LESSON 1: PHYSICAL SELF 4.

PERSONAL IDENTITY
− Is the concept a person has about himself that
SELF UNDERSTANDING develops over the years

• Individual’s cognitive representation of the self. B. SOCIAL FACTORS

(Santrock, 2014)
1. ATTACHMENT PROCESS AND SOCIAL APPRAISAL
GROWING UP
− People learn about their value and lovability.
• An obvious change in teenagers are the changes in their 2. MAINTAINING, REGULATING AND EXPANDING
physical selves. THE SELF IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
− The sense of self is continuously shaped
PHYSICAL SELF through on-going interaction with others
3. THE LOOKING-GLASS SELF THEORY
• refers to the concrete dimensions of the body. − A person’s self grows out of society's
interpersonal interaction.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 4. SOCIAL COMPARISON
Process of comparing oneself with others.
• are the defining traits or features of the person’s body ➢ Upward Social Comparison
Better than him.
ERIK ERIKSON
➢ Downward Social Comparison
Someone who is in a worse
• believe in the importance of the body from early
situation
development
5. SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY (COLECTIVE)
WILLIAM JAMES − Provides a framework about themselves

• considered the body as the initial source of sensation SELF

• belongs to an individual level analysis.
THREE PERIODS OF ADOLESCENT IDENTITY
• based on societal or cultural level analysis
➢ Early adolescence (11-14 years old) BEAUTY
➢ Middle adolescence (15-17 years old) • quality of being physically attractive
➢ Late adolescence (18-21 years old) EUROCENTRISM
• tendency to interpret the world in terms of European
PUBERTY
or Anglo-American values
COLORISM
• Puberty is not the same as adolescence. (Santrock,
2016) • prejudicial or preferential treatment
SELF-ESTEEM
• Puberty is a BRAIN-NEUROENDOCRINE process.
• over all evaluation that a person has of himself
PITUITARY GLAND
ADOLESCENT’S BODY IMAGE
• master endocrine gland that controls growth
1. Perception of their physical self when they look in
BODY IMAGE the mirror.

• refers to the way one sees himself/herself 2. Feeling of like or dislike about the physical self that
they see.
IMAGINANARY AUDIENCE
3. Their thoughts and how they relate to their physical
• refers to an egocentric state self.

FACTORS AFFECT PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL SELF 4. Perception of how other people view them
physically.
A. PERSONAL FACTORS

1. INTROSPECTION AND SELF-REFLECTION

− introspection is the process by which one
observes and examines one’s internal state.
2. SELF-PERCEPTION THEORY
− People can infer their inner states by observing
their own behavior
3. SELF-CONCEPT
− Is a cognitive representation of self-knowledge
 LESSON 2: SEXUAL SELF PSYCHOLOGICAL

SEXUAL SELFHOOD ROSENTHAL (2O13)

• how one thinks about himself or herself as a sexual • sexuality is not a mere physical response
individual
SIGMUND FREUD
HISTORICAL
➢ one of the prominent person to explain sexuality
MIDDLE AGES (476-1450) through his theories
➢ Sex instinct or Libido
• bore witness to the strong influence of the church, ➢ Death or Aggressive instinct
particularly in mattes of sexuality.
PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
IN THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION OF THE 16TH CANTURY
(14-83-1546) Areas of Pleasure are called EROGENOUS ZONES

• Protestantism believed that sexuality is a natural part 1. ORAL STAGE - erogenous zone is the mouth
of life and that priests should be able to marry have 2. ANAL STAGE - erogenous zone is the anus
families 3. PHALLIC STAGE - erogenous zone is genitals
4. LATENCY STAGE -sexual impulses lie dormant
17TH AND 18TH CENTURY 5. GENITAL STAGE - erogenous zone is again the genitals

• Premarital sex, therefore, was considered immoral.

RELIGIOUS
VICTORIAN ERA
JUDAISM
• homosexuality and prostitution were rampant and
considered to be threat to social order. − holds a positive and natural look toward marital sex

20TH CENTURY ISLAM

• interest in sexuality became more evident and − family is considered of utmost importance
accepted in society
TAOISM
BIOLOGICAL
− sex is not only natural and healthy
SECONDARY SEXUAL CHANGE
HINDUISM
• Physical change that distinguish the males from
females − sexuality is seen as spiritual force

PRIMARY SEXUAL CHANGE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

• Prepare the male and females body of procreation − marriage is purely for intercourse and procreation

CHOROMOSOMES SEXUAL TERMINOLOGIES

• threadlike structures found in the nucleus. SEX

• Human beings have 23 pairs (46) of chromosomes
− Latin word “secare” means to divine
GENES
SEXUALITY
• Basic unit of heredity − “to unite”
SOCIOBIOLOGICAL/EVOLUTIONARY SEXUAL IDENTITY
• studies how evolutionary forces affect sexual − includes sexual orientation (homosexual or
behaviour heterosexual)
NATURAL SELECTION GENDER
• process by which organisms that are best suited to − refers to the characteristics of people as male and
their environment females
GENDER ROLE ➢ Attraction Phase
➢ Attachment Phase
− a set of expectations that prescribes how females and
males act and feel

SEX or SEXUAL JOHN LEE LOVE STYLE

− refer to the biological indicators of male 1. EROS - love creates initial excitement of a new
or female relationship
2. AGAPE - altruistic and selfless love
GENDER ASSIGNMENT (NATAL GENDER) 3. STORGE - love related friendship
4. LUDUS - love is just a game
− refers to the initial assignment as male or 5. MANIA - intense feeling
female 6. PRAGMA - practical and business-like love
GENDER REASSIGNMENT TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE
− an official and usually legal change of 1. INTIMACY - desire to give
gender. 2. PASSION - hot component of love
3. COMMITMENT - cold component of love
GENDER IDENTITY
CHEMISTRY OF LOVE
− category of social identity
1. DAPOMINE (DA) and NOREPINEPHRINE (NE)
MUSCULINE
− involved in mood
− qualities and behaviours judged by a 2. SEROTONIN
particular culture that appropriate to men − associated with mood
and boys 3. PHENYLETHYLAMINE (PEA)
− “love drug”
FEMININE 4. OXYTOCIN AND VASOPRESSIN
− neuropeptides
− qualities and behaviours judged by a 5. ENDORSEXPHINS
particular culture that appropriate to − “endogenous morphine”
women and girls
PSYCHOLOGY OF LOVE
ANDROGYNY
1. BEHAVIORAL REINFORCEMENT THEORY
− have both masculine and feminine traits
− better feelings associated with the
ASEXUAL behaviour of a person
2. PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL THEORY
− persons who do not experience sexual drives − most acceptable theories
3. EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES
HYPERSEXUAL − love arose due to some sociobiological
need
− persons with an excessive interest in sex
TYPES OF SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS
HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE CYCLE
HOMOSEXUAL
1. EXCITEMENT
− body’s initial response to sexual arousal • sexual orientation is toward another if the same sex.
2. PLATEAU
− period of sexual excitement prior to orgasm LESBIAN
3. ORGASM
− characterized by waves of intense pleasure • sexual and romantic attraction is toward women.
(climax)
GAY
4. RESOLUTION
− body returns to its non-excited state • sexual and romantic attraction is toward other men.
ATTRACTION HETEROSEXUAL
− characteristic that causes pleasure or interest
• sexual orientation is toward others of opposite sex.
THREE PHASES OF ROMANTIC LOVE
BISEXUAL
➢ Lust Phase
• sexually oriented to both men and women.
PANSEXUAL 3. CATEGORICAL FUNCTIONS

• new sexual orientation Used to communicate group membership

TRANSGENDER 4. SELF-EXPRESSIVE FUNCTIONS

• broad spectrum of individuals Person’s unique qualities

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS ECONOMIC

HIV/AIDS Study of things that a person is lacking

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Consistently meet their needs
GENITAL HERPES
ECONOMIC CONCIOUSNESS
• caused by a large family of viruses of
different strains Result of socialization

GENITAL WARTS ECONOMIC IDENTITY

• STI caused by the human papillomavirus Psychological phenomenon

GONORRHEA STATUS

People belived they can derive a sense of

• Caused by bacterium Neisseria
recognition
Gonorrhoea
MATERIALISM
SYPHILIS
Importance ascribed to the ownership
• Caused by bacterium Treponema pallidum
AFFECTIVE MOVES
CHLAMYDIA
Concept used in Enviromental Psychology
• one of most common sexually transmitted
ANTICIPATED AFFECT
LESSON 3: MATERIAL/ ECONOMIC SELF
Person is expecting to feel good or guilty
JOHN HESKETT
CONSUMER IDENTITY
➢ British writer and lecturer
➢ Deisgn combines “need” and “desire” Pattern of consumption that describes the
consumer
ROLAND BARTHES
CONSUMERISM
➢ Popularized the “Semiology”
Preoccupation with and an inclination towards the
SEMIOLOGY
buying of consumer goods
• Study of objects as a sign
BEHAVIORAL FINANCE
SIGN
New field that combines Behavioural and Cognitive
Psychological Theory
• Conveys meaning

THE MEANING OF MATERIAL POSSESSIONS

1. INSTRUMENTAL FUNCTIONS

Functional properties of a product

2. SOCIAL SYMBOLIC FUNCTIONS

Signify personal qualities