PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT  Influences and individual’s interactions with, and

adaptations to the intrapsychic…

Dimensions of the Self
 Introvert, extrovert
 Physical Dimension
Big 5 Personalities
o Physical body; processes, functions,
mechanism, chemistry… Trait Description High Low
o How you perceive your surroundings Scorers Scorers
o Responsible for giving us the ability to move Openness Curious, original, May Down to
our muscles intellectual, daydream earth
o Think of ideas creative, open to
 Spiritual Dimension new ideas
o View ourselves in a spiritual level – as spiritual Conscientious Organized, Clean Messy
ness systematic, homes
beings
punctual,
o This dimension can’t be observed but can be
achievement,
subjectively altered oriented,
 Psychological Dimension dependable
o Concept of stress, cognition (thinking), Extraversion Outgoing, Very social Shy, prefer
behavior, attitude, emotion, and ultimately, talkative, to work
personality sociable, enjoys alone
o Has both internal and external factors that being in social
can/cannot be measured, observed, and situations
calculated Agreeableness Affable, tolerant, Polite Aggressive
sensitive,
// to know oneself, one must be aware of his/her interests, trusting, kind,
values, beliefs, and attitude. // warm
Neuroticism Anxious, irritable Stressed Emotionally
Beliefs Values stable
 Internal feeling that  Measure of worth or
something is true even importance a person
though that belief may attaches to something; Self-concept vs. Self-esteem
be unproven or often reflected in the
irrational way we live our lives  Our cognition to ourselves, what we think and know
 Ex. I believe that walking  Ex. I value my family. about our identity, personality, and individuality.
under a ladder brings  Ex. I value my freedom  Subjective description to who the person thinks
bad luck. of speech. he/she is.
 Ex. I believe that I am a
competent person. Dimensions of Self-concept

Actual self-concept Ideal self-concept

Attitude Private self Actual self Ideal self
- How I actually see - How I would like to
 The way a person expresses or applies his/her beliefs myself see myself
and values, and is expressed through behavior Social self Social Self Ideal social self
 Settled way of thinking and feeling about someone or - How others - How I would like
something, typically reflecting in a person’s behavior. actually see me others to see me

Three Components of Attitude

Incongruent
1. Affect – representation of your emotions directed to
yourself, environment, others Self-image  ideal-self
2. Cognition – the way we think. It encompasses our  The self-image is different to the ideal self
thoughts in different levels.  There is only a little overlap
3. Behavior –
 Self-actualization is difficult
Personality

 Set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the

individual
 Organized and relatively enduring