UTS Self: Psychology

Mulitiple Self

The self has different components, or Role identities that are active at specific times.

Me

part of self the "empirical me"

human agency

• or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought,experience, and the senses. • is about the processes in human adaptation and change. HOW A PERSON REACT TO A SUDDEN CHANGE OF A SITUATION

Proactive

•before doing someting it refers to anticipatory, change-oriented and self-initiated behavior in situations.

intentionality , forethought , self-reactiveness , self-reflectiveness

4 Core Properties of Human Agency

Spiritual Self

Aspects of an individual include things like their personality, core values, and conscience that do not typically change throughout their lifetime. (Me)

body

Core of Material self

Real Self and Ideal Self

In psychology, these terms used to describe personality domains.

ideal self

It is an idealized image that we have developed over time, based on what we have learned and experienced.

real self

It`s the self that feels most true to what and who we really are; the honest self that leaves us most comfortable in our skin. It may not be perfect, but it`s the part of us that feels most real. And it`s the one we need to learn to love the most.

Pure Ego

Its perception of consistent individual identity arises from a continual stream of consciousness.

Pure Ego

James believes that it was similar to what we think of as the soul, or the mind.

Material, Social, Spiritual, Pure Ego

James further divided the "Me" part of self into

Me and I

James' theory of the self divided a person's mental picture of self into two categories

Proactive

Means being prepared and ready for the possible outcomes and consequences that might occur

consciousness, awareness, agency

The self is sometimes understood as a unified being essentially connected to:

Ownership

The self is the owner of the body, feelings, thoughts, etc.

Social Learning Theory

The theory has often been called a bridge between behaviorist and cognitive learning theories because it encompasses attention, memory, and motivation.

Personal/Individual agency, Proxy agency, Collective agency

Three Different Modes of Human Agency

Pure and Applied

Two Branches of Psychology

Educational, Clinical, Industrial, Legal, Military, Political

Types of Applied Psychology

General, Abnormal, Social, Physiological, Para-psychology, Geo-psychology, Developmental, Experimental

Types of Pure Psychology

Carl Rogers

a Humanistic psychologist, who believed that we all own a real self and an ideal self.

Albert Bandura

a psychologist from Stanford University, came up with the theory of agency.

social cognitive theory

accords a central role to cognitive, vicarious, self-regulatory and self-reflective processes in human adaptation and change.

self-system

allows us to evaluate our own behavior in terms of previous experience and anticipated future consequences.

Cognitive- Construction

also known as Constructivism

Self-reactiveness

broadens the role of the agent to be more than just "planners and fore thinkers"

Me

can be thought of as a separate object or individual a person refers to when describing their personal experiences.

Cognitive

concerning the mind

Material Self

consists of things that belong to a person or entities that a person belongs to. Thus, things like the body, family, clothes, and money.

ideal self

could include components of what our parents have taught us, what we admire in others, what our society promotes, and what we think is in our best interest.

Money and family

critical part of material self

Intentionality

deals with the forming of intentions that "include action plans and strategies for realizing them"

Agentic

defined as the aspect of human personality that is determined by future assessments of one's goals, objectives, and actions.

Forethought

involves "the temporal extension of agency" by setting goals and anticipating future events

Proactive

involves acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory taking the initiative by acting rather than reacting to events you make things happen, instead of waiting for them to happen to you.

Psychology

is a multifaceted discipline and includes many sub-fields of study such areas as human development, sports, health, clinical, social behavior and cognitive processes.

Unified Self

is being aware that you not only poses individual sides to yourself you are aware that all the personalities are still you.

Spiritual Self

is more concrete or permanent than the other two selves. It is our subjective and most intimate self. (Me)

Psychology

is the scientific study of the mind and behavior.

I

is the self that knows who they are and what they have done in their life.

ideal self

is the self that we think we want to be, that we strive to be, and that we feel we are expected to be. It is the self that holds values absorbed from others; a culmination of all those things that we think we should be, and that we feel others think we should be.

self-system

is the set of cognitive structures that involve perception, evaluation, and regulation of behavior.

Pure Ego

is what James refers to as the "I" self.

Pure Ego

is what provides the thread of continuity between our past, present, and future selves.

Social Self

is who we are in a given social situation. (Me)

incongruence

or lack of alignment, will result in mental distress or anxiety.

agency

or sense of control, is the subjective awareness of initiating, executing, and controlling one's own volitional actions in the world.

I

part of self was the thinking self, which could not be further divided. He linked this part of the self to the soul of a person, or what is now thought of as the mind.

I

part of the self that is "the pure Ego"

individual agency

people bring their influence to bear on what they can control.

collective agency

people pool their knowledge, skills, and independent effort

Social Learning Theory

posits that people learn from one another, via observation, imitation, and modeling.

forethoughtful perspective

provides direction, coherence, and meaning to one's life.

Constructivism

purport that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world through their experiences and their reflections upon these experiences.

self-reflection

refers to the self examining nature of human agents. "Through self-awareness, they reflect on their personal efficacy, the soundness of their thoughts and actions, the meaning of their pursuits, and if neededchange existing life course patterns"

Consciousness

refers to your individual awareness of your unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations, and environment.

clothes

second to the body (material self

social cognitive theory

social learning theory soon became known as?

human agency

the human capability to exert influence over one's functioning and the course of events by one's actions.

Cognition

the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses

proxy agency

they influence others who have the resources, knowledge, and means to act on their behalf to secure the outcomes they desire.

William James

trained as a physician and taught anatomy at Harvard, but never practiced medicine. Instead he pursued his interests in psychology and then philosophy.

Constructivism

was pioneered by Jean Piaget.

Spiritual Self

was who we are at our core.