1st monthly Flashcards
The ___________ can be seen by others, but because we have no way of truly knowing how others view us, the _________ is our self-image.
actual self
Requires you to analyze what you think, feel and do
Self Awareness
–The environmental factor, the things you learn from the environment as well as from the different individuals who have an impact in your life.
Social
Ideal self
* It is an idealized image that we have developed over time based on:
- what we have learned and experienced
- what our parents have taught us
- what we admire in others
- what our society promotes
- and what we think is in our best interest.
refers to your awareness of yourself
Self-concept
starts with assessing yourself.
Self-awareness
- refers to the achievement of your potential through creativity, independence, and an understanding of the real world
- Tendency to actualize self as perceived in awareness
Self-Actualization
Biopsychosocial Perspective
Biological
Psychological
Social
It is the construct that negotiates these two selves.
Self concept
–consist of physical characteristics, the genetic make-up of an individual, hormonal levels
Biological (Body)
Retirement age when increasingly rapid physical and mental decline are experienced.
- Old Age (Retirement to death)
–Negative feedback
Criticism
Transition age when adjustments to initial physical and mental decline are experienced.
Middle Age (40 years to retirement) Transition
- one’s view of self as one wishes to be
- one that you hope will possess characteristics similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly figure
- usually positive
Ideal Self
for validation of your perception of who you are, for encouragement and motivation (Positive Feedback)
Listening to the feedback of others
Transition age from childhood to adulthood when sex maturation and rapid physical development occur resulting to changes in ways of feeling, thinking and acting.
Adolescence (puberty to 18 years)
–prompt you to act and behave the way you do
- Feelings/Emotions
–the ability to reflect and think about your own thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Introspection
Gang and creativity age when self-help skills, social skills, school skills, and play are developed.
Late Childhood (6 to 12 years)
-In other words, it connotes first the identification of the ideal self as separate from others, and second, it encompasses all the behaviors evaluated in the actual self that you engage in to reach the ideal self.
self concept
-It is how we think, how we feel, look, and act.
Self-knowledge
Developmental Stage
- Pre-natal (Conception to birth)
- Infancy (Birth to 2 years)
- Early Childhood (2 to 6 years)
- Late Childhood (6 to 12 years)
- Adolescence (puberty to 18 years)
- Early Adulthood (18 to 40 years)
- Middle Age (40 years to retirement)
Transition - Old Age (Retirement to death)
Age of adjustment to new patterns of life and roles such as spouse, parent and bread winner.
Early Adulthood (18 to 40 years)
reflects a person’s overall subjective emotional evaluation of his or her own worth. It is a judgment of oneself as well as an attitude toward the self.
Self-esteem
–these are the temperament maybe inherited from parents, your thought process, some traits
Psychological
(Thoughts, Feelings and Emotions)
–reproductive organs have become mature in function and ready for production
Sexual Maturation
Important period of physical and psychological changes Transitional period Period of changes The Period of Stress and Storm Dreaded age Time of unrealism Threshold of adulthood
Adolescence
*Menarche
–first menstruation
Foundation age when basic behavior are organized and many ontogenetic maturation skills are developed.
Infancy (Birth to 2 years)
Elements of self
Physiological Cognitive Psychological or Emotional Social Moral or Spiritual
- built on self-knowledge
Actual self
Age when hereditary endowments and sex are fixed and all body features, both external and internal are developed.
Pre-natal (Conception to birth)
Physical or Physiological Changes for boys
> Broadening of the shoulder
Lowering of voice caused by the appearance of Adam’s Apple
Growth of facial and pubic hair
Pre-gang age, exploratory, and questioning. Language and Elementary reasoning are acquired and initial socialization is experienced.
Early Childhood (2 to 6 years)
*Spermarche–
sperm emission, first ejaculation, bodily discharged during night ( Nocturnal Emission or Wet Dreams).
–physical attributes, health, posture, poise
Body
Satisfaction with their bodies
Body-cathexis
Hormones or chemical substances produced by endocrine glands that actively affect physical growth and development
Androgens and Estrogens
- perspiration, body odor
- concentrated in the underarm and in genital regions
Apocrine Glands
–how you think, perceive things around you affect how you feel about them and bring about sensations.
- Thoughts
Physical or Physiological Changes for girls
Development of breast
Assumption of physical contour/shape of the pelvic region
Appearance of pubic hair
–is an estrogen that is strongly associated in the physical development of girls
Estradiol
From 13-19 years old
Considered as a transition from childhood to adulthood, a passage from one stage to another
Also termed as period of puberty
Adolescence
–an androgen that is strongly associated in the physical maturation of boys.
Testosterone
- one that you actually see
- the self that has characteristics that you were nurtured or, in some cases, born to have
Actual Self/ Real Self
Only few adolescence experience body-cathexis
Stice and Shaw (2002)
- acne and other skin problem
- small oil-producingglandpresent in the skin of mammals
Sebaceous Gland
-derived from social interactions that provide insight into how others react to you.
Self-knowledge
The union of this elements makes up your character or personality and essentially distinguishes you from others.
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