a. Much has been said about children’s self-esteem in the past 20 years: Discuss the implications of building a child’s “self-esteem” without helping a child master any competencies in any of the areas of the multiple intelligences, character, behavior, or spiritual development. Any attempt to encourage or develop healthy “self-esteem” without any external help is going to be difficult without any guidance. The factors stated in the assignment’s question; the multiple intelligences, character, behavior, or spiritual development are far too important in understanding one’s “self,” to be left to chance. Any one of these areas of moral development are not formed in a vacuum, and without the gentle prodding’s given to a young child, the scolding delivered to middle children, or the or discipline meted out to adolescents by loving caregivers, emotional chaos (in the writer’s opinion,) will likely occur. The “spirit” (the term I shall use to define the conduit between psycho-emotional sub-conscious thought, and conscious thought) is a complicated construct, built from the information gathered from our life experiences. The biopsychosocial construct of the spirit begins at birth and can never – ultimately – be complete so, it is continually a work in progress. In absence of any meaningful emotional interaction, the spirit exists more or less in a weakened state, leaving an impaired pathway from our “soul” (emotional memories) to our “conscious self” (existence.) Consequently, positive and negative self-esteem are two products of the biopsychosocial environment in which a younger child may exist. Positive and negative reinforcement by caretakers will be the most influential factor in the development of a child’s positive or ne... ... middle of paper ... ...ouraging an easier path to scaffolding information. Parenting that incorporates instruction in the cultural norms of the family (micro-culture,) and a healthy respect for authority, co-regulation, (learning shared responsibility) and acceptance of cultural differences, (macro-culture) will ultimately create a framework for an individual to grow into a well-rounded adult (Craig & Dunn, pp. 236-237). d. Find a copy of your high school yearbook or a picture of yourself in high school to bring to Workshop Three. With apologies, after thirty years, I don’t quite know where my old photographs of me are. Suffice to say, I was a shaggy hippy with curly hair that exploded from my head down to my shoulders. I was quite introverted and I wore beige work-clothes to blend into the world. I was pretty big at that time, same as now, so the camouflage didn’t work too well.
It is the outer layer that contains the attitude and ideologist, values, laws, and customs of particular culture and subculture. Macrosystem is influenced by the culture and society in which a person lives. The belief system and ideology of an individual’s culture influence the person directly; however, the individual does not necessarily have as much as freedom in determining his or her surroundings. For example, the influence could include political or religious norms of culture. In my Asian family culture, we always pay respect for elders. The children are expected to be family oriented and are encouraged to work hard for the family. In my family style for raising a child, the parents will support and give what the child need during school ages or until he/she graduates and get a job. In our culture, we still live with our parents even though we are over 18 years old or sometimes even if person gets married. An example of this is my own life myself, I am 25 years old and I still live with my mom. It’s not because I don’t work or have money to live by myself but it’s it part of our culture. When our parents get old, that’s the time where we can pay back to and take care of them. When my mom gets old and unable to work anymore, I’ll take care of her the way she takes good care of me. In our country, young people and children are expected to listen and obey their parents. Freedom of expression is not widely practice at
Many studies have been conducted on the importance of self-esteem in children and young adults...
In unit one of Interactions, the authors Ann Moseley and Jeanette Harris showed a number of readings about the idea of the self. The self-concept is an important matter because people change with age constantly and their thoughts change as well. There are many factors that can affect any individual’s thought of self-concept such as growing up, life experiences, friends and family, and meeting new people. Moreover, a number of readings in unit one by different authors showing their experiences and struggles with self-concept such as ethnicities, economy status, and self-esteem issue. I have had similar experiences with several authors, which are, “Zero” by Paul Logan, “Living in two worlds” by Marcus Mabry, and “The Jacket” by Gary Soto.
Moral Theory and Personal Relationships In his article "The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories," Michael Stocker argues that mainstream ethical theories, namely consequentialism and deontology, are incompatible with maintaining personal relations of love, friendship, and fellow feeling because they both overemphasise the role of duty, obligation, and rightness, and ignore the role of motivation in morality. Stocker states that the great goods of life, i.e. love, friendship, etc., essentially contain certain motives and preclude others, such as those demanded by mainstream ethics.11 In his paper "Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality," Peter Railton argues that a particular version of consequentialism, namely sophisticated consequentialism, is not incompatible with love, affection and acting for the sake of others. In the essays "War and Massacre" and "Autonomy and Deontology," Thomas Nagel holds that a theory of absolutism, i.e. deontology, may be compatible with maintaining personal commitments. The first objective of this paper is to demonstrate that despite the efforts of both Railton and Nagel, consequentialism and deontology do not in fact incorporate personal relations into morality in a satisfactory way.
An individuals sense of self-importance or self-esteem can go a long distance in determining their perspective of themselves and their world around them. Erik Erikson, a developmental psychologist, highlights the importance of how the role of society and culture can affect an individual's ego. Erikson’s theory on the development of human beings discusses how a person’s level of confidence influences their ability to solve problems in society. Erikson believed that a persons potential in trusting others, or how a person views themselves personally is affected by how their confidence levels developed throughout certain stages of their life (McLeod, Saul). In order to expand on Erikson's ideas of the development of the human ego, he created a model that represents eight stages of development that occurs in a person's lifespan. In this model, the first five stages take place up to adulthood and the other three stages take place into and after adulthood. The progression and development of these stages is dependent on the previous stage (Davis & Clifton, 1995).
As the child matures during the first two years of life, he or she creates a specific internal working model (BOOK). The working model of self is founded on the expectations the child develops based on experiences with the mother (BOOK). According to Bowlby (1979, p. 117), "the conce...
Self-Esteem. Self-esteem is the way individual perceives, symbolized and accept ourselves as worth beings in this world (Oregon Resiliency Project, 2003). Everyone must have the self-esteem in order to perform in the daily routine but the differences are the level of self-esteem inside individuals. The level of self-esteem will reflect how individual performs in a daily task and life. Self-esteem is popular among the psychology field of research and still being study by many researchers. Throughout of human life span, highs self-esteem promotes the development of human potential entirely (Habibollah et al., 2009).
The concept of self-esteem was first discovered by the philosopher and psychologist, William James. James is well known for his brilliant formula for self-esteem, which states that self-esteem is equated to one’s successes divided by pretensions, or one’s expectations of success. This
3. Adolescent egocentrism, along with feelings of uniqueness and invincibility, can cloud judgment, as well as make them extraordinarily self-absorbed (Berger, 1998).
These concepts are predated to early on in the clients’ life. Because a child's sense of self-concept is contiuningly delveloping, they could internalize conditions of "worth, judgments about the kinds of behaviors that will bring approval from others." (Rogers) As they grow, lack of unconditional positive regard could be marked as supporting the client regardless of what they said. The warm, sympathetic therapeutic environment allows the client to be freed of internalized conditions of worth and to resume the self‐actualization.
In the depths of an individual’s being, lies his or her self-worth. Self-worth molds individuals into who they are, what they want to become. Self-worth lies at the heart of self-esteem. Self-esteem is, Palladino (1994) a blend of “self-confidence, self-worth, and self-respect. It involves respecting others, [along with] feeling a sense of harmony and peace within yourself” (sec.1p.1). The secret to higher self-esteem is the incentive to take accountability for one’s viewpoints, such as his or her aspirations, ethics, capabilities, and curiosities and to understand that these things combined is what makes them who they are (Palladino, 1994). However, the quest of higher self-esteem at times will cause sacrifices to be made by the individual to education, relationships, self-regulation, mental and physical health, as well as other concerns (Crocker & Knight, 2005).
Kohut believed development of the “self”, being a new adaptation to Freud’s id/ego/superego theory, took place within three axes: the grandiosity axis, the idealization axis, and the alter ego-connectedness axis. The grandiosity axis refers to the child’s ability to preserve a positive outlook upon life and maintain a balanced self-esteem. A normal, healthy adult possesses the ability to pursue ambitious endeavors, present commitment to worthwhile tasks, and retain assertiveness, if this particular axis is well developed; essentially, this axis is the embodiment of the child’s sense of self-worth. The idealization axis coincides with the wants and desires of a person. The ability to sustain a well-balanced goal system is the key to the development of the idealization axis; a normal, ...
In the discussion, I have learned different cultures and diverse techniques to work in early childhood environment. I also learned it is okay to express our feeling while I shared the struggles as well as sad story from my life. In the self-esteem research paper, I had a chance to discuss about my self-esteem while living in a new country. When I wrote this paper, I have learned that I have both positive and low self-esteem. Honestly, I have never paid attentions about my self-esteem. After writing this assignment, I was surprised that I could recognize my positive and low self-esteem. Personally, I think it is important to go back and exam on self-esteem because it will help me to understand more about myself. I have learning that having low self-esteem will not only effect to my everyday lives, but it may also lead to a mental health problem, such as depression or anxiety. Therefore, I need to maintain my positive self-esteem. Then, I will find techniques to boost my low self-esteem to positive
10. Adolescents and their Families, Paths of Ego Development, Stuart T. Hauser, Sally I. Powers, Gil G. Noam 1991
Before learning about early childhood in this class I never realized all the way children at such a young age are developing. From the second part of this course I learned how much children are developing at the early childhood stage. I never realized children learn how about their emotions, having empathy, and self-concept at such a young age. I thought children had it easy. They play with friends, start school, and just be kids. One important thing that stood out to me in this chapter is that children’s self-esteem starts at this stage. According to Berk (2012), “self-esteem is the judgments we make about our own worth and the feelings associated with those judgments (p. 366)”. Self-esteem is very important for a child to have and it can