Chapter 4 Self-understanding Sara AlZamil 200800118 Samah BoJbarah 201000511 Areej Aslam 201002380 Zainab al shaikh nasser 200700110

Contents: Self Understanding Monitoring Egocentrism Making a commitment to fair-mindedness Recognizing mind’s three distinctive Functions Understanding the special relationship to mind

Monitoring The Egocentrism in Your Thought and Life Egocentrism is a challenge in developing. What is egocentrism? Why are we egocentric? The insight into the nature of own thinking and emotions. Stereotypical and Simplistic Thinking How emotions affect thinking. How to avoid egocentrism? Are you egocentric? How egocentric you are. Self-understanding

Self Understanding Understand Human mind through evaluating one own self.

Making a commitment to Fair Mindedness The concept of egocentric Born into certain culture, family and set of believes People who share same culture and believes with us are correct other people who have different cultures are wrong People who share same believes assume that they have an insight view of the truth

Making a commitment to Fair Mindedness cont. Our behavior always indicate that we are attracted to people that we share similar values with We hold same values even if they conflict with ethical manners How to become a fair mindedly?

Mind’s three Distinctive Functions DO U KNOW?

Three basic functions of Human Mind

Thinking: Simply means to create meaning Categorizes the events of life Makes sense of the world

Feeling: Evaluation of the meaning of events in life Categorizing the positive and Negative It tells how one feels about the particular event

Wanting: Allocates energy to action It tells how one should react to a specific situation Whether is it worth taking or not

Understanding that you have a special relationship to your mind:

John D. Rockefeller: John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960)

Thinking: Thinking changes the way a person looks at a situation. Feelings and desires can only change by thinking. Thinking controls a person’s emotions and decisions.

Thinking: cont. Every person has his own way of looking at things. Different perspectives. Different perspective are created by different thoughts and different ways of thinking. This is why we reactions vary from one to another.

Conclusion: Self-understanding is basically how a person reacts, feels, and thinks. A person’s wishes, desires, and needs are all linked to his thinking. Thinking defers from one person to another. Anything is achievable, if its been thought through.