PSED5112 Quiz 1 2nd Semester

William James speaks of 'the self' duality which means...

• both ‘you-as-an-individual’ and ‘you-as-a-physical entity’

• both ‘you-as-an-individual’ and ‘you-as-a-social entity’

• you-as-an-individual

• both ‘you-as-a social entity’ and ‘you-as-a-psychological entity’

William James said 'the self is the core concept within psychology' because

• everything else revolves around this fundamental part of being human

• few things revolve around the self

• nothing else revolves around the self

• the self revolves around everything else

The ‘Self-As-I’

• relates to our objective self-awareness

• relates to our lack of self-awareness

• relates to our subjective self-awareness

• relates to our awareness of others

The 'self' as an object of experience

• refers to the self as 'I'

• refers to the self as 'I' and the self as 'me'

• refers to the self as I see myself

• refers to the self as 'me'

Our interpersonal relationships with others is shown in the

• Collective Self: ‘Me’ - beliefs and values

• Individual Self: ‘I’ - beliefs and values

• Collective Self: ‘I’ - beliefs and values

• Individual Self: ‘Me’ - beliefs and values

Role of educator in ensuring that a child’s sense of self is developed is on these levels:

• Group level

  Relational level

  Social level

  Collective level

• Personal level

  Psychological level

  Social level

  Collective level

• Personal level

  Relational level

  Social level

  Collective level

• Personal level

  Religious level

  Social level

  Collective level

Evaluative measure of self can relate to a variety of dimensions:

• scholastic incompetence, athletic competence, social acceptance & behavior

• scholastic competence, athletic competence, social rejection & behavior

• scholastic competence, athletic competence, social rejection & anti-social behavior

• scholastic competence, athletic competence, social acceptance & behavior

–According to James (1890), our self-esteem is

• an imbalance between our potential vs. our actual abilities

• a balance between our potential vs. our actual abilities

• a balance between our past achievements vs. our actual abilities

• a balance between our potential vs. our lack of abilities