NSTP 1 - National
Service Training
Program
BSBA-MM/FM
WEEK 2
TOPICS:
SELF AWARENESS AND SELF
MANAGEMENT SUB TOPIC:
Self- Management Sequence.
Levels of Self-Talk
Preliminary Activity for
Week 2
Completion requirements
Activity: "Self-Awareness
Reflection"
Personal Strengths:
What are three things you
believe you are good at or
qualities you value in
yourself?
Areas for Growth:
What are two areas
where you feel you could
improve or develop
further?
Recent Insights:
Have you recently learned
anything new
about yourself? What was
it, and how did it impact
you?
Use your NSTP notebook
to answer
I have healthy body
I am an attractive person
I am an honest person
Religion is my guide in
everyday life
I am a cheerful person
I hate myself
I am from a happy family
I am not loved by my
family
(Jamaludin & Yousaf- TSCS,
2009)
LESSON 1
Definition of Self Concept
“the totality of the
individual’s thoughts and
feelings having reference to
himself as an object”
(Rosenberg, 1979, p.7)
Like other belief systems,
the self-concept includes
Cognitive
Behavioral
Affective component.
Cognitive Component: Self
Schema
Self-schemas are “cognitive
generalizations about the self,
derived from past experience,
that organize and guide the
processing of self-related
information”
Behavioral component: self-
perception
Darl Bem (1972) influential
self-perception theory
reflects we observe our
behavior and the situation
in which it took
place, make attributions
about why the behavior
occurred,and draw
conclusions about our own
characteristic and
disposition. In other words,
we come to understand
ourselves the same way we
perceive and understand
others.
Affective/evaluative
component: Self-Esteem
“self-esteem reflects the
perceived difference
between an individual’s
actual self-concept (who I
think I really am) and
some ideal self-image (who
I would really like to be).”
You and Me: Understanding
of Self
William James’s
conception of the self was
highly introspective.
(looking inside) In 1954
Festinger’s theory of social
comparison, we cannot
interpret our own actions
and feelings without looking
outward to the actions and
feelings of exhibited by the
other people.
The looking-glass self is a
social psychological concept,
created Charles Horton
Cooley by in 1902, stating
that a person's self grows out
of society’s interpersonal
interactions and the
perceptions of others. The
term refers to people shaping
themselves based on other
people’s perception, which
leads the people to reinforce
other people’s perspectives
on themselves.
People shape themselves
based on what other people
perceive and confirm other
people's opinion on
themselves. The term
"looking glass self" was first
used by Cooley in his work,
Human Nature and the
Social Order in 1902.
C. H. Cooley has summed it
up in his statement: "I am
not what I think I am and I
am not what you think I
am; I am what I think that
you think I am."
Threat to self-concept/
cognitive dissonance theory
Cognitive dissonance is a
discomfort caused by
holding conflicting
cognitions (e.g., ideas,
beliefs, values, emotional
reactions) simultaneously.
The theory of cognitive
dissonance in social
psychology proposes that
people have a motivational
drive to reduce dissonance
by altering existing
cognitions, adding new ones
to create a consistent belief
system, or alternatively by
reducing the importance of
any one of the dissonant
elements that can leads to
the change in self-concept.
DIFFERENCE
SELF –CONCEPT
Encompasses what people
know and believe about
themselves.
All self-knowledge is
integrated into a single
concept.
Largely coherent and
integrated.
Conscious
SELF-PERCEPTION
SELF- KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge or
understanding of one’s own
nature, abilities, and
limitations; insight into
oneself.
Plenty of material
connected together.
Conscious, unconscious,
subconscious
SELF-SCHEMA
Fall under the behavioral
component of self-concept.
Perceives one’s behavior in
environment.
Fall under the cognitive
component of self concept.
Beliefs about one’s self.
Information from previous
experiences.
LESSON 2
SELF ACTUALIZATION
"Self-Actualization is the intrinsic
growth of what is already in the
organism, or more accurately, of
what the organism is." -
Abraham Maslow
Characteristics of Self
Actualizing People
Realistic
Acceptance
Spontaneity, Simplicity, Naturalness
Problem Centering
Detachment: The Need for Privacy
Autonomy: Independent of
Culture and Environment
Continued Freshness of
Appreciation
Interpersonal relations
Democratic values and
attitudes
Discrimination: means and
ends, Good and Evil
Philosophical, unhostile
sense of humor
Creativity
Resistance to enculturation:
Transcendence of any
particular culture
Imperfections
Values
Resolution of dichotomies
LESSON 3
Self-Awareness: Improving
Interpersonal Relations with
Constructive Self-
Disclosure/self awareness.
EMPOWERMENT THOUGH SELF
AWARENESS
- Knowing your strengths, weaknesses,
vulnerabilities, thoughts and feelings is a
big step towards knowing who you really
are.
- Self-awareness is the key to preventing
the emotional drama that guides your
reactions to situations and other people.
Importance of self-concept
- A person’s self-concept
affects his way of relating
with others.
- A strong self- concept is
necessary for healthy and
satisfying interaction.
- A weak self-concept on the
other hand often distorts the
individual’s perceptions of
how others see him,
generating feeling of
insecurity in relating to other
people.
Conflict of Self-concept
- Each human being is
several selves. He lives in
the role of father, husband,
businessman, executive,
player and so forth but if
there are conflicts among
any of these roles discomfort
arises.
- Such conflicts bring with them
dynamics as tensions, guilty
feelings
- We tend to resolve these
conflict based on our personality
orientations.
Self-Awareness
- Awareness of self does not
emerge in an individual at
the time of his birth or any
particular stage of his or her
lifetime.
ME
- The „Me‟- the experienced
- „Me‟ is a socially formed
object.
- „I‟ is the spontaneous and
acting component of the
self, the „me‟ is the
reflexive and evaluative
component.
WAYS TO IMPROVE/
EMPOWERMENT
Constructive Criticism
Increased Accuracy in
Communication
Reduction of Stress
Increased Self-awareness
Stronger Relationships
Lesson 4 The Five Levels of
Self Talk
LEVEL 1
Negative Acceptance The
Most Harmful
I need to ....
I ought to .....
I should ......
I really should lose weight
Level 2
Recognition of Need
Deceptive at Best
I need to
“I ought to .....
“I should ......
“I really should lose weight.
Level 3
Decision to Change First
Truly Effective Level
I never ......
“I no longer find that ....
I no longer put off .......
“I never eat more than I
need.”
Level 4
The Better You Painting a
Completed New Self
“I have a 33 inch waist
“I have a great job
and my needs are met.”
“I am healthy, organized,
Level 5
Universal Affirmation
It is done.”
“I am one with the Spirit”
“I am worthy of all good
things, my battles are won, I
only need to show up to
claim that which is already
complete.”
