Defining the

“SELF”
Subtitle
What do you see?
Do you
see your or your
ideal actual self?
self...
SELF
is the essence of a person: his
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thoughts, feelings and actions,

experiences, beliefs, values, principles
and relationships.
• The “SELF” includes a person’s life
purpose, meaning and aspirations.
• In other words “SELF” in
philosophical terms is the
BEING, which is the source of a
person’s consciousness. It is the
agent responsible for an
individual’s thoughts and
actions.
What is PERSONALITY ?
In Psychology, The term is referred to
as the set of behaviors, feelings,
thoughts, and motives that identifies an
individual.
Personality is the essence of who we
are and is the embodiment of one’s
physical, psychological, cognitive,
affective and spiritual self.
THEREFORE, when we speak of the “SELF”,
we will describe it in personality terms.
PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGISTS have
different viewpoints. One definition states,
“personality refers to the unique and
relatively enduring set of behaviors, feelings,
thoughts, and motives that characterize an
individual”
Two key components of personality
1. UNIQUENESS of an individual’s
thoughts, feelings and behavior

2. being CONSISTENT, over different

situations and overtime.
EXAMPLE:
A person who is considered as “friendly” would,
at any given situation, be outgoing and easily
liked by others or is someone who is not
perceived as threatening or aggressive.
This person’s uniqueness is manifested in his
own brand of showing friendliness: a sunny
disposition, a readiness to give advice when
needed, and generosity to those in need.
The UNIQUENESS is shown by how a
person’s physical and behavioral traits are
combined to depict friendliness .
In terms of being consistent , as an
adolescent, this friendly individual
develops friendships among his
peers. Upon entering adulthood, this
same friendly individual is perceived
by co-workers and peers to still be
his old friendly self as when he was
in high school .
This CONSISTENCY through time and
the unique manner by which thoughts,
feelings, and behavior are expressed,
defines personality. HOWEVER, there
are exceptions to these two components.
Consistency is more likely to mean most
of the time but not all the time .
 A friendly person can get nasty or
aggressive when provoked or cornered.
Sickness can oftentimes change the
consistency of an individual’s personality.
(Like the Alzheimer’s disease ) Studies have
shown that this disease changes 3 of the
BIG FIVE DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY
namely anxiety, extraversion and openness.
The best tool to discover self is the JOHARI
The unfolding of our strengths, weaknesses,
potentials, and talents creates a concept and
schema of the “self ” which leads to self-
determination. However, there is a need to
scrutinize the varied areas of one’s existence to
finally come up with a concrete essence of the
“self”.
Learning about one’s unique individuality
requires the use of the Johari Window.
What is Johari Window?
Johari Window is a technique that aims
to help people understand their
emotional and physical relationship
with self and other people. It is used in
both a self-help context, group setting
and in the corporate environment to
improve individual and team
performance.
THE JOHARI WINDOW

1 2
Open / free Blind area
area
3 4
Hidden area Unknown
The JOHARI window model which is a four-
quadrant grid was developed by American

psychologists JOSEPH LUFT and HARRY

INGHAM in 1955 at the University of California

Los Angeles.
This tool is a direct and useful to achieve
self-awareness, learning about the self as
a human being as well as developing
healthy relations between individuals.
Disclosing elements, traits and
characteristics about the self lead to
evaluation of the self as well as deriving
feedback from the significant others.
THANK YOU!!!
ACTIVITY:Do this in 1 whole
sheet to be pass next meeting

1. Give your unique

characteristics, habits and
experiences. Explain in not
more than 5 sentences.