1. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education
Bachelor of Science in Criminology
GE 1: Understanding the Self
2. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education
Irish Justine
GE 1: Understanding the Self
The Political Self
Identity Resources for Radical Democracy
Presented by:
Presented for:
Ella Kurt Harvey Jaymee
Ed Faustine Rio Angelbert Shiela Marie Trisha Mae
Cherwin R. Macasiog, LPT
3. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
WHAT IS SELF?
Politics is the way that people living in groups
make decisions. Politics is about making agreements
between people so that they can live together in
groups such as tribes, cities, or countries.
It refers to the identity, character, attributes, or
essential qualities of a person.
WHAT IS POLITICS?
4. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
WHAT IS Political
Self?
One’s political self is his identity being a member of
a community or country where he belongs. It must
be taking pride of his belongingness. As Filipinos,
we have so many things to be proud of.
5. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
ORIGIN OF
Political Self
The hierarchical structure of the family influences
the political self through the obligations and expectations
associated with one’s role as a member of the family and
the power and status related with one’s position in the
family. An important prelude to the study of political self is
understanding the concept of politics.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
ORIGIN OF
Political Self
The family has a hierarchical structure Through
hierarchy of positions, status and power. Example:
Father acts as a leader and establishes rules to maintain
order in the family. This shows that authority is necessary
in the development of political self and identity.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
ORIGIN OF
Political Self
The school's responsibility is to teach moral,
spiritual, and political values that will help the students to
become patriotic and morally upright citizen Example:
UTS subject, GMRC, ROTC The school is similar to family,
where the teacher acts as the leader in classroom that
sets the rules and regulation to maintain order in class.
8. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
ORIGIN OF
Political Self
The school's responsibility is to teach moral,
spiritual, and political values that will help the students to
become patriotic and morally upright citizen Example:
UTS subject, GMRC, ROTC The school is similar to family,
where the teacher acts as the leader in classroom that
sets the rules and regulation to maintain order in class.
9. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
ORIGIN OF
Political Self
Church helps the shape ideals of citizenship
and democracy through the religious teachings,
values and tradition.
Interaction with the peers encompasses and
emphasizes the equal distribution of power, rights,
and privileges among members of the group.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
ORIGIN OF
Political Self
Mass Media. Key to the source of
information on politics Family, School,
Church, Peers and moral behaviours' that
influence political behavior and political self.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
THEORIES OF
POLITICAL SELF
According to the social learning theory, a person can
acquire learning through observation and imitation. In imitation,
the learner watches the behavior of another person (model)
and then performs the behavior in a similar way. Observation
and imitation are important in a process known as political
socialization, the lifelong process by which individuals gain
knowledge about politics.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
THEORIES OF
POLITICAL SELF
Another theory in political self is the cognitive
theory which suggests that the mental activities (e.g.,
knowledge, perceptions, ideas) of individuals are
important determinants of behavior (e.g., political
attitudes). For example, individuals interpret the
meaning of politics and then choose and decode the
actions they will make.
13. DOMINICAN COLLEGE OF TARLAC
College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
THEORIES OF
POLITICAL SELF
The theory of symbolic interaction suggests that behaviours
are products of communication, meaning, and symbols. People
give meanings to symbols and they express these meanings
through language and communication. For example, children
develop their political attitudes according to the symbols and
meanings that their parents communicate to them. Based on
the symbols and meanings that people ascribe to objects (e.g.,
politics, human rights, freedom), people can formulate plans of
action (e.g., election, demonstrations, rally).
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
THEORIES OF
POLITICAL SELF
This recognizes the importance of the theory of political
participation in political self. Political participation can be defined as
citizen’s actions or activities anchored in politics. from the members.
All members must also commit to and take responsibility for fostering
and maintaining an environment in which political participation can
occur. For instance, ordinary Filipino citizens must be allowed to take
part in the policy and decision-making process regarding the
administration of the country which is in accordance to the
democratic nature of the Philippine society.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
POLITICAL SELF AND
IDENTITY
As an essential part of the self, the political self
organizes self-relevant information about politics. The
political self helps in defining the structure and
functions of the government, in telling and
understanding the relationship between the state and
the citizens, and in describing their rights, freedom,
and obligations as citizens.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
POLITICAL SELF AND
IDENTITY
One important component of political self is
identity, the person’s understanding of who and what
he or she is. Citizenship becomes a salient basis for
political self. The political self is often defined by
citizenship. As such, the political self is also in part
defined by reference to other members in the political
group or community where one belongs.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
POLITICAL SELF AND
IDENTITY
The political self and identity are developed
through socialization, through the ways people learn
the knowledge, norms, values, motives, and roles
appropriate to their positions in a group or community.
Social interaction may significantly influence a
person’s understanding of politics, and perhaps a
person’s political actions in the future.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
POLITICAL SELF AND
IDENTITY
Through social interaction, people learn the
status, duties, rights, and power necessary to interact
successfully with other people in the group or
community. Throughout life, as individuals meet new
people and join new groups, the political self is
influenced and modified by the opinions, comments,
and suggestions of the people.
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College of Criminal Justice Education GE 1: Understanding the Self
REFERENCES:
Go-Monilla, M. & Ramirez, N. (2018). Understanding the
self. C & E Publishing, Inc
https://www.slideshare.net/JianvyGomez/political-self-
understanding-the-self
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4419-
9188-1_5
