Self Concept: The Self-Concept Of Self

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1. Self-concept is how we think of ourselves; according to our own self and behavior. We can also call it as self- image. It is the sum of all the knowledge and information we have about ourselves. Self-concept include things like, our gender, name, personality, beliefs, values, like and dislike, and so on. For example, for me, I think I am a little bit shy girl, I am friendly, and I like to make friends with people. I like listen to music, watch movie, and play computer games. These are all the self-concept of myself. Self- concept answer the question of “who am I?” Self-concept may both include positive opinion and negative opinion. Self-esteem is the judgment of personal performance compared with the self-ideal. Self-esteem is derived from a sense of giving and receiving love, and being respected by others. Therefore, the self-esteem is depend on how you think of yourself and how do other people treat you. The way other people treat us may easily add or take away our self-esteem. People who have low self-esteem may cause lack of confident. Significant other is the people who is important to ourselves. For most of people, the …show more content…

According to my observation and knowledge, the causes for stereotyping and prejudice to exist in our group in our society is people do not get to know each other very well. They just based on their common sense or what other people used to tell them to judge other people, rather than get to know the people by themselves, and lack of education. There are many ways to solve stereotyping. First of all, put yourself in their shoes. Like in the video, because the teacher let the children experienced how they felt when they judge by others, so they know how other people felt and know do not prejudice others. Secondly, let people in. Get to know them. When you felt uncertain about other people, go to say hi and get to know them. Maybe you have some misunderstanding of them. Lastly, be educated. Do not easily believe what other people told

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