The self is composed of the "I" (thinking, acting self) and the "me" (physical and psychological characteristics). Self-concept refers to what comes to mind when thinking about who one is. The self and identity are social constructs that develop through interactions with others and one's social roles, affiliations, and context. Self-esteem involves positive or negative self-evaluation and is influenced by social comparison to others. Maintaining a healthy self-esteem involves balancing high self-regard with avoiding narcissism.
The self is composed of the "I" (thinking, acting self) and the "me" (physical and psychological characteristics). Self-concept refers to what comes to mind when thinking about who one is. The self and identity are social constructs that develop through interactions with others and one's social roles, affiliations, and context. Self-esteem involves positive or negative self-evaluation and is influenced by social comparison to others. Maintaining a healthy self-esteem involves balancing high self-regard with avoiding narcissism.
The self is composed of the "I" (thinking, acting self) and the "me" (physical and psychological characteristics). Self-concept refers to what comes to mind when thinking about who one is. The self and identity are social constructs that develop through interactions with others and one's social roles, affiliations, and context. Self-esteem involves positive or negative self-evaluation and is influenced by social comparison to others. Maintaining a healthy self-esteem involves balancing high self-regard with avoiding narcissism.
The self is composed of the "I" (thinking, acting self) and the "me" (physical and psychological characteristics). Self-concept refers to what comes to mind when thinking about who one is. The self and identity are social constructs that develop through interactions with others and one's social roles, affiliations, and context. Self-esteem involves positive or negative self-evaluation and is influenced by social comparison to others. Maintaining a healthy self-esteem involves balancing high self-regard with avoiding narcissism.
CONSTRUCT Self is the sense of personal identity and of who we are as individuals (Jhanguani and Tarry 2014, 106)
William James: Self have two aspects
- the “I” and the “me”. The “I” is the thinking, acting, and feeling self (Gleitman, Gross, and Reisberg). The “me” is the physical characteristics as well as psychological capabilities that makes who you are Carl Rogers (1959) theory of personality also used the same terms, the “I” as the one who acts and decides while the “me” is what you think or feel about yourself as an object. (Gleitman, Gross, and Reisberg 2011. 616) Identity is composed of ones personal characteristics, social roles and responsibilities as well as affiliations that defines who one is (Elmore, Oyserman, and Smith 2012)
Self-concept is basically what comes to
your mind when you are asked about who you are Self, identity, and self concept are not fixed in one time frame
Carl Rogers concept of self-schema
Self-schema – our own organized system or collection of knowledge about who we are But schema is not limited to the previous example. It may also include your interests, your work, your course, your age, your name, your physical characteristics, etc. Carl Rogers concept of self-schema Current researches point to the frontal lobe of the brain as the specific area in the brain associated with processes concerning the self (Elmore, Olyserman, and Smith 2012)
Social interaction always has a part
to play in who we think we are Theory of Symbolic interactionism. G.H. Mead (1934)
He argued that the self is created
and developed through human interaction 3 Reasons why self and identity are social products
1.We do not create ourselves out of
nothing.
2.Whether we like to admit it or not, we
actually need others to affirm and reinforce who we think we are. 3 Reasons why self and identity are social products
3. What we think as important to us
may also have been influenced by what is important in our social or historical context Social interaction and group affiliation
Vital factors in creating our self-
concept especially in the aspect of providing us with our social identity or our perception of who we are based on our membership to certain groups. Self-awareness – when we are aware of our self-concepts A.Private self – are your internal standards and private thoughts and feelings B.Public self – are your public image commonly geared towards having a good presentation of yourself to others Self-awareness present us 3 other self
A.Actual self – is who you are at the
moment B.Ideal self – is who you like to be C.Ought self – is who we think we should be Self-esteem – Defined as our own positive or negative perception or evaluation of ourselves
Affected by group identity and self-
awareness
Our social relationship affect our self
esteem is through social comparison Self-esteem – Defined as our own positive or negative perception or evaluation of ourselves
Social comparison theory – we learn
about ourselves, the appropriateness of our behaviors, as well as our social statuses by comparing aspects of ourselves with other people (Jhangiani and Tarry, 2014) Self-esteem – Defined as our own positive or negative perception or evaluation of ourselves
Downward social comparison – we
create a positive self-concept by comparing ourselves with those who are worse off than us Upward social comparison – comparing ourselves with those who are better off than us Social comparison also entails the “SELF- EVALUATION MAINTENACE THEORY”
We can feel threatened when
someone out-performs us, especially when that person is close to us i.e., a friend or family “SELF-EVALUATION MAINTENACE THEORY”
If we are threatened, we usually react in 3 ways:
We distance ourselves from that person or
redefine our relationship with them We may also reconsider the importance of the aspect or skill in which you were outperformed We may also strengthen our resolve to improve that certain aspect of ourselves Narcissistic
Some people in attempting to
increase self-esteem becomes narcissistic Narcissistic – is a trait characterized by overly high self-esteem, self- admiration, and self-centeredness (Jhangiani and Tarry 2014) Narcissistic
Sometimes, there is a thin line between
high self-esteem and narcissism Lots of test and measurements for self- esteem like Rosenberg scale Self-esteem and Personality
Studies have shown that self-esteem has
only correlation, not causality, to positive outputs and outlook High or healthy self-esteem may result to an overall good personality but it is not, and should not be, the only source of a person’s healthy perspective of him/herself Reference: Understanding the self reference: (Alata, Eden Joy Pastor, Caslib Jr., Bernardo Nicolas, Serafica, Janice Patria Javier and Pawile, R.A.
