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Progra BS Management Accounting Topic: Self-Core Competency: The Art of
m: Knowing One’s self
Course: Understanding the Self Instruct Anthony A. Alagon
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I. Preliminaries
Introduction to the Module
The self is first and foremost the collection of beliefs that we hold about
Objective ourselves. What are our important characteristics? What are we good at?
What we do poorly? What kinds of situations do we prefer or avoid? One
person may think of himself/herself academically inclined who plans to
become a professor. Another might think of himself/herself as not
academically inclined but good at most sports. A third person may think of
himself/herself primarily in terms of a future goal, such as the desire to
become the biggest real estate mogul in a defined territory such as
Delhi/NCR. Thus, the set of beliefs we hold about who we are is called the
self-concept.
Section Topics Learning Outcomes Assessment/ Modality
Evaluation

1. Identify learning outcomes of  Learning  Module

Section 1: Course the course Journal
Introduction  Google
 Self- Classroom/Meet
2. Understand the course evaluation:
Section 2: Self-Core requirements  Canvas
Competency: The Art of The wheel
of Life  Social media
Knowing One’s Self 3. Assess how acquainted the platforms
. students are of themselves

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II. Instructions (Keywords and Concepts)

 Self-concept- is the image that we have of ourselves
 Personality- The collection of traits that determine a person’s unique reaction and adjustment to
particular events and situations.
 Self-image- it is how you see yourself or how you perceive yourself
 Personality Traits- enduring characteristics that describe an individual’s behavior

Content Lecture/ Discussion

COMPONENTS OF SELF
The factors that contribute to the formation of self-concept are:
1. Personal vs. Social Identity
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2. Working Self-Concept
3. Self-Confidence
4. Self-Image

1. Personal vs. Social Identity.

One of the most fundamental principles of the social identity perspective is that
individuals can perceive themselves differently depending on where they are at a
particular moment in time, which is known as the personal-social identity continuum.

The personal identity end of this continuum refers to when we think of ourselves
primarily as individuals. The social identity end refers to when we think of ourselves as
members of specific social
groups.

Because we do not experience all aspects of our self-concept simultaneously, the

aspect of our identity which is salient at any given moment will influence how we think
about ourselves, and this, in turn, has consequences for our behavior. When we may
think of ourselves as unique individuals, our personal identities are salient and this is
likely to result in self-description that emphasizes how we are different from other
individuals.

e.g. you might describe yourself as a confident person when think of yourself at the
personal identity level, to emphasize your self-perception as having more of this
attribute that other individuals you are using as the comparative referent. Because
personal identity self-description can be thought of as intra-group in nature – involving
comparisons with other individuals who share our group membership – which group is
the implicit referent used when describing the personal self can affect the content of
self-descriptions.

At the other end of the personal-social continuum, we can perceive ourselves as

members of a group, which means we emphasize the ways that we are similar to other
group members. When we think of ourselves at the social identity level, we describe
ourselves in terms of the attributes that members of our group share with each other
and what differentiates our group from other groups. That is, descriptions of the self at
the social identity level as intergroup in nature – they involve contrasts between groups

e.g. you may think of yourself in terms of your social identity as a fraternity or
sorority
group member, and describe yourself as relatively athletic and self-motivated attributes
that your
perceive to be shared with other members of your group, and as simultaneously
differentiating
your group from other fraternities or sororities that you see as being more studious and
scholarly
than your group perhaps.

2. Working Self-Concept
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The aspect of the self which influences our thoughts and ongoing behavior depend
in large part on what aspect of the self-concept is relevant to a particular situation. This
aspect of the self-concept that is assessed for a particular situation is called the working
self-concept.

e.g. in a classroom situation, the academic self is likely to be the dominant

determinant of our thoughts and feelings, whereas when we are reminded about a party
on Friday, the social self may be accessed. This working self-concept is important
because it draws on not our overall self-concept only but guides social behavior in
specific situations and is, in turn, modified by what goes on in the situation.

3. Self-Confidence

Self-confidence is the confidence one has in oneself, one’s knowledge, and one’s
abilities. It is the confidence of the type: “I can do this”. “I have the ability to do this”.
Self-confidence is the one thing that is much more important than many other
abilities and traits. If you do not have self-confidence, what you do will never become
fruitful at all. The fruits of what you do without self-confidence are lost.
Actually, confidence is to be willing to try that which scares you the most and the
belief that you can manage anything that arises. Would you like to have more self-
confidence? Actually I have not yet met a person who replied to that question with a
negative. Well, there is only one way: by doing to do it. One of the ways you gain
confidence is by trying things you are not sure you can do. Each time you achieve
something new, you boost your confidence levels a little.
Many times you are afraid of to try new things because you could fail and that
wouldn’t look good. However, trying is what is most important. If you don’t try, you have
failed already. So, you have nothing to lose by trying. Not trying means you do not even
give yourself the chance of succeeding. You stay in the safety zone of not looking silly
or failing. It probably is safer but it also gets you nowhere. So, the first step to building
confidence is daring to try that which you are not sure you will succeed at. Don’t forget
to plan for your worst case scenario before you do anything but remember that very
rarely will that worst case scenario ever become a reality.
Building confidence is also about what you should not be doing. For example,
something happens and you end up looking silly and unprofessional. Most of you will
spend some time worrying about it and thinking what you should have done instead. It
is true you should learn from your mistakes, but there’s no need to punish yourself for
them. Remember, keep things in perspective and file it now. Having tolerance and
compassion for yourself is just as important as having it for others.

4. Self-Image

Self-image is how you see yourself or how you perceive yourself. People infer
their personal qualities from observing their own behavior. That is, in the process of
observing ourselves, we see ourselves consistently preferring certain activities over
others, certain food over others, or certain people over others.
From observing these regularities, we form an image about ourselves. You have
some great skills, but unless you see yourself as having those skills, and can make
others see them as well, they will stay locked in a box, never to be acknowledged.
Being who you are, is one thing and being seen for who you are can be quite another.

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PERSONALITY

For understanding ourselves, we need to know about our personality type. But before
knowing about our personality type, we need to know what personality all about is?
What do mean by ‘personality’? Why are some people quiet and passive, while others
are loud and aggressive? Are certain personality types better adapted than others for
certain job types? Before we can answer these questions, we need to address a more
basic one: What is personality?

What is Personality?

When we talk of personality, we don’t mean that a person has charm, a positive attitude
toward life, or a smiling face. When psychologists talk of personality, they mean a
dynamic concept describing the growth and development of a person’s whole
psychological system. Rather than looking at parts of the person, personality looks at
some aggregate whole that is greater than the sum of the parts.

Defining Personality

The definition of personality we most frequently use was produced by Gordon Allport.
He said, personality is “the dynamic organization within the individual of those psycho-
physical systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment”.

Originated from the Latin persona, which referred to a theatrical mask worn by Roman
actors in Greek dramas.

Therefore, Personality is defined as the combination of the attitudes, interests, behavior,

emotions, roles and other traits that make a person who he is. Also, it is the collection of
traits that determine a person’s unique reaction and adjustment to particular events and
situations.

For our purposes, you should think of personality as the sum total of ways in which an
individual reacts to and interacts with others. We most often describe it in terms of the
measurable traits a person exhibits. Our personalities shape our behavior. So, if we
want to better understand the behavior of someone in an organization, it helps if we
know something about his/her personality.

A psychological test is a structured technique used to generate a carefully selected

sample of behavior. This behavior sample is then used to make inferences about the
psychological attributes of the people who have been tested. Tests may measure
several aspects of a person, ranging from intelligence, abilities, and interests to aspects
of one’s personality such as self-esteem and emotional stability.

A test is based on empirical research and theoretical background. Tests are valid,
reliable, and standardized. They are characterized by uniformity, objectivity, and
interpretability. They help draw up a comprehensive behavioral profile of a person and
warn management of one’s strengths and weaknesses, which can be successfully
utilized for career development and other decisions. Mainly, there are two ways in which
personality is measured:

1. Self-report surveys 2. Observer-ratings survey

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1. Self-report surveys – which are completed by the individual – are the most
common way to measure personality. One concern with self-report surveys,
however, is that the individual might lie or practice impression management –
that is, the person could “fake good” on the test to create a good impression.
This is especially a concern when the survey is the basis for employment.
Another concern is accuracy. In other words, a perfectly good candidate could
have just been in a bad mood when the survey was taken.

2. Observer-ratings surveys – have been developed to provide an independent

assessment of personality. Therefore, instead of an individual taking the survey
– as in the case of self-report surveys – perhaps a coworker could do the rating
(sometimes with knowledge of the individual, sometimes not). Research
suggests that observer-ratings surveys are a better predictor of success on the
job.

PERSONALITY DETERMINANTS

Determinants of Personality are:

 Heredity- genetic traits from our parents

 Social Environment-family, roles (e.g. student, parent, employee), school,
community, church
 Experiences- experience of success or failure
 Free will- personal decisions

An early debate in personality research centered on whether an individual’s

personality is a result of heredity or of environment. Was the personality predetermined
at birth, or was it the result of the individual’s interaction with his/her surroundings?
Clearly, there’s no simple black and white answer. Personality appears to be a result of
both hereditary and environmental factors. However, it might surprise you that research
in personality development has tended to better support the importance of heredity over
the environment.

Heredity refers to factors determined at conception. Physical stature, facial

attractiveness, gender, temperament, muscle composition and reflexes, energy level,
and biological rhythms are generally considered to be either completely or substantially
influenced by who your parents are– that is, by their biological, physiological, and
inherent psychological makeup. The heredity approach argues that the ultimate
explanation of an individual’s personality is the molecular structure of the genes, located
in the chromosomes. Evidence demonstrates that traits such as shyness, fear, and
aggression can be traced to
inherited genetic characteristics.

Researchers in many different countries have studied thousands of sets of identical

twins who were separated at birth and raised separately. If heredity played little or no
part in determining personality, you would expect to find few similarities between the
separated twins. But the researchers found a lot in common. For almost every
behavioral trait, a significant part of the variation between the twins turned out to be
associated with genetic factors. For instance, one set of twins who had been separated
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for 39 years and raised 45 miles apart were found to drive the same model and color
car. They chain smoked the same brand of cigarette, owned dogs with the same name,
and regularly vacationed within three blocks of each other in a beach community 1,500
miles away.

This is not to suggest that personality never changes. Over periods of time, people’s
personalities do change. Most research in this area suggests that while some aspects
our personalities do change over time; the rank orderings do not change very much. For
example, people’s scores on measures of dependability tend to increase over time.
However, there are still strong individual differences in dependability and despite the
fact that most of us become more responsible over time, people tend to change by
about the same amount so that the rank order stays roughly the same. That is, if you
are more dependable than your sibling now, that is likely to be true in 20 years, even
though you both should become more dependable over time.

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Early work on the structure of personality tried to identify and label enduring
characteristics that describe an individual’s behavior. Popular characteristics include
shy, aggressive, submissive, lazy, ambitious, loyal and timid. When someone exhibits
these characteristics in a large number of situations, we call them personality traits.
Thus, personality traits are the enduring characteristics that describe an individual’s
behavior.

The more consistent the characteristic and the more frequently a trait occurs in
diverse situations, the more important that trait is in describing the individual.

A number of early efforts tried to identify the primary traits that govern behavior.
However, the Big Five Model of Personality is the most widely accepted approach that
has become the dominant framework for identifying and classifying traits.

The Big Five Personality Model

or
Five-Factor Model of Personality
or
Big Five Model
or
Big Five (5)

A personality assessment model that taps 5 basic dimensions:

1. Extraversion
2. Agreeableness
3. Conscientiousness
4. Emotional stability
5. Openness to experience

An impressive body of research supports that 5 basic dimensions encompass most of

the significant variation in human personality.

The Big 5 factors are:

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1. Extraversion: Captures one’s comfort level with relationships. A personality

dimension describing someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive.
2. Agreeableness: Refers to an individual’s propensity to defer to others. A personality
dimension that describes someone who is good natured, cooperative, and trusting.
3. Conscientiousness: Is a measure of reliability. A personality dimension that
describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
4. Emotional stability: Taps a person’s ability to withstand stress. A personality
dimension that characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, secure (positive) vs.
nervous,
depressed, and insecure (negative).
5.Openness to experience: Addresses one’s range of interests and fascination with
novelty. A personality dimension that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity.

Self-Awareness

 The capacity of a person to become aware of the totality of his being as much as
he could (including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation and
emotions)
 A prerequisite for effective communication and interpersonal relations, as well as
for developing empathy for others

The JOHARI WINDOW

The Johari Window was developed in 1955. The name came about by merging the
names of its founders – John Luft and Harry Ingram. It consists of four panes, which are
arranged in a two-by-two matrix. You have a couple of axes: one being stuff that you
know and stuff that you don’t know as well as stuff that’s perceived by you and by
others. By combining them, you end up with four areas.

One is the public area; we call that your Open area. It’s the stuff that you are open
about and that others also know about you. (Known to Self and Known to others)

Then there are your Blind Spots – the things that others see in you but you don’t. (Not
known to self but Known to others)

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There’s also an area called your hidden parts. They are the things that you are trying to
not let surface. (Known to self but Not known to others)

And then there’s this mysterious last area – the Unknown, the stuff that is neither known
to you nor to others. (Neither known to self nor to others)

Question: Which among the four panes needs to increase?

-Of course, your OPEN area.

The ways to increase your open area

 Disclose more about yourself

 Reflect on experience, discover more about yourself
 Seek out feedback-challenge your blindspot

SUMMARY OF THE LESSON

 Everyone is unique.
 Every experience is different.
 Respect and understand others and the process they are undergoing.
 Do not judge!

III. Viable and vibrant Activities

Description of the Learning Activities

“Wheel of Life”

Wheel of Life is divided into different areas or categories that are important to an individual. It contains eight
sections that, together, represent one way of describing a whole life including Finances, Health, Family,
Friends, Romance, Personal Growth, Fun & Recreation, and Physical Environment. The exercise measures
student’s level of satisfaction in these areas on the day he or she works through this exercise. It is not a
picture of how it has been in the past or what the student wants it to be in the future. It is a snapshot taken
in the moment. It is not a report card on how well one has performed or what he or she has achieved. The
emphasis is on the student’s level of satisfaction in each area.

Methodology

1. There are eight areas on the wheel. You may want to change the categories to reflect the areas of your
life. For example: you may choose to break the category of friends and family into two separate categories.
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Or you may wish to add a category.

2. Rate your level of satisfaction in each of the areas. “I am going to ask you to rate
your level of satisfaction in eight areas of your life. Zero means not satisfied and 10
means highly satisfied.”

3. After you have rated each of the areas. Connect the lines to form an inner
wheel. This gives you an overview of balance in your life. “Remember, this is not about
getting 10s ! It’s about a smoother ride.

PROCESS QUESTIONS

Answer the following questions clearly and honestly. Write your answers in the space
provided.

1. What area would you like coaching on? Or what area are you ready to make a
change in?

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2. What are the things you considered scoring yourself in each category that way?
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3. Which area of your life do you primarily want to focus on to enhance your
satisfaction level?
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4. What are the specific actions or steps that you are going to take to enhance your
satisfaction in your desired area?
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5. Where are your biggest gaps in satisfaction levels?

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6. If this wheel were a tire on your car, how bumpy would the ride be?

IV. Opportunity to reflect and articulate students’ acquired knowledge.

Purpose of the activity

1. To be able to reflect and gain some insights into the balance and satisfaction of life in different
areas.
2. To focus more on an awareness of one’s mental state.
3. To identify how a person is currently spending his/her time and how satisfied he/she is in the
different categories of life.

Criteria for Evaluation

Each item will be scored (5 pts. each) according to the following Criteria:

5 points- if rich in content, insightful analysis, synthesis and evaluation, clear connections made to real-life
situations or to previous content, an occasional grammatical or stylistic error.

4 points- if substantial in information, general connections are made but are sometimes not clear, few
grammatical or stylistic errors.

3 points- If information is thin and commonplace, connections are limited, little evidence of personal
connection, obvious grammatical or stylistic errors

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2 points- Rudimentary and superficial, little analysis, lack of connection to personal life,
obvious grammatical errors or errors make content very difficult to read.

0 points-No work submitted

Summary and Reflection

Please refer to student’s Learning Journal

V. Textbooks and other References

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