UNIT 8 SELF CONCEPT
Introduction
A person’s self-concept is continually developing during each life stage. Self-concept is an idea of who you are, and how you see yourself. Self-concept is created by two main concepts, self-image and self-esteem. How you see yourself, your personality and how others see you are all part of a person’s self-concept. The more positive a person views themselves, the greater the chance of that individual reaching their full potential and being able to maintain a positive attitude. Self-concept is based on three things. Which are:
Self-image
Definition of self image:- The way a person feels about his or her personality, achievements and value to society. (Cambridge dictionaries online)
Another definition of self image is:- The idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself. (positive self image and self esteem)
This is an idea of who you are, and comes into 4 elements which are, the type of things that you use to describe yourself to another individual.
Your social role e.g. I work as a teacher
Your personality e.g. I am very friendly
Your physical self-e.g. I am small and slim
Your intellectual abilities e.g. I am very good at English
Ideal-self
Definition of ideal self:- The Ideal Self is an idealized version of yourself created out of what you have learned from your life experiences, the demands of society, and what you admire in your role models. (Psychology Glossary).
Another definition is:- Your representation of the attributes that someone (yourself or another) would like you, ideally, to possess. (Boundless).
This is who you would like to be and see yourself as. It can be influences by many different things, such as role models or the media. If your self-image and ideal-self are similar then you are probably going to feel good about yourself, but if they are not similar then you are most likely to feel like you have low self-esteem.
Self -esteem
Definition of self
A person’s self-concept is continually developing during each life stage. Self-concept is an idea of who you are, and how you see yourself. Self-concept is created by two main concepts, self-image and self-esteem. How you see yourself, your personality and how others see you are all part of a person’s self-concept. The more positive a person views themselves, the greater the chance of that individual reaching their full potential and being able to maintain a positive attitude. Self-concept is based on three things. Which are:
Self-image
Definition of self image:- The way a person feels about his or her personality, achievements and value to society. (Cambridge dictionaries online)
Another definition of self image is:- The idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself. (positive self image and self esteem)
This is an idea of who you are, and comes into 4 elements which are, the type of things that you use to describe yourself to another individual.
Your social role e.g. I work as a teacher
Your personality e.g. I am very friendly
Your physical self-e.g. I am small and slim
Your intellectual abilities e.g. I am very good at English
Ideal-self
Definition of ideal self:- The Ideal Self is an idealized version of yourself created out of what you have learned from your life experiences, the demands of society, and what you admire in your role models. (Psychology Glossary).
Another definition is:- Your representation of the attributes that someone (yourself or another) would like you, ideally, to possess. (Boundless).
This is who you would like to be and see yourself as. It can be influences by many different things, such as role models or the media. If your self-image and ideal-self are similar then you are probably going to feel good about yourself, but if they are not similar then you are most likely to feel like you have low self-esteem.
Self -esteem
Definition of self