My Self-Concept
A reflection of the self is an important tool to use to figure out whether or not your self-concept provides you with a positive self-esteem. First ask yourself, ‘who am I?’ and once you figure that out, determine if your perception of yourself is a positive one. If it’s not positive, you might want to consider making a change very quickly in order to live a fulfilling life. An even more important tool is to compare your own self-concept to the perception others have of you. I interviewed four people and asked them three questions. Those questions were as follows. “How do you perceive me physically? How do you perceive me socially? How do you perceive me psychologically?” Their overall physical perception of me is, I am beautiful,
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My objectives are, determine what I like about their answers, compare and contrast the answers given to me, determine if the length of time I have known them made a difference in their answers, how my strengths helped me to define my self-concept, and how I can change my self-concept if there are …show more content…
After reflecting on my strengths, I realize that they can help me deal with the negative perceptions I have of myself. Being futuristic aids me to think in terms of possibilities which allows me to convalesce from setbacks, problems and disappointments. I always have a plan that allows me to interchange around any barriers. When goals do not succeed as I planned for them to, I feel extremely anxious about not having control over the situation. I feel that it is necessary to have more than one disposition to rely on, because if I expect setbacks, there should be no reason to experience high anxiety since I already know which move to make next. I have such high expectations for the future with a plan to support them. Being restorative helps me to work through any weakness or limitations I may experience. When my mother-in-law makes me feel like what I am doing is unimportant, I feel incompetent and I let those feelings distract my thoughts away from school. My weakness in this situation is not standing up for myself and because she is an important person in my life, I steer away from letting her know how I feel so I don’t come across as being disrespectful. Being restorative can help me overcome this and stand up for myself to those who doubt me, especially when it comes to my plans to achieve my dreams. Having consistency and being an achiever
Self-esteem is commonly defined as “a confidence in one's own worth or abilities.” It’s typically known as a personality trait, so everyone’s idea of “self-esteem” is completely different. Your self-esteem affects how you talk, act, and even think. Do you feel like you’re successful? Are you happy with your appearance? How do you feel about your social status? These are all questions that can help determine whether you have low self-esteem or high self-esteem.
Since self-esteem is how one rates him or herself then for you to improve your self-esteem you must re-rate yourself. It all begins and ends with you. You should devise a means of shutting up the negative voices of condemnation in your
Self-esteem involves evaluations of self-worth. People with high self-esteem tend to think well of others and expect to be accepted them.
Self-esteem is a powerful force within each one of us. It is a person’s overall assessment
There are many factors that contribute to positive self-esteem. One of the ways is thinking positively about
Self-concept is the sum total of beliefs that a person has about themselves (Kassin, Fein, & Markus, 2013). The beliefs that we form about ourselves comes from the environment we grew up in and the individuals that we chose to associate with. All human begins want to connect with others on some sort of level. Which may result in some lying. The truth in this comes because when we are able to lie to ourselves makes telling others easier. That is to say that people will always have at least one thing about themselves.
In this paper I will be discussing the importance and necessity of having a strong self-concept. Also, I will be examining and thoroughly analyzing the in-depth concepts that help contribute to or compose your own self-concept. The ideas that I will be discussing in-depth are: self-esteem and it’s effect upon our lives, impression management and how society could fall apart without it and the ways that our society benefits from reflected appraisals.
Everyone has a mental picture of themselves; whether it’s how they look, what they’re good or bad at, and what their weaknesses and strengths are. A lot of people tend to think negatively about themselves, but they’re just looking at it the wrong way, and there are many ways to boost your self-esteem. If you are constantly thinking negative things about yourself, it’s bound to make you upset about who you are. Every day, try to write down three things about yourself that make you happy. Build up your self-esteem. Set mini goals for yourself, ones that you know you can get done, while still doing what you need to. Reward yourself. Let you know you are worth something and that you are good for something.
Self-esteem has to do with the value you place on yourself and your abilities regardless of what anyone thinks or says. According to Smith and Mackie in 2007, Self-Esteem was defined as follows: “The self-concept is what we think about the self; self-esteem, is the positive or negative evaluations of the self, as in how we feel about it.”
I found the results of my self-assessments to be a very insightful and accurate description of myself. The results of the learning styles test and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II are very valuable for examining my personality traits and learning style and making improvements as needed.
Self concept, environment, and multicultural identity can impact a student 's academic performance. My educational experiences contributed to development of my social identities. My education affected my self concept in multiple aspects. My time from kindergarten to senior year as a student in the Downingtown Area School District affected my perception of myself and my beliefs about my ability to succeed.
During my initial self-evaluation and assessment of me as a perspective counselor, self- awareness was an essential aspect of becoming an effective counselor. I am aware of certain things that can prevent me from becoming a competent counselor such as being unaware of my strengths and weaknesses. As a current community support worker, I have already had the opportunity to work with individuals who require different levels of support. Providing assistance to the specific population has given me the chance to utilize my communication skills. My work experience has also allowed me to be more self-aware, and open minded. After taking the techniques of counseling class I am more than confident that I have grown professionally since the beginning
Self-esteem can be defined as how children feel about themselves. Children's levels of self-esteem are evident in their behavior and attitudes. If children feel good about themselves, these good feelings will be reflected in how they relate to friends, teachers, siblings, parents, and others. Self-esteem is something that affects individuals throughout life. Therefore, it is very important for parents to help their children develop healthy levels of self-esteem. There are many things parents can do to help their children learn that they are lovable, capable, and competent, beginning when their children are at a very young age. Unfortunately, it is also at a very young age that children can begin to develop low self-esteem. Parents must be very careful not to plant the seeds of low self-esteem in their children unknowingly. Children learn their first lessons about self-esteem from their parents.
The report described my self-esteem to be pretty strong. If people reject me based on who I am or what I do, I am most likely not going to be affected by it. I also don’t really go out of my way to attain approval from people who don’t accept the way I am. Although rejection may hurt me, I don’t let it change how I feel about myself. The results described me as strong and only worried about my own approval. I found these results to be pretty true now that I have gotten older. When I was younger I used to always worry about what others thought of me, however as I have grown and been through more hardships, I have learned that the only approval I need is my own. I agreed with the results when it said at times I may feel hurt when rejected but not devastated. This is true. At times I still feel this hurt, however I don’t let it ruin my view on
The Self-Concept is a complicated process of gaining self-awareness. It consists of mental images an individual has of oneself: physical appearance, health, accomplishments, skills, social talents, roles, intellectual traits, and emotional states and more –all make up our self-concept.