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The document outlines the mission and vision of First City Providential College, which includes offering relevant academic programs to produce lifelong learners, conducting research, and providing community services. It also details the course code, title, description, prerequisites, and divisions for Understanding the Self, including exploring factors that influence identity development and facilitating self-understanding. Grading systems, online platforms, and class expectations are additionally noted.

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1 Introduction To Understanding The Self

The document outlines the mission and vision of First City Providential College, which includes offering relevant academic programs to produce lifelong learners, conducting research, and providing community services. It also details the course code, title, description, prerequisites, and divisions for Understanding the Self, including exploring factors that influence identity development and facilitating self-understanding. Grading systems, online platforms, and class expectations are additionally noted.

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MISSION VISION

FCPC shall:
First City Providential College shall
■ Offer relevant and multi- be a world-class university for
disciplinary academic lifelong learning
programs to produce lifelong
learners who are globally
competitive and socially
responsible professionals;
■ Produce viable researches for
local and international
publication and utilization;
■ Implement collaborative and
sustainable community
extension services.
Course Code : GE101

Course Title : Understanding the Self

Pre-requisite : None

Credit : 3 units

Course Description : This course deals with the nature of identity, as well as the factors and forces that
affect the development and maintenance of personal identity and is intended to facilitate the exploration of the issues
and concerns regarding self and identity to arrive at a better understanding of one’s self. It strives to meet this goal by
stressing the integration of the personal with the academic contextualizing matters discussed in the classroom and in
the everyday experiences of students-making for better learning, generating a new appreciation, for the learning
process, and developing a more critical and reflective attitude while enabling them to manage and improve their selves
to attain a better quality of life.
3 MAIN DIVISIONS
1. THE SELF FROM
VARIOUS
PERSPECTIVES
2. UNPACKING THE
SELF
3. MANAGING AND
CARING FOR THE
SELF
GRADING
SYSTEM
GRADING
SYSTEM
GOOGLE E-CLASSROOM
Reminder: Everyone must have their own Gmail
account to be able to join the e-classroom

CODE: 17f2orp

Group Chat/FB Group


Reminder: A class representative must create a group chat or FB
group for announcements and updates
Introduce
Yourselves!
■ Name
■ Year
■ Why did you choose Psychology as a course?
■ One word that best describes yourself
■ Expectations from the class
PART 1 PART 2
■ Explain why it is essential to understand the
■ Determine the different factors self
that contribute to one’s being ■ Describe and discuss the different notions of
■ Evaluate the impact of these the self from the perspectives of various
philosophers
factors through self-appraisal
■ Compare and contrast how the self has been
■ Synthesize the influence of the represented in different philosophical schools
factors of the self through a ■ Examine one’s self against the different
group assessment views of self that were discussed
 “I” and “Me”
 May also indicate the words:”my”,
“mine”, “myself” etc.
Most prevalent issues on self:

1. Nature vs. Nurture


2. Identity vs. Self
3. Dimensions of Self
Product of natural Outcome of various
processes nurturing factors in the
Anchored in biology and context of one’s life:
genetics from which it • Family
explains that human • School
traits are passed or • Friends
hereditary • Social Media and etc.
Are these two
same/similar?????
The qualities, beliefs,
characteristics etc., that The person that
make a particular person someone normally or
or group different from truly is or the entire
others.. Or the person of an individual
distinguishing character
or personality of an
individuals
SOCIAL HEREDITARY
ENVIRONMENTAL
PERSON-VOLITION
■ Influences of significant people in one’s life such as the family, peers, classmates,
schoolmates, teachers etc.

■ PERSONALITY is formed as a child/individual grow.


■ Personality is defined as the individual patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.

SOCIAL
■ Natural forces that give less effects or influences to one’s being

Environmental
Hereditary

■ HEREDITY is a biological process by


which certain traits and characteristics are
passed from generation to another.
Person-volition
■ It is the inclination of a person to form and
construct a specific identity that will set him
apart from others.
:
■ Getting to know yourself and others!!
DIRECTIONS
1. Group yourselves into 5 groups.
2. List down the characteristics/traits that you acquired through genes (5) and those
you nurtured when you are growing up (5).Reminder: Characteristics/traits must not
be under 1 aspect only.
3. Assign a leader who will discuss and share what you talked about during the
activity.
■ Read the articles referenced and answer the items that follow:

1. Holt, J. (2014).Is there such a thing as the self? Prospect Magazine, 413-421.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13604810701669173
2. Oyserman, D., Elmore, K. C., & Smith, G. C., (2012).Self, self-concept, and identity.In M.
R. Leary & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of self and identity. (pp. 69-75). New York and
London: The Guilford Press. https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v10n03_13_pgs.69-75

Questions/items:
1. List down 3 things that you significantly learned from the readings. Explain why.
2. How can you relate yourself to the readings.
■ Bring ½ index card with 1x1 photo, name, year and section, email account and
contact number

Date Attendance Quiz CC Ptask Written OE


Output
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22

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