Understanding Self Notes
Understanding Self Notes
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that 2. Man is Fallen and Sinful
the man should be alone; I will make him a
Disobedience
helper fit for him. So, the Lord God caused a
deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he And He [God] said, who told thee that thou
slept took one of his ribs and closed up its were naked? Hast, thou eaten of the tree,
place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord had whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest
taken from the man, He made into a woman not eat? – Genesis 3:11
and brought her to the man. – Genesis 18,21-
Normal Unhappiness
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Among the most common of human
EGW Patriarchs and Prophets
emotions are dissatisfaction, boredom,
Eve was created from a rib taken from the side depression, unhappiness, bitterness,
of Adam, signifying that she was not to jealousy, envy, and of course guilt.
control him as the head, not to be trampled Adaptation Level
under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by Relative Deprivation
his side as an equal, to be loved and protected Moral Weakness
by him. Sin, the fundamental flaw
In the Image of God… Situational Influence vs. Moral Character
Then God said, “Let us make man in our 1. Opinions and Attitudes
image, after our likeness. And let them have 2. Memory and Testimony
dominion, over the fish of the sea, and over 3. Impulses to Violence
the birds of the heaven and over the livestock 4. Helping others
and over all the earth and over every creeping 5. Vulnerability to Suggestions and
thing that creeps in the earth. – Genesis 1:26 Manipulation
Human Creativity Spiritual Implication
Consider the wonders of arts and Only God is good (Luke 18:19)
literature and performances We must not place our trust in our
Science and Technology own character and goodness.
Discoveries Stay close to God and His word.
The Joy of Discovery
Plato
The student of Socrates The body is nothing else but a
Theory of Forms – physical form is machine that is attached to the mind.
not really the real world because the The human person has it, but it is not
ultimate reality exists beyond the what makes man a man. If at all, that
physical world. is the mind.
Anthropology SELF-REPRESENTATION
Sub disciplines of Anthropology Explicit – aspect of the self that you are
consciously aware
➢Cultural – explores the diversity of past and
present Implicit – not immediately available to the
consciousness
➢Ethnography – based on fieldwork
CULTURE – Customary behavior and beliefs SIGMUND FREUD
that are passed on through enculturation. –
• Psychoanalytic Theory – a personality
Kottak (2008)
theory based on the notion that an individual
gets motivated by unseen forces, controlled by
the conscious and the rational thought.
CATHERINE RAEFF
1. Relationships
2. Personality Traits
3. Achievement
4. Expressing Emotions
•A sense of continuity
CARL ROGERS