GE1 Understanding the Self - The Social Self, Self-Schema Theory Heinzen PDF

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Heinzen and the Social Self (2018) Worksheet....

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Silliman University College of Performing and Visual Arts Speech and Theatre Arts Department

Eazel T. Sevilleno

GE1-B

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October 4, 2021

Kindly read the document above entitled Heinzen the social self and answer the following questions: 1. ) Define self-esteem based on your readings. According to the text, self-esteem is our subjective, personal evaluation of our self-concept (perception of qualities, relationships, beliefs, and opinions). Assessing our self-concept and deciding judgments such as whether it is good or bad, worthwhile or worthless is self-esteem. It is not the same thing as self-compassion, narcissism, or self-efficacy. It can be measured through explicit, direct tests or through implicit, indirect tests. 2. ) How do you improve/enhance your self-esteem? I can improve my self-esteem by being self-aware. Of course, I shall be gracious enough to myself to welcome praises and good feedback. At the same time, I shall also do myself a favor by welcoming criticism. In my understanding, the key is balance, in building self-esteem. While we acknowledge the patting of ourselves on the back, we should also continue to be open to continually grow and improve. For me personally, it’s about humility and acceptance that we all admittedly have our own imperfections and shortcomings. In contrast, it’s also about enforcing positivity, just not too much though. Yes, may self-esteem be enhanced towards a positive direction. However, we should be careful not to overdo it as it may endanger our thinking and growth. Simply reach a healthy amount that shall empower us to keep improving and moving forward. 3.) How do we know the self is social? The self is social because it often involves a lot of things to do with others. Heinzen (2018) writes that we can think of the social self as “the storytelling ringmaster in the three-ring circus of our complicated lives”, who “directs the spotlight of our attention and narrates a story that brings coherence to our otherwise chaotic interactions with others”. Subsequently, there are evidence indicating that the self is social through the following three theories: (1) Self-Perception Theory, (2) Self-Discrepancy Theory, and (3) Self-Expansion Theory. The first one proposes that our self-perceptions may rely on the observed behaviors we display to others. The second describes how different components of the self (actual, ideal, and ought) are influenced by others. Lastly, the third is an idea that we all want to grow and improve and one way to do that is often include other people in our sense of self. 4.) What is self-schema theory? The self-schema theory is one that theorizes on how the self-concept is formed through self-schemas, which are memory structures that summarize and organize our beliefs about self-relevant information (Markus, 1977). What happens is that activated self-schemas, which help us interpret our own behavior, enable our self-concept to create a coherent self – one that we can potentially make out explicit judgments and conclusions on. There are all sorts of ways to look at the flow of everyday life and how we do so can depend on the self-schemas active on our end, as these create the cognitive frameworks on how we might think. 5.) What was the mirror self-recognition test all about? The mirror self-recognition test (also known as the mark test) is an experiment to test whether people (and animals) seem to ‘realize they are independent, unique entities’. To put it simply, it is an opportunity for test subjects to demonstrate self-awareness in front of a mirror which shows their reflection. They might either see the image and understand it as themselves or respond as if the image ‘represented’ another animal/person....