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ASPECTS OF SELF
1. Physical Self - the tangible aspects or the physical attributes of the self that may include the
height, weight, body and facial appearance.
2. Intellectual Self – the assessment of how well you reason and solve problems, to create and
learn, knowledge, wisdom and insights you have.
3. Emotional Self – these are the typical feelings you have, try to avoid, enjoy, feelings from your
past and present and associated with each other.
4. Sensual Self – refers to the senses – sight, hearing touching, speaking, smelling that you use
the most in taking information
5. Interactional Self - Include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate
relationships and relationships to friends, family, co-students and strangers in social settings.
6. Nutritional Self – this is how you nourish yourself
7. Contextual Self – describes the area of your maintenance of your living environment
8. Spiritual Self - include your feelings about yourself and organized religion, reactions about
your spiritual connections to others, feelings about your spiritual development and history, and
thought about your metaphysical self.
CHARLES COOLEY’S LOOKING GLASS SELF
SELF-IMAGE – we imagine how others see us.
Example: Mary wears what she considers her lucky outfit so that nothing bad can happen to her. As she
walk down the hallway, her classmates stare. She assume it is because se looks great in her lucky outfit and
smiles to them, getting smiles in return.
CARL ROGER'S SELF CONCEPT
Self-concept It refers to your awareness of yourself.
It is the image we have of ourselves. It is influenced by many forces, including our interaction with
important people in our lives. It is how we perceive our behaviors, abilities, and unique characteristics.
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IDEAL SELF – represents the version of ourselves we ASPIRE to become. (it is influenced by our surroundings,
people we interact, and our interest)
ACTUAL SELF/REAL SELF – reflects our tangible achievements, relationships, successes, failures, and
disappointments. WHO WE ACTUALLY ARE (how we think, feel, and act) it can be seen by others. Actual self is
the self image.
EXAMPLE : “I am ugly” when others say she is charming
SELF-ESTEEM – How much you like, accept, and value yourself all contribute to your self-concept. Self-esteem
can be affected by a number of factors—including how others see you, how you think you compare to others,
and your role in society
NEGOTIATION – exists between the two selves which is complex because there numerous exchanges the ideal
and the actual self
DETRMINATION – allows you to focus on achieving a specific goal without being distracted by less important
things or spontaneous desire
SELF-CONFIDENCE – appears in the process of personal development, as a result of getting aware of yourself, your
action and its consequences
Problem-solving skills – help cope with the problems encountered with a lack of experience.
Creativity – allows you to find extra ordinary ways to carry out the specific action that no one has tried to use
GENERATING IDEAS – helps you achieve goals using new, original and unconventional ideas.
Efren Peῆaflorida – He started an organization called Dynamic Teen Company with his fellow students whose goal is to
carry school supplies and books which they use for classes they hold in the depressed communities of our country. He was
awarded CNN Hero of the Year because of his project.
Erik Erikson – He is famous for coining the term ‘Identity Crisis’ as well as his own theory of Psychosocial Theory of
Development.