I think it should be renamed 'intrapersonal' skills really. This module is going to be interesting and a lot of fun. Hard work as well as we delve into ourselves.
We briefly recapped on some Carl Rogers stuff from last term.
Self concept - our individual perception of ourselves, usually aquired in early childhood.
Ideal self - what the self, in response to the conditions of worth aspires to be. (e.g. child is reprimanded for showing fear - told to be brave, learns to be so and ends up not feeling fear at all)
Organismic self - present from birth. Represents the real inner life of the person. Aims to move towards harmony and intergration. When allowed to evolve - moves naturally to maturity and self actualisation.
Interesting stuff. We also looked at The Johari window. It consist of a square divided into four boxes. Top left represents 'Open' - your open, conscious public behaviour, known to you and others.
Top right represents 'Blind' - where others can see things about you that you cannot see
Bottom left represents 'Hidden' - the things we know about ourselves that we don't reveal to others.
Bottom right represents 'Unknown' - feelings, thoughts and motives within you that are known to neither yourself or others.
The open area can be expanded by talking honestly about yourself to other people and listening to feedback.
Taken from York St John class handout.
It's an interesting and clear way of looking at things. Helps you to see how the different information you have about yourself is held - and equally, how your client holds information about themselves. In class we had to think of two things for the open section and for the hidden section. It was quite hard to come up with them. I can't think of much that is hidden about me from my classmates. We also had to think of questions to ask others about ourselves for our blind section. I put, 'Do people really like me or do they just find me annoying?!' I couldn't think of questions for my unknown spot. That's more difficult.
We also had to think about our biggest success in the last 12 months - surviving uni life.
Our biggest failure in the last 12 months - going home from my gap year.
What we'd like to achieve in the next 12 months - to be more me.
What we'd like to achieve in the next 10 years - to do what God wants and to grow through and enjoy what he's got instore for me.
What our motto is - Phil 4:13.
What we'd like written on our grave stone! - 'I am not but I know I Am'.
We had to share with the class - it was quite embarrassing but interesting to listen to others. Pretty much all of us had uni if the first section which was interesting.
In the afternoon we did some role play which was great fun! We split into two teams - the other team had to shut their eyes while we put them in previously agreed positions relating to a theme we'd agreed on. We put them in the position of a funeral/burial with a vicar, a dead person, some people crying etc. They then had to each in turn describe how they were standing. Once they done that - without opening their eyes they had to guess what the theme was. It was quite bizarre.
The teacher then opened his cosmic trading store and one by one we had to go up and offer him a characteristic we wanted to get rid of, and what we'd like to swap it for. I said my obsessiveness for creme eggs and bargins for some wisdom.
It's all been very interesting. I'm amazed at how well I've coped with it. Especially the role play. In the past I would have panicked and tried to get out of it - but I just let myself go and enjoyed it! I'm finding that I'm a lot more confident with the people in my classes too. We've changed round a bit and I'm finding it really easy to talk to new people! It's great!
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