TH Self, Society and Culture

THE SELF, SOCIETY,
AND
CULTURE
LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. Explain the relationship between and among the self, society,
and culture;
2. Describe and discuss the different ways by which society and
culture shape the self;
3. Compare and contrast how the self can be influenced by the
different institutions in the society; and
4. Examine one’s self against the different views of self that
were discussed in the class.
ACTIVITY
Paste a picture of you when you were in elementary, in high
school, and now that you are in college. Below the picture, list
down your salient characteristics that you remember.
ANALYSIS
After having examined your “self” in its different stages, fill out
the table below:
WHAT IS SELF?
The self, in contemporary literature and even common sense, is
commonly defined by the following characteristics:
• Separate means that the self is distinct from other selves.
The self is always unique and has its own identity.
• Self-contained and independent because in itself it can exist.
Its distinctness allows it to be self-contained with its own
thoughts, characteristics, and volition.
• Consistency means that a particular self’s traits,
characteristics, tendencies, and potentialities are more or
less the same.
WHAT IS SELF?
The self, in contemporary literature and even common sense, is
commonly defined by the following characteristics:
o Unitary in that it is the center of all experiences and thoughts
that run through a certain person.
o Private means that each person sorts out information,
feelings and emotions, and thought processes within the
self. This whole process is never accessible to anyone but the
self.
THE SELF AND CULTURE
o According to Marcel Mauss, every self has two faces:
o Moi refers to a person’s sense of who he is, his body, and his
basic identity, his biological givenness.
o Personne is composed of the social concepts of what it
means to be who he is.
o Language is another interesting aspect of this social
constructivism; it is a salient part of culture and ultimately,
has a tremendous effect in our crafting of the self.
o If a self is born into a particular society or culture, the self
will have to adjust according to its exposure.
SELF IN FAMILIES
o The kind of family that we are born in, the resources

available to us (human, spiritual, economic), and the kind of
development that we will have will certainly affect us.
o Human beings are born virtually helpless and the
dependency period of a human baby to its parents for
nurturing is relatively longer than most other animals.
APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT
Answer the following questions cogently but honestly.
1. How would you describe your self?
2. What are the influences of family in your development as an individual?
3. Think of a time when you felt you were your “true self.” What made you
think you were truly who you are during this time of your life?
4. Following the question above, can you provide a time when you felt you
were not living your “true self”? Why did you have to live a life like that?
What did you do about it?
5. What social pressures help shape your self? Would you have wanted it
otherwise?
6. What aspects of your self do you think may be changed or you would like
to change?
LESSON SUMMARY
o The self is commonly defined by the following characteristics:
o Separate, is always unique and has its own identity
o Self-contained and independent because in itself it can exist
o Consistency, a particular self’s traits, characteristics, tendencies,
and potentialities are more or less the same
o Unitary in that it is the center of all experiences and thoughts that
run through a certain person
o Private. Each person sorts out information, feelings and emotions,
and thought processes within the self
THE SELF AND CULTURE
• Every self has two faces: Moi and Personne;
o Language is a salient part of culture and ultimately, has a
tremendous effect in our crafting of the self.
o The Self and the Development of the Social World
o Men and women in their growth and development engage
actively in the shaping of the self;
o The unending terrain of metamorphosis of the self is
mediated by language.
MEAD AND VYGOTSKY
o The way that human persons develop is with the use of

language acquisition and interaction with others.
SELF IN FAMILIES
o The kind of family that we are born in, the resources

available to us, and the kind of development that we
will have will certainly affect us.
o Human persons learn the ways of living and therefore
their selfhood by being in a family.
GENDER AND THE SELF
o Gender is one of those loci of the self that is subject

to alteration, change, and development.
o It is important to give one the leeway to find, express,
and live his identity.
o Gender has to be personally discovered and asserted
and not dictated by culture and the society.

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