JMJ Marist Brothers Midterm Examination
Notre Dame of Marbel University August 6-9, 2019
City of Koronadal Mr. Laurence N. Balo
SSP 111 – Understanding the Self
General Directions: This examination is good for 1 hour only. Follow the directions carefully and choose
your answers wisely. Remember to keep your dignity and integrity unstained by not stealing other’s
answers. If you have any question regarding anything connected to this examination, do not hesitate to
silently go to your teacher for clarification.
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I. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If FALSE, change the identified
word or phrase to make the statement true. (20 points)
1. Understanding the self deals with nature of identity, as well as the factors and forces that affect the
development and maintenance of personal identity.
2. Biological hereditary transmission is done by observation and adaptation.
3. Self-efficiency is the eagerness to accept challenging tasks and overcome it.
4. The real self is an imaginary picture of the self as the possessor of unending power and best qualities.
5. For Ryle, man will never arrive at a knowledge of his self because what he has are just temporary sense
impressions
6. Eastern or oriental thought predates western thought.
7. Modernization brought by technology delocalizes the self.
8. The play stage is the time when children begin to understand the rules and mechanics of the game they
play.
9. William James claims that the self can be a knower and the known.
10. For Friedrich Nietzsche, the self is a necessary fiction.
II. MATCHING TYPE: Match the theories or philosophies in column A with the proponent in column B.
Write only the letter of answer. (10 points)
Column A Column B
1. I know that I know nothing A. Carl Rogers
2. The analects B. Charles Cooley
3. The true self and the false self C. Churchlands
4. Eliminative materialism D. Confucius
5. Ideal, Actual and Real Self E. Donald Winnicott
6. Cogito ergo sum F. George Herbert Mead
7. The self as the “I” and the “Me” G. John Locke
8. Material, Social and Spiritual Self H. Karen Horney
9. Tabula Raza I. Rene Descartes
10. The looking glass self J. Socrates
K. William James
III. SENTENCE COMPLETION: Complete the sentence by giving the missing term or concept. (20 points)
1. The unexamined life is not worth _____________, Socrates said.
2. Immanuel Kant was able to reconcile the empirical view and rational view of the self and called this
_____________ unity of apperception.
3. A multifaceted discipline that includes many sub-fields such areas as human development, sports,
health, clinical, social behavior and cognitive processes is called _______________.
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4. Self-awareness permits one to assume ____________ for one’s conduct, to learn how to react to others
and to assume a variety of roles.
5. A culture that is widely accepted and patronized by the public is _________________.
6. The mass of learned and transmitted motor reactions, habits, techniques, ideas and values and the
behavior induce is _________________.
7. Multicultural identities are produced by _________________ all over the globe.
8. A discourse that is devoted to the study of human beings and human societies as they exist across time
and space is ______________.
9. “My soul is restless until I have _______________ in thee”. A famous line from St. Augustine.
10. A study that uses systematic methods to examine and explain the social world by careful and objective
analysis of human behavior is called __________________.
11. The ____________ creates ideals in the form of celebrities and models, for men and women to admire.
12. Bulimia Nervosa is an example of an/a ________________ disorder.
13. In Sigmund Freud’s levels of consciousness, the ________________ is the primitive component.
14. The western social construct of the self is primarily characterized by the _________________ self.
15. Rene Descartes claimed that the self is a res cogitans or _________________.
16. “The threat to social order is only caused by the unchecked selfish desires of individuals” was the idea
of a Chinese philosopher named _______________.
17. A discipline that works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of
the universe, and the connections between them is __________________.
18. People change how they act depending on the social situation. This component of the self is
_____________.
19. The _________________ construct of the self is primarily characterized by the collectivist self.
20. The digitalized self is the self in the _____________ reality.
III. ENUMERATION: Give what is asked for. (10 points)
1-3. List the three elements that compose Plato’s Psyche
4-5. Give problems in understanding the self brought by modernization
6-8. List the two constructs of the self in oriental thought
9-10. Give reasons why one must study the course understanding the self.
IV. ESSAY: Answer the questions briefly but substantially. (30 points)
1. Which among the theories on “Self” as a cognitive Construction, explains best your personality
dynamics? Write down your thoughts and feelings.
2. Make a comparison of Western and Eastern thought in understanding the self using a Venn Diagram.
3. Create a slogan that will encourage women to accept their own physical imperfections. Explain your
output.
Criteria Excellent Very Good Satisfactory Needs
Improvement
Substance and Content 4 3 2 1
Grammar and Punctuation 3 2 1 0.5
Capacity for original Insight 3 2 1 0.5
“No one care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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