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LEARNING PACKET ON UNDERSTANDING THE SELF Some Aspects of Personality
by Ma’am Maconnyyy
1. Physical characteristics – physical appearance is the most
obvious part of an individual’s personality. Are you short
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
or tall, fat or thin, light or dark in complexion, black or
brown hair, a pointed or flat nose?
At the end of this lesson, the learner will be able to:
2. Abilities – are skills that are developed within the culture.
1. define the self from a sociological perspective; For example, one may develop ability in playing sepak
2. appreciate the importance of the socialization process in the takraw or football, to paint or do beadwork, to program
development of the self; and computers or use an abacus. Other than abilities, you have
3. evaluate the process of understanding the self, using the the capacity to learn skills, or to acquire a particular body
different sociological theories and concepts on self- of knowledge – your aptitude. Aptitude is more related to
development. heredity, as abilities are always related to culture.
3. Interests – acquired from various kinds of things. You all

SOCIOLOGY differ in your interests.
- the study of society, patterns of social relationships, social
interaction and culture of everyday life. 4. Beliefs – about yourself, your friends, nature, religion,
*Man is a social being, who is born into existence in a work, etc. It also includes attitudes, values, preferences,
superstitions, prejudices, and knowledge. But all beliefs are
community before he is able to know himself.
related to the culture and learned from others in the society.
5. Habits – are regular, routine ways of thinking, feeling, or

Personality Development behaving. This can be observed in ways of dressing, eating,
interacting with others, and in your everyday tasks. These
are learned from others and help you distinguish one
PERSONALITY person’s behavior from others. And almost all of your
- It describes how an individual adapts to his or her cultural habits are related to your culture
surroundings.
- the basic organization of individuals that determines the
uniqueness of their behavior.
- consists of the total physical, intellectual, and emotional
structure of the individual.
*Your total personality structure will determine your particular
way of behaving. Each one of you has your own way of
interacting with others and with your social environment.
SOCIALIZATION How the Looking-Glass Self Works
- the whole and lifetime process by which people learn the
values, attitudes and behaviors that are appropriate and
expected by their culture and community
- the process of internalizing the norms of society which
influences one's beliefs, actions, and behavior
1. JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704)
- insisted that each newly born individual was a tabula rasa – or

blank slate, on which could be written just about anything.
- claimed that you are born without qualities. You develop your
personality as a result of your experiences. 3. GEORGE HERBERT MEAD (1863-1931)
- through the socialization process, you develop your social self. - Self is not there at birth. Self is not based on inherited traits and
- the social self is the way that you see yourselves as a result of other biological factors. Self is something which has a
interacting with other people. development and not initially there at birth.
- Self is developed over time from social experiences and
activities. Concept of self emerges from social interactions
2. CHARLES HORTON COOLEY (1864-1929) such as observing and interacting with others opinions about
the self, and it is developed with social experience
- developed the theory about the social self.
- observed that you only begin to have a sense of your own self – Mead believes that all of us come into contact with two kinds
of who you are and what you are like – after you notice how of people – “significant others” – they are from your earlier
others see you. contacts; people who are most important to you; they know you
- called his theory “the looking glass theory”. Social interaction and love you for what you are – parents, brothers and sisters,
is a kind of looking glass that reflects yourself back to you – relatives, and close friends; they are important to you because of
but only after you are interpreted by those with whom you who they are, rather than just for what they can do for you; and
interact. “generalized others”.
Three steps in the formation of the looking glass self: a) Significant others and the I-self – from these relationships you
1. We imagine how we appear to others. develop the I-self. The I-self does not depend on your role or
2. We imagine how others judge our appearance . where you are. You may be in class, in the mall shopping, with
3. We learn to view ourselves as we think others view us. your friends, or working. You are something more than what
your role as a student, shopper, and so on indicates. It is
subjective, or personal, and entirely constant. You can act in a
way that is not expected of someone in your role because of
your I-self. As you grow, you begin to expand beyond the
significant others of the family.
b) Generalized others and the me-self – in playing the game Agents of socialization
“bahay-bahayan”, each child takes on not only his or her own
role, but also the role of the other. The father must be able to 1. Family
play (in his head) the role of mother as well. He must anticipate
2. School
her responses and understand her duties and expectations.
Likewise, the mother also mentally plays the role of the father. 3. Peers
Human interaction and communication depend on the existence 4. Media
of many generalized others. The me-self is directly related to a 5. Religion
particular social situation. We have many me-selves as the
number of roles we occupy. It comes from our continual
interaction with our social environment. It is our objective
social identity.
The I-Self and the Me-Self
I-Self Me-Self
The result of your subjective, Comes from your objective,
private self (personal) social self
Self as subject Self as object
Self-expression Conformity
Subjective behavior, quite Objective behavior that is
constant quite predictable
How you act according to the
Your unique personal qualities, rules and expectations of a BULLET POINTS. Choose two among the agents of
your individual impulses specific role in a given socialization and list 5 things each on how they help in
situation constructing and understanding your social self.
4. ERVING GOFFMAN
- we use impression management to present ourselves to others
as we hope to be perceived always be ready for a quiz 
- people live their lives much like actors performing on stage
(“Dramaturgy”); we act differently to impress others
*INTERACTION ORDER. This is what we first do when we see

someone or something. For instance, you saw your crush, so you
behaved properly.

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LEARNING PACKET ON UNDERSTANDING THE SELF Some Aspects of Personality

3. Interests – acquired from various kinds of things. You all

5. Habits – are regular, routine ways of thinking, feeling, or

1. JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704)

- insisted that each newly born individual was a tabula rasa – or

The I-Self and the Me-Self

*INTERACTION ORDER. This is what we first do when we see

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