ways.
FIRST IMPRESSION
Person perception – forming perception and
making judgments about person’s likability after
seeing or meeting him/ her
Social Norms – spoken or unspoken
rules for behaving in particular
situations.
TOGETHER AS A GROUP
What will happen?

Social facilitation
- Each member exerting
effort to the best possible.

Social loafing
- Reduced individual
effort
CONFORMITY
 Refers to yielding to group pressure
to act as everyone else, even when
no direct request has been made
(Lahey, 2009). It is the tendency
to behave like others in the
group do.

Reasons for Conformity

1. Approval (to gain reward)

2. Disapproval (avoid punishment)

FACTORS WHY CONFORMITY EXIST (LAHEY, 2009)
1. Size of the group
2. Unanimous groups
3. Culture
4. Gender
SOCIAL ROLES
- part or position of a person in society

sociogram
NATURE AND DEPTH OF RELATIONSHIP

1. Familiarity
2. Attraction
3. Love
a. Romantic love
b. Affectionate Love
c. Consummate Love
STERNBERG’S TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE

Friendship

Ex. Married couple,

family, relatives,
close friends

Ex. Unhappy marriage

Ex. Sex with benefits

ATTITUDES
- belief that predispose people to act and feel in
certain ways towards people, objects or ideas.

 Features of Attitudes
1. Belief
2. Feelings
3. Disposition

 Types of Attitudes
1. Negative Values
2. Positive Values

 Persuasive Communication
STEREOTYPES
- generalizations in which the same traits or
characteristics are assumed to be possessed by all
members of the group (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2002)

 Prejudice
 Discrimination (Racism, Sexism)
ACTIVITY ON SOCIALIZATION