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    10/17/19

    PSYCHOLOGY
    Psyche – soul or mind
    Logy – study /science of
    Psychology – study of the human

    THE mind (soul) and its mental states


    and processes
    PSYCHOLOGICAL - the characteristic temperament
    PERSPECTIVE OF (moodiness, irritability,
    sensitivity) and associated
    THE SELF behavior of a person or group, or
    that exhibited by those engaged
    in an activity

    n The Psychology of self


    focuses on the THE
    representation of an
    individual based on his/her TOOTHPASTE
    experiences either from the
    home, school and other PERSONALITY
    groups, organizations or TEST
    affiliations he/she engaged
    in.

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    THINKING, A.K.A. COGNITION


    Cognition
    refers to
    mental
    activities
    and processes
    associated with
    thinking,
    knowing,
    remembering,
    and
    communicating
    information.

    § SELF-UNDERSTANDING

    SELF AS A COGNITIVE
    CONSTRUCTION
    n Cognitive Construction – a
    cognitive approach that focuses
    on the mental processes rather
    than the observable behavior.
    This approach assists the
    individuals in assimilating new
    information to their existing
    knowledge and enables them to
    make the appropriate modification
    to their existing intellectual
    framework to accommodate the
    new information.

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    PIECES OF COGNITION:
    CONCEPTS
    A concept can
    be
    represented
    and
    communicated
    by an image,
    or by a word Sort
    Sort by by
    number color

    Sort according to unspoken


    rule

    THE NINE-DOT PROBLEM THE NINE-DOT PROBLEM:


    SOLUTION

    Solving
    this
    Use four requires
    Straight Escaping
    lines to fixation
    connect by
    the Thinking
    nine outside
    dots. the
    box.
    Literally.

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    PROBLEM SOLVING GENERATING RATIONAL


    FIGURE OUT ALTERNATIVES
    Strategies HOW
    TO
    RESOLVE Notice It Question It Change It
    SITUATIONS
    CATCH CHECK CHANGE
    trial and error ALTERNATIVE Joe is upset I am jumping can ask Joe
    SOLUTIONS with to why he is
    me. conclusions. frowning. I might
    be able to help.

    insight SUDDEN REALIZATION I am an idiot. I am name- one small


    calling. mistake does not
    make me an
    idiot.

    n The initiative of Wilhelm Wundt,


    the father of Scientific

    William James' Psychology, scientific methods in


    studying the “phenomenon of the
    consciousness”, urged further

    Theory of Self studies of the self and its role in


    human behavior. William James’
    distinction between the self as
    knower (pure ego or “I”) and the
    self as known (empirical self or
    “ME”) provides a useful scheme
    within which to view the
    multitudinous aspects of self-
    functioning.

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    William James (January11,


    William James -
    1842 – August 26, 1910)
    associated with the
    was an American
    philosophical school
    philosopher and
    psychologist who was known as pragmatism,
    and is also cited as one of
    also trained as a
    the founders of functional
    physician. The first
    psychology. He also
    educator to offer a
    developed the
    psychology course in the
    United States, others have philosophical perspective
    known as radical
    labeled him the "Father of
    empiricism.
    American psychology".

    n JAMESIAN THEORY OF SELF

    n The“I” Self is classified


    William James’ theory of Self
    as the thinking self. He
    is divided into two main
    linked this part of the
    categories: “I” Self and
    self to the soul of a
    “ME” Self.
    person, or what is now
    thought of as the mind.
    The “I” is th e compon ent of
    the self th at is
    “consciousness” itself.

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    The “ME” Self refers to the n William James suggested that


    aspect of the self that the total self of ‘Me’, being
    ‘duplex’ is composed of “partly
    comes from the person's object and partly subject.”
    experiences.
    n James broke the “ME" self down
    The "Me" can be thought of as into three sections:
    a separate object or
    individual a person refers to
    when describing personal The Material Self
    experiences. He called the The Social Self
    "Me" part of self the The Spiritual Self
    "empirical me".

    Material self n For James, the core of the


    material self was the body.
    consists of things that Second to the body, James
    felt a person's clothes were
    belong to us or that we important to the material self.
    belong to. Things like He believed a person's
    family, clothes, our clothes were one way they
    expressed who they felt they
    body, and money are were; or clothes were a way
    some of what makes up to show status, thus
    our material selves. contributing to forming and
    maintaining one's self-image.

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    nSocial self
    Our social selves are who we
    are in a given social situation.
    For James, people change
    how they act depending on
    the social situation that they
    are in. James believed that
    people had as many social
    selves as there are social
    situations they participated
    in.

    n Forexample, a person
    may act in a different
    way at work when
    compared to how that
    same person may act
    when they are out with
    a group of friends.

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    n Spiritual self Aspects of an individual's


    spiritual self include
    For James, the spiritual
    things like his/her
    self is who we are at our
    personality, core values,
    core. The spiritual self is
    and conscience.
    more permanent than the
    other two selves. The
    spiritual self is our The “I” is not a substance
    subjective and most and therefore could not
    intimate self. be examined by science.

    n ForJames, achieving a
    high level of
    understanding of who
    we are at our core, or
    understanding our
    spiritual self is more
    rewarding than
    satisfying the needs of
    the social and material
    selves.

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