Encountering Oneself

1981 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Paul A. Girling
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Inner Experiences ◽  
The Real ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Fluid Process ◽  
Real Self

To be and become the person we truly are is a pervasive theme in third force psychology. In this paper, I succinctly summarize how we become ourselves by focusing on 5 distinct dimensions of personality functioning. Freeing oneself from an idealized self-image and experiencing the real self is seen as a beginning phase. A cognitive restructuring involving modifying internalized value orientations is then stressed. Assuming responsibility for one's choices and initiating self-direction is encouraged to develop authentic personhood. The growing person is conceptualized as being open to inner experiences and viewing one's life as a fluid process involving change and risk taking. Finally, vitality is generated and sustained by receptivity to one's inner life.

scholarly journals Medical identity; perspectives of students from two countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Conor Gilligan ◽  
Teresa Loda ◽  
Florian Junne ◽  
Stephan Zipfel ◽  
Brian Kelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Mental Image ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
The Real ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Medical Program ◽  
Polarity Profile ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract Background The development of professional identity is a fundamental element of medical education. There is evidence that in Germany, students’ perceptions of the ideal and real doctor differ, and that of themselves as physicians falls between these constructs. We sought to compare students’ perceptions of themselves, the ideal doctor, and the ‘real’ doctor and investigate differences from first to final year in the relationships between these constructs, as well as differences between Australian and German cohorts. Method Students in the first and final years of their medical program at one Australian and one German university were invited to complete the Osgood and Hofstatter polarity profile, involving the description of their mental image of the ideal and real doctor, and the doctor they hope to become, with adjectives provided. Results One hundred sixty-seven students completed the survey in Australia (121 year 1, 46 year 5) and 188 in Germany (164 year 1, 24 year 6). The perception of the ideal doctor was consistent across all respondents, but that of the real doctor and self-image differed between country and year. Differences existed between country cohorts in perceptions of ‘confidence’, ‘strength’, ‘capability’ and ‘security’. Conclusions The pattern previously reported among German students was maintained, but a different pattern emerged among Australian students. Differences between countries could reflect cultural differences or variations in the overt and hidden curricula of medical schools. Some of the constructs within the profiles are amenable to educational interventions to improve students’ confidence and sense of capability.

Sex Role Identity, Androgyny, and Sex Role Transcendence: A Sex Role Strain Analysis

1979 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Garnets ◽  
Joseph H. Pleck
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Strain ◽  
Strain Analysis ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Role Salience ◽  
Sex Typing ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
Sex Role Identity ◽  
Psychological Significance ◽  
Real Self

This paper first reviews three different theoretical constructs concerning the psychological significance of sex role related characteristics in personality functioning: sex role identity, androgyny, and sex role transcendence. A new conceptual analysis concerning sex-typing, sex role strain analysis, is presented. According to this analysis, the relationship between sex role related personality characteristics and psychological adjustment, especially self-esteem, is moderated by two variables: perception of the ideal member of the same sex, and sex role salience. These two variables; taken in conjunction with real self-concept, generate five sex role strain outcomes. The constructs of sex role identity, androgyny, and sex role transcendence are interpreted in terms of this sex role strain analysis. The implications of this analysis for current research and for understanding the dynamics of both individual and social change in sex roles are briefly described.

scholarly journals The Characteristics of Initial Sandplay Productions of 44 Undergraduates

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Lixia Zhu ◽  
Xian Peng ◽  
Juan Tian ◽  
Jia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Self Image ◽  
Real Self

Objective: To investigate the undergraduate's initial sandplay themes. Method: Each subject made initial sandplay with the company, then share the feeling about his own initial sandplay. Result: The theme in sandplay of undergraduates about family and life is about 63.7%; different kind of miniatures was used with different frequency by every subject; there are 54.55% initial sandplay have real self-image,all of the initial sandplays have not used the water, and the time that everyone used on making their initial sandplay has significance of difference.

scholarly journals SELF-IMAGE IN ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
Татьяна Ивановна Кузьмина
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Self ◽  
Real Structure ◽  
The Real ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Verbal Representations ◽  
Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Показана специфика формирования представлений о себе у взрослых лиц с нарушением интеллекта. Продемонстрированные особенности связаны с нарративными проявлениями Я-реальной структуры личности, контекстуально означенной как реалистичное понимание себя, оценивание себя и своих поступков, внутреннее содержательное наполнение установок и стремлений по отношению к себе, прогностические позиции по отношению к собственными возможностям и социальным реалиям жизни. При исследовании конструкта Я-реальное с помощью специально разработанных методик и структурированной беседы у исследователя появляется возможность феноменологически описать и интерпретировать имеющиеся особенности через анализ вербальных репрезентаций субъектов диагностики. Presents the specifics of forming self-images in adults with intellectual disabilities. The demonstrated features are related to the narrative manifestations of the Self-the real structure of the personality, contextually meant as a realistic understanding of oneself, evaluation of oneself and one's actions, internal content of attitudes and aspirations in relation to oneself, predictive positions in relation to one's own capabilities and social realities of life. When studying the I-real construct using specially developed techniques and structured conversation, the researcher is able to phenomenologically describe and interpret the existing features through the analysis of verbal representations of diagnostic subjects

scholarly journals The relationship between the characteristics of Ethnic Identity and Psychosemantic Characteristics of Experiencing (‘Perezhivanie’) Interethnic Relations of Palestinian Muslims in the multinational Levant Region

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 962-984
Author(s):  
L. F. Fakhrutdinova ◽  
S. T. M. Shauamri
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
External Environment ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
The Real ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Real Self ◽  
The Relationship

This paper presents the results of analyzing the psychological patterns of the development of ethnic identity and interethnic relations in the multinational Levant Region, where interethnic confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis has been noted in recent years. The main aim of the research is to reveal the relationship between the characteristics of Ethnic Identity and the Experience (“perezhivanie”) of Interethnic Relations of Palestinian Muslims in the multicultural Levant Region. In the process of investigating into ethnic self-awareness the authors used the Leary Test, the Semantic Diff erential of “Perezhivanie” ‘Experiencing’ Questionnaire by L.R. Fakhrutdinova aimed at studying the psychosemantic characteristics of the “perezhivanie” ‘experiencing’. The research has displayed that Ethnic Identity is a self-developing phenomenon, basically infl uenced by both the infrastructural relations and positions of ethnic self-awareness, and the processes associated with the relations of ethnic self-awareness with the external environment, with other ethnic groups. The most active points of development have been identifi ed. So, in intrastructural relations, they are active as ratios of I-real and I-mirror with a stronger position of I-ideal, since practically all dimensions of I-real and I-ideal (dominance, egoism, suspicion, etc.) have shown signifi cant diff erences that testify to the points and directions of development of ethnic self-awareness; positions in the relationship between the real self and the mirror self also exerted an active infl uence. The points of confl ict of the structures of ethnic self-consciousness were found, where, when the points of development coincided, the direction of development was diff erent. Thus, suspicion, obedience, dependence, friendliness, integrative indicators of dominance and friendliness have shown themselves to be confl ict points refl ecting confl ict zones between the infl uence of an external ethnic group (mirror self) and self-development processes manifested through the ideal self. In the situation of relations with the external environment, the most active was shown by the self-mirror, which infl uences the development of the subjectivity of the ethnic group through the components of the experience of the Palestinian-Israeli crisis. The infl uence of the real self on the characteristics of the “perezhivanie” ‘experiencing’ of the PalestinianIsraeli crisis was also manifested, and therefore, through the components of the “perezhivanie” ‘experiencing’ of this impression on the development of the self-awareness of the ethnic group.

scholarly journals Stereotypes of the Upbringing Value: Refraction Depending on the Real Needs of Modern Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Yafizova Rimma I. ◽  
◽  
Nichiporenko Lidia K. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Only Children ◽  
The Real ◽  
Subjective Approach ◽  
Pedagogical Research ◽  
Event Based

The article highlights the study of the problem of the formation of value orientations of education in the educational process. The authors tried to determine the modern values of upbringing and to reveal the teacher’s readiness to refract the existing stereotypes of upbringing values to the real needs of a modern child. The article reveals the results of sociological and pedagogical research, which allows the authors to correlate the real needs, demands of modern children, the specifics of the existing subculture and what significant adults are oriented towards, who determine the content, approaches in the upbringing and education of children. The results of studying the ideas and requests of not only children, but also parents and teachers are highlighted.The research methodology is based on the key ideas of the competence-based and subjective approach. The main methods of studying the stated problems are: analysis, interpretation and systematization of theoretical and experimental data. The analysis of the studied patterns was carried out from the standpoint of interdisciplinarity, pedagogical and social phenomena were considered as holistic, which made it possible to develop an approach to methodological support of teachers in the organization of significant and valuable educational events for preschoolers. In the context of the research, labour actions are identified that are most characteristic of teachers in the implementation of the event-based approach. The potential of labor actions that are not included in the repertoire of specialists has been studied, the motivation for this has been determined. The obtained results of the study made it possible to identify and describe the options for relevant technological tracks in educational approaches, to determine the specifics of the organization of educational events in a preschool institution, to draw practical conclusions that allow us to design subsequent directions for study. Keywords: upbringing stereotypes, upbringing values, value attitude, children’s subculture, children’s needs

scholarly journals Helyettesítő áldozat

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerda Széplaky
Keyword(s):  
Focal Point ◽  
The Real ◽  
Abstract Structure ◽  
Real Self ◽  
Second Period ◽  
The Way

The issue of subjectivity became particularly relevant in the second half of Szilárd Borbély’s oeuvre. While his first period in the 1990s is dominated by the poetical power hidden in silence and the unspeakable, the works after 2000 have the characteristics of a closeness between the lyrical self and the real self, the former previously defined as ironical and reserved. These are the results of a fatal tragedy, the deadly attack on his parents, which has become the focal point of Borbély’s individual mythology. The thematisation of subjectivity, however, did not end in the formation of an autoreferential horizon. Instead, the poet created a net of meanings where the events of his own life are blended together with the Christian narrative of salvation, different myths, literary and philosphical parables. In my paper I investigate the way the personal and abstract structure of the lyrical self is represented in the subsitute sacrifice as a form of identity and in the theological and metaphysical topos of eternity, both of which being the defining motifs of Borbély’s second period.

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