Self-Awareness Leads to Self-Discovery and Self-Actualizatio

NSTP CLASS

_{Prepared by: Richster John Macaballug, LPT}

Meaning of Self-Concept

Self-concept is defined as the way one perceives him/herself, be it positive or negative, high or low which is a result of one's belief and of other's belief.

Understanding one's self is a key to happiness as one would be able to identify his/her weaknesses and strengths, thus enabling him to undergo self improvement. The great philosopher, Aristotle believes that knowing and understanding oneself can lead to the true knowledge.

A distortion in the self-concept is the common because most people grow up in an atmosphere of conditional positive self-regard. That is, they learn that others, such as their parents, will approve of them only when they behave in certain ways and express certain feelings. As a result, individuals are forced to deny the existence of various impulses and feelings and their self-concepts become badly distorted.

Now, in order to align the self-concept with reality the unconditional positive self-regard will help the person to accomplish this goal. It is setting in which the individual will realize that he can still be accepted by another person no matter he say or do. This found to be of great help to enhance people's level of personal happiness and adjustment.

Poll

How accurate do you know yourself?

(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Cautious (1)

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• Adventurous (5)

Poll

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(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Insensitive (1)

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• Sensitive (5)

Poll

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(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Calm (1)

• (2)

• (3)

• (4)

• Anxious (5)

Poll

How accurate do you know yourself?

(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Cooperative (1)

• 2

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• Uncooperative (5)

Poll

How accurate do you know yourself?

(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Irresponsible (1)

• 2

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• Responsible (5)

Poll

How accurate do you know yourself?

(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Composed (1)

• 2

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• Excitable (5)

Poll

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(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Sociable (1)

• 2

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• 4

• Shy (5)

Poll

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(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Suspicious (1)

• 2

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• 4

• Trusting (5)

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How accurate do you know yourself?

(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Imaginative (1)

• 2

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• 4

• Down-to-earth

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How accurate do you know yourself?

(Adopted from Baron, 1992)

• Careless (1)

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• Careful (5)

Moral Values and Values Formation

What makes a person beautiful in the eyes of God and fellowmen is his good actions towards himself and other people.

His actions are usually governed by his moral and cultural behavioral values. Gaining deeper knowledge in these values will help us to uplift our morality.

Open Ended

Tell me something about moral values. Please answer in 1-2 sentences.

What are Moral Values?

Moral values are universal truths which man holds to be good and important.

Moral values are the universal truths of LOVE, RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF MAN, LOVE OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, PEACE, RESPECT FOR THE PROPERTY, FAMILY SOLIDARITY, RESPECT FOR LIFE, FREEDOM AND WORK.

Open Ended

Tell me something about moral laws. Please answer in 1-2 sentences.

The moral law contains universal truths and ethical principles which ought to guide the individual conduct of man in matters of right and wrong. The moral law tells man how to act in his relationship to God and his fellowmen. It prescribes NORMS OF CONDUCT.

CULTURAL BEHAVIORAL VALUES

Behavioral values are the inner personal responses or incentives which prompt a person to act in a certain way while cultural values are the models of conduct of a group or society.

_{Characteristics of Cultural Behavioral Values}

• Subjective, in sense that they are personal to the individual.

• Societal, since these values are influenced to a great extent by societal values--modes of conduct which are acceptable by the members of the society.

• Situational, because they are the concepts and standards which are applied during a given occasion or set of circumstances.

Open Ended

Please sum up your learning experiences, tell me what have you learned and what are the things perplexing you. (1 paragraph)