Questions to Ponder:

• What is Self? 

• How we construct our self?

Three Perspective of Self

• Blank Slate Theory

• Looking Glass Self Theory

• Humanistic Perspective of Self

Blank Slate Theory

Philosophical Perspective of Self

Do we possessed knowledge and ideas independent from experience? 

"Mind is tabula rasa

or blank slate"

John Locke 

- "Father of Liberalism" 

- An Essay Concerning 

Human Understanding

Blank Slate Theory

Self is based on consciousness 

Experience taught us knowledge, beliefs, values and attitudes

• Uncontrolled Self 

• Determined Self

Problem of Self

• Repeated Mistake 

• Learned Mistake

Self- Development Challenge of Theory

Can we let experience dictate us?

Hersey, J. (2020, December 1). John Locke: The    Father of Liberalism. The Objective Standard. https://theobjectivestandard.com/2019/08/john-locke-the-father-of-liberalism/.

Nimbalkar N., (2011), John Locke on Personal Identity. In: Brain, Mind and Consciousness: An International, Interdisciplinary Perspective (A.R. Singh and S.A. Singh eds.), MSM, 9(1), p268-275.

References:

 Looking Glass Self Theory 

Sociological Perspective of Self

What is my real self?

The mirror provides reflection and we adjust to what we perceive 

in the mirror

People are our mirror

Looking Glass Self Theory

Process on how we think

we appear to others.

Charles Horton Cooley 

1. How I appear to others

2. What others think of me

3. Self- reflection

Looking Glass Self Process

Self- identity is dependent on appearance to others

Minds are result of 

social interaction

•  I will imagine how I appear to others such as being a good reporter  

• I will imagine how others see me 

• I will reflect based on their reactions and opinions

Reporting in Class

The process creates either positive or negative impact

 This can lead to personal growth and development