UNDERSTANDING THE SELF SOCIETY AND CULTURE

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1. Lesson 2: the self, society, and culture

2. Lesson objectives At the end of the lesson, you should be able to: explain the relationship of the self, society, and culture; compare and contrast how social institutions and culture affected the formation of the self; and examine one’s “self” against the different perspectives in this lesson and various experiences of yourself

3. The importance of the relationship between the self and the external world https://youtu.be/iGrTMc_ntas?si=wASUqjYqljQtoLaZ What is the relationship between external reality and the self? WHERE DO I BELONG?

4. What is the self? In contemporary literature, self is defined as: Separate Self-constrained Independent Consistent Unitary Private

5. separate Distinct and unique from other self One cannot be other person

6. Self contained and independent In it self it can exist It doesn’t need other self to exist Self contained with its own thoughts, characteristics and volition

7. consistent Self’s traits, characteristics are more or less the same

8. unitary Center of all experiences and thoughts that run through a certain person

9. private Each person sorts out information, feelings and emotions, and thought processes within the self

10. Self in society Social constructivist argue that the self should not be seen as static entity that stays constant through and through because self is always subjected to influences here and there. The guiding principles of Social constructivism: Knowledge is constructed through human interaction Individuals create meaning through their interaction