THE SELF

Question 1

When our parents call our names, we were taught to respond to them because:

Answer 1

1. Our NAMES represent WHO WE ARE.
2. Our NAMES designate us in the world.
3. Our NAMES signify us.

Question 2

It is an important study in Psychology. Self is either the COGNITIVE (intellectual activity) or the AFFECTIVE (feelings) representation.

Answer 2

Self

Question 3

Aspects of Self

Answer 3

SELF-AWARENESS
SELF-ESTEEM
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
SELF-PERCEPTION

Question 4

PERSPECTIVES ABOUT SELF

Answer 4

PHILOSOPHY
SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
WESTERN/ EASTEST THOUGHT

Question 5

• He is known for his Socratic method (asking questions to test an idea)
• He questioned views and beliefs (Athenian) which offended the leaders
• He was accused of impiety or lack of reverence for the gods and for corrupting the minds of the youth
• He was sentenced to death (poison)

Answer 5

SOCRATES

Question 6

Man are composed of:

Answer 6

1. BODY
2. SOUL

Question 7

“I Know That I Don’t Know”

Answer 7

SOCRATES

Question 8

• Student of Socrates
• Supported Socrates’ idea of the dualistic nature of man (Soul and body):
• Soul being the most divine aspect

Answer 8

PLATO

Question 9

3 components of soul

Answer 9

Rationalistic
Spirited
Appetitive

Question 10

reason and intellect

Answer 10

Rationalistic

Question 11

emotions

Answer 11

Spirited

Question 12

desires like eating, drinking, sleeping, coitus

Answer 12

Appetitive

Question 13

“Balance Between Mind and Body”

Answer 13

PLATO

Question 14

• Influenced by Plato’s ideas
• Latin Father and Christian Thinker

Answer 14

ST. AUGUSTINE

Question 15

“All Knowledge Leads to God.”

Answer 15

ST. AUGUSTINE

Question 16

• French Philosopher, and Mathematician, Father of Modern Philosophy

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RENE DESCARTES

Question 17

is the principal tool of disciplined inquiry.

Answer 17

Doubt

Question 18

• Conscious thinking substance that is unaffected by time
• known only to itself
• Not made up of parts

Answer 18

Soul

Question 19

• Material, changes through time
• Can be doubted, can be corrected
• Made up of physical quantifiable parts

Answer 19

Body

Question 20

“I Think, Therefore, I Am.”

Answer 20

RENE DESCARTES

Question 21

• Philosopher and Physician
• One of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers

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JOHN LOCKE

Question 22

“Human mind at birth is a tabula rasa which means that knowledge is derived from experience.”

Answer 22

JOHN LOCKE

Question 23

• Scottish Philosopher, Economist and Historian
• Fierce Opponent of Descartes’ Rationalism; Proponent of Empiricism

Answer 23

DAVID HUME

Question 24

most strong, with most force, directly experienced

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Impressions

Question 25

less forcible, copy and reproduce data formulated based upon the previously perceived perceptions

Answer 25

Ideas

Question 26

”All Knowledge is Derived from Human Senses.”

Answer 26

DAVID HUME

Question 27

- German Philosopher - Contributed in Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics and Aesthetics

Answer 27

IMMANUEL KANT

Question 28

is the mental process of assimilating an idea to the body of ideas he possesses

Answer 28

Apperception

Question 29

Components of Self:

Answer 29

Inner Self Outer Self

Question 30

aware of alterations; intellect and psychological state, interprets and expresses

Answer 30

Inner Self

Question 31

senses and the physical world, gathers information

Answer 31

Outer Self

Question 32

“Reason is the final authority of morality. Morality is achieved only when there is absence of war because of the result of enlightenment.”

Answer 32

Immanuel Kant

Question 33

- Philosopher, Physiologist and Psychologist - Father of Psychoanalysis

Answer 33

Sigmund Freud

Question 34

is the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious.

Answer 34

Psyche

Question 35

awareness of present perceptions, feelings, thoughts, memories, and fantasies at any particular moment

Answer 35

Conscious

Question 36

related to the data that can readily be brought to consciousness

Answer 36

Pre-conscious or Subconscious

Question 37

refers to the data retained but not available to the individual’s conscious awareness or scrutiny

Answer 37

Unconscious

Question 38

provoking drives that is socially or ethically unacceptable to the individual

Answer 38

source of anxiety

Question 39

pleasure principle, biological component

Answer 39

Id

Question 40

reality principle, psychological component, mediator between the demands of Id and Superego, should be in firm or flexible control

Answer 40

Ego

Question 41

moral principle, social component

Answer 41

Superego

Question 42

makes you guilty when the ego gives in to the demands of the Id

Answer 42

Conscience

Question 43

imaginary picture of how you ought to be. It is rewarded by the Superego when one conforms with the standards imposed by society.

Answer 43

Ideal self

Question 44

“Wish Fulfillment is the Road to the Unconscious.”

Answer 44

Sigmund Freud

Question 45

- British Philosopher and Professor - He opposed Rene Descartes that the self is a thinking thing. He maintained that the mind is not separate from the body.

Answer 45

Gilbert Ryle

Question 46

“I Act, Therefore, I Am.”

Answer 46

GILBERT RYLE

Question 47

Neuroscientist who introduced Eliminative Materialism

Answer 47

Paul Churchland

Question 47

“The physical brain and not the imaginary mind gives us our sense of self.”

Answer 47

Paul Churchland

Question 48

- Philosopher and Author - He did not believe in mind-body dualism - He regarded self as embodied subjectivity. - Mind and body are intrinsically connected. - Mind is part of the body and the body is part of the mind. - The body acts what the mind processes.

Answer 48

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Question 49

“Physical body is an important part of the self.”

Answer 49

Maurice Merleau-Ponty