Part 1: Prepare your self-concept bag/box: If you did not watch the Dan Lok TED Talk, "The Invisible Force," Links to an external site. watch it before completing this assignment. Your

self-concept bag/box will contain six total items. These can be objects/pictures or even just pieces of paper with writing. One of your six items should relate to something about you that references culture. This does not need to be traditionally cultural (race, religion, ethnicity), though it could be. You could use any of the other elements of culture je, age, ableism, gender, etc. Three items will represent your presenting self. They can be a mixture of or all: ■ Prosocial: qualities you show that are aimed at benefiting others ■ Self-serving: qualities you show that benefit yourse If at the expense of others Three items will represent self-discrepancy theory. They can be a mixture of orall: ■ The actual self: attributes that you or someone else More about these "selves": believes you actually possess. ■ The ideal self attributes that you or someone else would like you to possess. ■ The ought self: attributes you or someone else believes you should possess. The bag or box can represent one of the items, if it has meaning (not required). ■ About the discrepancy between presenting self and another one of your "selves." Let's say you present that you wear an expensive watch, which is a self-serving goal because you want people to think you have money. Your actual self knows that you possess struggles with money. There is the discrepancy. The discrepancy items might be more private, things you wouldn't necessarily tell the world. You don't have to disclose anything you feel uncomfortable about, but try to avoid the superficial, too. Remember, disclosure allows us to gain more intimacy with others--and can even give us support and resources in places we may never imagine./nThe items representing the discrepancy are usually more of judgment, we judge ourselves or others are judging us. ■ Remember that this speech is not about likes/dislikes. If you like hamburgers, that's awesome. This may be a self-serving benefit because they taste good, right? However, this doesn't really tell us about your qualities. You can certainly talk about food, but try to think about the meaning. For instance, maybe your prosocial self wants others to think you have money because you can afford to go out to eat. Or, maybe your self-serving se f wants others to know that you can cook really well and you cook because you want to nurture others. But your ideal self is known by others as someone who will always pick up the bill for eating out, and you worry about being used. Your ought self believes that you have to be kind and giving to others or they won't like you as much, and that's why you might overdo it on nurturing others. No creativity required! No need to stress! You can literally use anything! Objects, even words written on pieces of paper. You can use a ball to represent yourself as someone who is into sports, or you can use an object as a metaphor, such as a watch to show that you are worried about getting older (ha ha -- maybe that's me projecting!). This project is only graded your ability to interpret the dimensions of self :-).