SELF-CONCEPT

Mc. Monrey Catanduanes Bayot

WHO ARE YOU?
 DEFINING THE WORD

It is also called as self-

construction, self-identity, self-
perspective or self-structure.
Self concept is a collection of
beliefs. It embodies the question,
“Who am I?”
 DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
TERMS
Self-knowledge is understanding
of your own personality, motives
and behavior.
Self-awareness is the extent to
which self-knowledge is defined,
consistent, and currently applicable
to one's attitudes and dispositions.
 DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
TERMS
Self-esteem is confidence or
respect in your own merit as an
individual person. It is different from
self-concept

“I am beautiful.”
“I feel good about being beautiful.”
 TRIVIA ABOUT SELF-
CONCEPT
TEMPORAL SELF-APPRAISAL
THEORY
Tendency to maintain a positive
self-evaluation of yourself by
distancing yourself from your
negative self and paying more
attention to your positive one.
MABAIT
NAMAN
S’YA!
 PHILOSOPHER’S
PHILOSOPHICAL
PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE
SELF
 SOCRATES’ VIEW

“The true task of the philosopher

is to know the self.”

“An unexamined life is one not

worth living.”
 DUALISTIC VIEW OF
SOCRATES

IMPERFECT PERFECT
AND AND
IMPERMANE PERMANE
NT BODY NT SOUL
 DUALISTIC VIEW OF
AUGUSTINE
IMPERFECT PERFECT
BODY SOUL
BOUND TO CAPABLE OF
DIE IN EARTH LIVING
BUT YEARNS ETERNALLY
TO BE WITH IN SPIRITUAL
GOD BLISS
 DUALISTIC VIEW OF
AQUINAS
HYLE MORPHE
(MATTER) (FORM)
COMMON
ESSENCE OF
STUFF THAT
MAKES UP THE (OR WHAT
UNIVERSE MAKES) A
INCLUDING SUBSTANCE
OUR BODY OR THING
AFFIRMATION OF PLATO TO
SOCRATES
TRILATERAL
COMPONENTS OF THE
SOUL
1. Rational self (Reason
and Intellect)
2. Spirited self (Emotions)
3. Appetitive self (Desires)