Chapter 1 Lesson 2

UNDERSTANDING
THE
SELF
CHAPTER 1 – LESSON 2
• Little boy named Tarzan was left alone in the forest.
• Growing up, he never had an interaction with any other
human being: only apes and other animals.
• Tarzan grew up strangely like apes unlike any human.
• Tarzan became an animal, in effect.
• His interaction with animals made him just like one of them.
MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

Department of Social Sciences
WHAT CONCEPT OF THE
SELF C A N YOU FORMULATE
FROM THE STORY OF
TARZAN?
L ESSON 3:
The Self in Contemporary Literature is commonly
defined by the following by the characteristics:
 Separate
 Self-contained and Independent
 Unitary
 Private

1. By Separate- it is meant that the self is distinct from other selves.
The self is always unique and has its own identity.
2. By Self-contained & Independent- bec. In itself it can exist. Its distinctness

allows it to be self-contained with its thoughts, characteristics,
and volition.
3. Self is unitary- it is the center of all experiences and thoughts that

run through a certain person.
4. The Self is private- The self is isolated from the external world . It
lives w/in its own world.
THE SELF F ROM THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST PERSPECTIVE:
SELF AS A PRODUCT OF A M ODERN SOCIETY
What is the relationship

between the SELF and the
EXTERNAL WORLD?

THE SELF ALLOW EXTERNAL INFLUENCES TO TAKE
PART IN ITS SHAPING.
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISTS ARGUE THAT:
• The self should not be seen as static entity.

• Rather, the self has to be seen as something that is in an
unstoppable series of change.
• The self is malleable in its dealings with society.
• The self is multi-faceted.
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THE SELF IS CAPABLE OF
MORPHING AND FITTING ITSELF
INTO ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IT
FINDS ITSELF IN.

THE SELF AND CULTURE
• Remaining the same person and turning chameleon by adapting
to one’s context seems paradoxical.
• Marcel Mauss (French Anthropologist) explained
this phenomenon: the self has two faces:
 Moi– person’s sense of who he is, his body and
basic identity, his biological giveness.
- is a person’s basic identity
– person’s way of living in a certain group / how he
 Personne
behaves in a certain situation.
(back to example Joshua) MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

EXAMPLE…
• In Philippines, Filipinos violate jaywalking

rules.They basically just crosses the road
wherever, whenever.
• When the same Filipino visits another country with
strict traffic rules, like Singapore, you will notice
how suddenly law-abiding these Filipinos become.

THE SELF AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE SOCIAL WORLD
•HOW DO TWINS COMING OUT FROM
T H E S A M E M O T H E R T U R N O U T TO B E
TERRIBLY DIFFERENT W H E N GIVEN UP FOR
A D O P T I O N A N D GOT SEPARATED?

MEAD & VYGOTSKY
• Acc. to Mead, child assumes as the “other” i.e. role-playing w/
their toys, scripts and dialogs for their toys as they play with
them.
• Stage 1: The preparatory Stage
• Stage 2: The play Stage
• Stage 3: The Game Stage
• Acc.To Vygotsky, child internalizes real- life dialogs. A children eventually

become what they watch or can easily adapt ways of cartoon characteristics
 they
Theare
wayexposed to. persons develop is with the use of language
of human
acquisition and interaction with others.
THE SELF IN FAMILIES
-The impact of one’s family is still deemed as a given
in understanding the self.
• the genes
• the kind of family born and raised into
• Resources available (human, spiritual, economic)
• Kind of development
In becoming a fully realized human, a child enters a

system of relationships – most important of which is
FAMILY. MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA
FAMILY
• The child adopts the behavior in an environment she lives in
through.
Observation
Imitation
Internalization
Those who did not learn simple basic manners failed in

internalizing due to parental or familial failure to initiate them
in the world. MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA
GENDER AND THE SELF
 Oftentimes, the society forces us a particular identity
unto us depending on our sex or gender.
Example in Philippine Setting:

• Husbands – are expected to provide for the family.
• Wives – are expected to take care of the kids and do the
chores.
• Eldest in a family- expected to head the family and hold it.
DURING CHILDHOOD…
• Girls are given dolls and kitchen toys.This gives them the
mentality that women should take care of the chores.
• Boys are given guns.At early age, they have been taught
how to act like a man.They have been taught to be strong
and powerful.

OUR BODIES AND CULTURE
Woman from Thailand wears Woman from Ethiopia with her
multiple neck rings Colorful lip and earlobe plates
 The self as embedded in culture. It describes both an attitude of our

body to incorporate techniques and social devices . MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA
 According to Thomas Csordas- For him religious
rituals and any other cultural symbols greatly
affect how the body is projected.
Example:
 Muslim women could not be seen wearing skinny
jeans, backless clothes, very short shorts, or any
revealing clothes why? It is bec. Their religion tells
them so.
 Some religions prohibit the cutting of the hair from
birth to death.
AND I…
THANK
YOU! MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA
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UNDERSTANDING

MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

The Self in Contemporary Literature is commonly

defined by the following by the characteristics:

 Self-contained and Independent

MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

2. By Self-contained & Independent- bec. In itself it can exist. Its distinctness

3. Self is unitary- it is the center of all experiences and thoughts that

What is the relationship

MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISTS ARGUE THAT:

• The self should not be seen as static entity.

MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

behaves in a certain situation.

(back to example Joshua) MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

• In Philippines, Filipinos violate jaywalking

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MA. ANGELICA A. BEZA

• Acc.To Vygotsky, child internalizes real- life dialogs. A children eventually

In becoming a fully realized human, a child enters a

Those who did not learn simple basic manners failed in

Example in Philippine Setting:

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 The self as embedded in culture. It describes both an attitude of our

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