A method of examining a person’s thoughts and emotions to gain knowledge about the self. It aims to make people think, seek and ask.

needs, desires, pleasures.

Includes emotions (love, anger, aggressiveness, ambition, and empathy, the drive towards action.

Enables the person to think deeply, make decisions, motivation for goodness and truth.

He described that the humankind is created in the image and likeness of God, therefore the man is always geared towards good.

I think therefore I am. Cogito ergo sum (I think therefore I am)

The act of thinking about oneself is in itself a proof that there is a self.

For him, conscious awareness and previous experiences are keys to understanding the self.

According to him, when people examine their experiences, what they will find are impressions and ideas.

-         are immediate sensations of people's experiences.

-         are those we perceive through our senses

Thought and images in our minds even though we are not experiencing them.

The self that is actively organizing all our thoughts.

The self-constructs its reality (a world that is familiar).

The self regulates experiences (making unified experiences).

The self is the brain.

The self is multilayered.

Self is the way people behave.

Reality principle; contains all of one’s thoughts, memories, feelings, and wishes of which we are aware at any given moment. Example: hunger, sleep

Contains thoughts and feelings that a person is not currently aware of, but which can easily be brought to consciousness. Example: address, phone number

The primary source of human behavior; feelings, motives and decisions are influenced by our past experiences, and stored in the _____

Self is embodied subjectivity.