Page 1 The topic I’m choosing to write about is all the steps of self-concept., how it builds all throughout your life. “Self-concept- an idea of the self constructed from the beliefs one holds about oneself and the responses of others.” Self-Concept is how you perceived by how you looks at yourself, the things you’ve gone through in your life to make you who you are today. Existential Self, Categorical Self, Self Image, Self Esteem and Self Worth, and Idea Self all shape your self concept. Self-concept develops at such an early age, and continues until you die. Everything in life shapes to who will be and who you are in the future.(McLeod, S. A. (2008). Self Concept.) Existential self-concept is the most basic part of the self-concept, this development starts when you …show more content…
Seeing the little details about yourself “I’m tall, I have hazel eyes, red hair, light complexion.” A lot of people hate how they look, due to social media and how you’re “expected” to look in today’s day in age. The people you hangout with shape how you see yourself, “you are who you hangout with.”, how they talk to you and tell you little details about yourself. What makes you mad, what gets under your skin, little noises that grind your gears, those are your personal traits. Figuring out who you are, and where you came from, “I’m from a universe.”, thinking abstract about life.("Practice Wisdom. May 2016.) I think the most important one is your “idea self”, how you think you should be, how you want to be, what you could do different to be different. We all view ourselves in extreme ways, from what people have said to us about ourselves to what we see in the mirror. Most girls want to be a size two, 105 pounds, long healthy hair, perfect skin, everything like you see on social media. Most boys want to be built up with abs, dark skin, perfect hair, all they see on social media. Social media has the biggest effect on
realize that what we understand and imagine about ourselves is a story. And when we know all this, we can use our
Myers, D. G., (2009). Self-Concept: Who Am I?. In M. Ryan(Ed.), Exploring social psychology (pp. 23-33). New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
To begin, one of the major reasons that make people who they are is self-image.
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.
people and things around you, maybe even changing the way you see yourself as well. In the
1. Self-awareness: If a person has a healthy sense of self-awareness, he understands his own
One’s surroundings influence his/her actions, which lead to how a person might see one as, and one’s outer appearance should be true and make him/ her feel confident to help show his/ her true identity. However, why should one care what his/her identity is like? How does it benefit him/her? The real question is, how can one make his/her identity better? Or why is one’s identity important? The answers to those questions are completely decided by one who decides what he/she wants to change. That one person can change himself or herself forever, or let the world change him/her
That one’s self are built off of experiences that come from events that have taken place over a period of time.
Prescott, Anne P.. The concept of self in psychology. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2006. Print.
One component is our self-concept, or who we think we are. I see myself as being someone with a good heart who always makes sure others are good. I’m willing to do anything I can to help others out. Another part of us is our self-esteem, or what we think we are worth. When I was younger I had low self-esteem because I am an only child so the people I hang out with mostly are friends. I had this feeling that I just had to have everyone as a friend and had to be liked by everyone. As I grew up I learned that not everyone is going to like you so I had to work on myself to build my self-esteem. This section helped me learn how we determine our self-identity and
Finding yourself can be a long journey people follow on, sometime life surprises our cognitive intellect of how we see thing, but for people want to know the reasons why. By going through Erickson’s identity formation, and Maslow’s model of self-actualization. Throughout studying those two concept, many individuals can know the reason of their behavior in life, not only that, also working improving ones cognitive resolution.
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.
Self-esteem is critical evaluation of ones self, resulting in negative or positive thoughts about oneself (Decker, 2010; Kaya & Saçkes, 2004). The way an individual see’s themselves is imprortant in regards to how they behave and the daily decisions they make (Hamarta, 2004). With regards to adolelescents, self esteem is of particular importance, influencing every day decisions that can have a life long impact (Person & Year, 2007). Self esteem can be defined on the basis of the way one sees themselves. In this view of self esteem, there must be a reference point with which the individual compares themelves to although the view of themselves may be positive or negative with respect to that particular reference ppoint. In positive self-esteem the individual is satisified with the way he or she is and thus views themselves favorably with respect to that particular reference point. In contrast, in negative self-esteem, the individual fails to meet this ideal point of reference of how they should be externally (Decker, 2010).
...tance. From experience the feeling of not being accepted in a group of people sucks. I know how it feels to be cared about and having this is essential during development. Next, is esteem needs. This is when you achieve, be competent, gain approval, and excel. We all love the feeling of accomplishing something or excelling a something. For me I love the feeling of getting good grades. It makes you have confidence and want to strive to do better on following assignments. Self-actualization is Maslow’s belief in an inborn drive to develop all one’s talents and capabilities. This is when people find out what they are made of and what their true talents are. This is something I still am finding out. Everyone is going to be different. Some people won’t be fit to be doctors or lawyers. We all have something that is destine for us we just have to find out what it may be.
How does one create the “self”? How do we form as individuals? Whether a person is male or female, white or black, rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly, fat or skinny, the most important factor is the development of the “self”. The self refers to the unique set of traits, behaviors, and attitudes that distinguishes one person from another (Newman 283). To distinguish between oneself from others, one must be able to recognize their unique traits and characteristics. One must be able to differentiate between one’s own physical appearance and another’s. There are many components such as gender, race, ethnicity, and social class, which shape and influence our values, beliefs, and impression of life. Understanding the difference between sex and gender allows one to grow into their own masculinity and femininity. Recognizing the history of one’s past in regard to their ethnic backgrounds and struggle will shape the development on one’s self. Having the luxury of money and power will affect the self and the way that one appreciates the value of the dollar or lack thereof. One of the most important factors may be one’s physical features which will eventually influence one’s self-confidence and affect the self as a whole. Once an individual has acknowledged the traits of their “self”, they’re in control of either maintaining their self, or changing their self to satisfy their standards.