PERDEV-LESSON-2

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KNOWING ONESELF –
STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS
OBJECTIVE:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. understand his/her strengths and limitations and

dealing with others;
2. identify the different concepts of understanding
Oneself; and
3. determine the components of personality.
Engage:
Start knowing yourself better. Kindly

work with a partner (anyone who is available
to give you some assistance) and assess how
well you know yourself by listing down your
values, characteristics and/or traits using the
Four Quadrants of Oneself.
I. Values you know well you possess
II. Values you and others knew you
possess
III. Values you and others hardly knew
you possess
IV. Values others knew well you possess
Self-Development
Self-development is a process of
discovering oneself by realizing one's
potentials and capabilities that are
shaped over time either by studying in
a formal school or through
environmental factors.
Concepts of Understanding
Oneself
Know Thyself
According to the philosophical point of
view, “An unexamined life is not worth
living”
Socrates
Know Thyself is an old maxim or aphorism

which in time has been used in varied
literature and consequently gained different
meanings. One of its meanings is recorded in
the Greek encyclopaedia of knowledge called
Thomas Hobbes also discussed his
own views about the maxim from which
he used the phrase “read thyself” in his
famous work The Leviathan. He stressed
that an individual could learn more by
studying others and that he/she can do
this by engaging himself/herself to
reading books. However, Hobbes
emphasized that a person learns more
by studying oneself.
Self-Concept
Self-concept is one’s abstract and general idea

about him/herself particularly toward his/her
unique personality and his/her own perception
about his/her set of values, point of views and
behavior.
This theory began as Rene Descartes, the Father
of Modern Philosophy, proposed his theory that a
person’s existence depends on his/her perception.
Rene Descartes stated that mind is the seat of
consciousness.
This means that it is in the mind that we know

everything about ourselves like our identity,
passion, interest, feelings, and/or intellect, thus
everything that we are comes from the mind.
Sincero named three aspects such as:
Self-concept is learned. This explains that no

individual is born with self-concept. A person will soon
develop this as he/she grows old. This means that self-
concept can only be acquired as soon as the person
learns how to mingle with others and so this indicates
that self-concept is influenced by the person’s
environment and can be a product of the person’s
socialization.
Self-concept is organized. This stresses out
that one’s perception towards him/her is firm.
This means that a person may hear other
people’s point of view regarding him/her but will
keep on believing that what he/she thinks of
himself/herself is always the right one. Change
on one’s perceptions towards him/her, however,
may also be possible but it takes time.
Self-concept is dynamic. As an individual grows older,
he/she continues to encounter problems or challenges that
may reveal his/her self-concept in that particular time or
situation. A person will definitely respond to the scenario
based on his/her own insights and how he/she perceives
himself/herself in the situation. Thus, self-concept
undergoes development as the person goes through
different
experiences. (https://explorable.com/self-concept-theory.)
Sigmund Freud who is a well-known
psychologist, neurologist and the creator of
Psychoanalysis Theory and the father of
psychoanalysis, proposed that there are three
components of personality within us:
the Id, Ego and Superego that certainly play a
vital role of how we think of ourselves.
The Id. Freud explained that man's personality is driven by
pleasure principle. This means that the nature of Id is to
satisfy man's desire without thinking much of the situation.
This nature is being developed at a young age or present
from birth.
Example: An infant will cry if he/she wants to be fed to satisfy his/her

hunger. Definitely, an infant cannot exactly explain what he/she really wants.
Also, infants do grab things and would want to get things on their hands not
minding if they hurt or if they are important or not. All they want is to get them
for they want them. This is the nature of Id, when the Id wants it, the rest are no
longer important.
The Ego. This is the second component of the
personality that is developed at approximately the age
of three. This operates according to reality which makes
it possible for the Id to work in a more proper and
satisfactory ways. The ego will give a more socially
accepted means of getting the desires and wants of a
person without getting to hurt others feelings. In other
words, it is the job of the ego to provide a man some
guidelines on how to behave accordingly while he
fulfilled his pleasure.
The Superego. Freud believed that this aspect of
man begins to manifest as a child turns 5. This is
the last component of personality which holds our
moral judgments or concept of right and wrong that
are believed to be acquired from the family and the
environment.
https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/15352/overview)
THANK YOU!
NORSALAM A. BASCUNA

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1. understand his/her strengths and limitations and

Start knowing yourself better. Kindly

Know Thyself is an old maxim or aphorism

Self-concept is one’s abstract and general idea

This means that it is in the mind that we know

Self-concept is learned. This explains that no

Example: An infant will cry if he/she wants to be fed to satisfy his/her

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