Post by congl95 on Oct 19, 2017 15:53:16 GMT
Many examples can be found to support that claim. Firstly, our conduct is obviously different in the different situations we are in each day. You do not act with family like you do at work, or in a public place; and not only do you not act differently, but you think and process the situation from different perspectives. When your child is exerting bad behaviour, you as a parent have to take the "authority figure" self; whereas when someone else's child is acting up you are the passive observer, not in control or responsible for the actions of the child. We have to engage in group values and goals which vary from place to place.
An example that would contradict it would be the amount of comfort that you have in different situations. Many say that you are only who you truly are when you are at home. What this means is that in other places constraints are put on you to act in certain ways, but that doesn't change who you are, rather you are tightening the grip on who you are, not allowing for spontaneous behaviour that you might be disposed to do. An example would be how the more comfortable you get with co-workers, the more you talk to each other and get personal, not acting as formal because you have built a relationship where you feel safe to be closer to who you really are; your true self.
I am much more inclined towards the unitary view of the self. I believe, as was stated above, that the "other selves" we put out into the world are just our original selves being constrained, we are personally limiting our own degrees of freedom, not acting as we would if we didn't have to monitor our behaviour as closely. Evidence I find compelling for this position is how individuals with sever autism behave. They have a weakened ability to control their behaviour, and act almost the exact same way in most situations, whether at home or in public. If this a legitimate piece of evidence I'm not actually sure, I do not understand the cognitive dynamics of autism well enough to make this claim with absolute confidence.
An example that would contradict it would be the amount of comfort that you have in different situations. Many say that you are only who you truly are when you are at home. What this means is that in other places constraints are put on you to act in certain ways, but that doesn't change who you are, rather you are tightening the grip on who you are, not allowing for spontaneous behaviour that you might be disposed to do. An example would be how the more comfortable you get with co-workers, the more you talk to each other and get personal, not acting as formal because you have built a relationship where you feel safe to be closer to who you really are; your true self.
I am much more inclined towards the unitary view of the self. I believe, as was stated above, that the "other selves" we put out into the world are just our original selves being constrained, we are personally limiting our own degrees of freedom, not acting as we would if we didn't have to monitor our behaviour as closely. Evidence I find compelling for this position is how individuals with sever autism behave. They have a weakened ability to control their behaviour, and act almost the exact same way in most situations, whether at home or in public. If this a legitimate piece of evidence I'm not actually sure, I do not understand the cognitive dynamics of autism well enough to make this claim with absolute confidence.