What Makes Your Self Concept?

In regards to the self-concept inventory survey, the relationship between both male and female co-workers is quite similar and identical in various ways. As someone who is positive, inspiring and motivating towards all people. I perceive myself as rare and unique human being who strives to be compassionate and passionate towards everyone that I encounter. For example, this individual is an honest, loyal and trustworthy person. The inventory list documented by my co-workers has identified the same views in the survey that are consistent with my characteristics and values such as, I am a very neat, clean, fit and active individual. Although people view me as a positive and inspiring person, they are correct and accurate regarding these facts.

Although, many people like and dislike many of their physical appearances they have to cope with the fact that they can not change them and that their unique characteristics make them who they are. My favorite characteristic is my hair; I like my hair because it is long and curly. I can do a number of different styles with my hair such as straightening it, making it wavy or leaving it curly. I’ve never been bothered with my hair because my hair is unique and not many people have the type of curls that I do. Another one of my favorite characteristics is my eyes and eyelashes. I like my eyes because they have a nice shape; like an almond their not to big nor are they too small. My eyelashes are super long, I cut them in

Many people are reminded about a specific event or time period in their lives when they see an object or maybe go to a specific place. When reflecting back on my life I remember many different time periods of my life, each of which reminds me of a specific memory. Many items remind me of these memories. For instance when I was younger, among being constantly busy going to soccer practice or game and playing with my friends or occasionally doing school work. One thing that I remember doing quite often, was going snowboarding. In my opinion snowboarding is one of the most amazing sports you can do, due to the exhilarating feeling that comes with it. The feeling of gliding over the snow at high speeds and then carving yourself into the

Humans are judgmental creatures. One of our most significant philosophy is “not judging a book by its cover”, which examines our habit to judge. We did not purposely develop this questionable characteristic; we seem to have been with this evolutionary trait. We judge everything as a survival instinct to protect ourselves; the perception we create from our personal opinions determine whether we believe something is friendly or foe. As with everything, we judge ourselves, and we tend to be our biggest critic. We constantly judge ourselves, but why? People have referred to this type of judgement as self-esteem. Self-esteem is measured by how positive we view ourselves: the more positive our perception of our self, the higher our self-esteem and

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 will cover different topics such as self-disclosure in relations, how to be an empathic listener, the accurate levels of self-disclosure, as well as tactics for running interpersonal divergences and so on. Remember I will not be taking in anything from my own personal life; I will be giving you just a course of action. Self-Concept is expanded and uphold by the things we as humans are prone to watch and pursue, self-concept is also professed by our peers, by our parents, sisters, brothers, neighbors and so on. Purkey (1988) articulates that your self-concept is erudite; it is prearranged, it is active, and it is variable, you can build this sense of personality by communicating with yourself alone and with other people by what you tell yourself and what other people tells you regarding yourself. As I am providing you the mechanics to preserve your relationship, your self-concept of one different person will only get worse if you both are reluctant to adjust and uphold who you are. While it would be simpler to fully disregard one another, the truth will linger, you both should

Rilke had the insight that every person had the beauty within their inner selves despite the opinions others may bestow upon them (Rilke 36). This psychological humanistic insight prevents people from losing their confident self-esteems. Likewise, it prevents people from being depressed due to negative self-image. I would just suggest to keep apply this insight into real life situations at a minimum, to avoid arrogance among ourselves.

I thought it was interesting that there is so much information and thought that can go into determining if we know ourselves better than anyone else, or if others can tell us more about ourselves than we are able to. Prior to reading the article by Vazier and Carlson (2010, p 605-616), I was under the impression that only you can truly determine what you are like, and therefore what others say is only a reflection of what you are willing to show them. While I still believe that my interpretation of the self-knowledge isn’t necessary wrong, the readings providing an excellent view from the other side. In reading the article, I found myself thinking that there are most likely acts and other functions that we perform, but are not necessarily

If you want your relationship to blossom and be successful each person will need a strong foundation that they can build their relationship on. Where does your concept of self come from? As stated in the text “Most researchers believe that who you think you are is a complex mix of how you see yourself; how others see you; what parents, teachers, and peers have told you about yourself that you have recognized and internalized; and what your society or culture tells you that you are or that you should be (Bevan & Sole, 2014). It is important to be open minded and always remember that your spouse opinion is not always the same as yours, but it is equally important as yours. You should remember to show the same respect as you would want for yourself. When you and your spouse are communicating use your own words and not someone else. “A person with high self-concept should experience greater relationship satisfaction and commitment, in part, because of inclusion of other in the self” (Lewandowski, 2010). I believe the way you view yourself will determine how you will experience life. Self-esteem consists of your broad sense of self-worth and the level of satisfaction you have with yourself; it is how you evaluate and judge yourself (Crocker & Wolfe, 2001). Having high self-esteem will establish your worth and beliefs about being valuable and capable. You will lose yourself if you become solely dependent on how people feel

Sometimes a person may feel that they have no purpose in life. Finding out who you are just takes the time of sitting down and thinking of the importance in your life. Who am I? I am Mercedes Kimberly Kingston, and I am a person with different personalities, characteristics, and identities. The many ways, in which I identify myself, in fact, are the ways that define who I am. My Identity is something only I can fully define. I have a little brother, which makes me a sister; I have two loving parents, which makes me a daughter; I am in college studying medicine, which makes me a student; and I have wonderful friends in desperate need of support, which makes me a wonderful best friend.

Have you ever thought about why we feel about ourselves the way we do? Do you hate yourself or are you confident about who you are? Either way you feel about yourself, this all comes from your self-concept. According to Steven McCornack’s Reflect and Relate “self-concept is your overall perception of who you are.” My self-concept is constantly changing due to confidence boosts or if I become depressed and sad; these factors also influence my self-esteem. My self-concept helps determine how well I am able to communicate with others. “Some psychologists and sociologist have advanced theories that suggest we learn who we are through four basic meaning: our communication with other individuals, our association with groups, roles we assume, and our self-labels” (Beebe 35).

If you walk continuously along a straight path, you will never be found again. But on a cyclic path, you come back repeatedly at the starting point and eventually cover endless distance, provided the energy and system remain intact. Interestingly, most phenomena occurring in nature favour a cyclic rather than straight path.

Our self esteem is instilled in us during our youth. Being constantly criticized by family, friends, and society tends to slowly strip us of our feelings of self worth. Our low self esteem strips us of our self confidence to make even the smallest of decisions. Improving your self esteem increases your confidence and is a first step towards finding happiness and a better life. Read on to find out how!

On the other hand if you see yourself as an individual who can communicate without a problem and you see that you can keep others interested in a given conversations, your reaction is more positive. Through this looking- glass self we develop a “self” concept. Depending on the observations we make concerning the reactions of others we develop feelings and ideas about ourselves. The reflection we see in the mirror is either negative or positive depending on the feedback we get back from those around us. Misjudgments of the reactions of others become part of our “self” concept also the misinterpretations of how others think of us.

My social location is represented as me, a white middle class female, who is able-bodied and semi-credentialed. This is because I am not as educated as individuals who attend University or have more real world experience. My social locations intersect since working class female would fall under the domination line, whereas able-bodied and credentialed rise above the domination line. These social locations are a mix of what society has determined as being dominant, versus the social locations, which suffer the most oppressive forces. When I think about how I look at myself as an individual, it is difficult not to think about what we as a society consider to be better and what has the most influence and power. Overall, I do not see myself to be less important than people who may fall under the dominant category.