Own Self Concepts SPC 2300 – 12 Own Self Concepts 1. Define one change you would like to make in yourself. It might be a behavior or anything about yourself that you would like to alter. * I would like to change one of my behaviors about myself. The worst quality about me is that I am always late no matter what the case may be. I am not late on purpose‚ but it seems like something always puts me behind schedule. It drives both my family and friends crazy. They have learned when I say
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Self Concept Essay There is a lot of things that I have learned about myself in the past few weeks of this course. I have learned many things about myself that I would have never known if it was not for this course. I have learned about my; self concept‚ attitudes and feelings. I have also learned about social influence‚ group dynamics and relationships. I learned about myself and how to describe the way that I am and the way that I think. I have learned that I am a creative and compassionate
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Academic Self-Concept In order to delve into my academic self-concept it is important to first grasp the meaning of self-concept. The class text book defines self-concept as one’s identity in their own mind. It is what a person thinks and feels about themselves and their thoughts. I have grown a lot academically throughout my collegiate career. I have experimented with different learning styles and test preparations to discover my best fit. In the beginning‚ I never thought that academics was
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Amber Clark Mr. Townes Self-concept essay Can you imagine a life with five kids well I don’t have to imagine it I live it! Welcome to the life of Amber Clark. Well my kids are all under the age of five youngest two are twins! Surprise surprise and on top of that I’m only nineteen. It’s been one crazy life. This is how I became mature‚ caring‚ and patient. This has been a long road of living and learning to adjust. I started out thirteen being pregnant and learning how to adapt to a child while
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"Self-Concept" written by Barry Joel Desaine (March 2010) Email: bjdesaine@yahoo.com SELF-CONCEPT Sensing that he is a distinct and separate existence from others through time and space‚ a man becomes aware of his existential self from infancy. As he matures he also becomes aware of his categorical self through the realization that he has characteristics or attributes that distinguishes him from other objects in his environment. These two aspects – the existential self and the categorical
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Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956. Carl Rogers was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th-century. He was a humanist thinker and believed that people are fundamentally good. He also believed that people have an actualizing tendency‚ or a desire to fulfill their potential and become the best people they can be. Self Actualization Carl Rogers (1959) believed that humans have one basic motive‚ that is the tendency to self-actualize - i.e. to fulfill
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Self-concept (P3) Is the knowledge you have about who you are; it is sometimes described as self-awareness. Self-concept is based on three things: * Self-image is an idea of who you are. * Ideal-self is who you would like to be. * Factors that influence a persons self-concept Age: our self concept changes when we get older . Each different age presents different challenges to our self -concept . Appearence: what we look like is very important to us. We make assumptions about
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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. The development process begins at about six or seven months of age. The child begins to recognize "self" as distinct from surroundings. They stare at anything they see‚ including their own body parts; hands‚
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Cooley’s concept of the “looking-glass self” contains three elements. First‚ we imagine how we appear to those around us. Second‚ we interpret others’ reactions to us. Third‚ we develop a self-concept from those reactions. The self-concept development begins in childhood‚ but it is a lifelong‚ ongoing process. That means that a student in a new college setting will experience different things that affect one’s self-concept. For example‚ a student who constantly arrives late to class and is greeted
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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
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