Self Concept Flashcards
What is self concept?
Awareness formed in early childhood of being an individual, unique person and different from everyone else. The combination of self esteem and self imagine
What is self esteem ?
The way an individual sees themselves a and the mental image on themselves
What is self imagine?
His individuals view themselves influenced by how they are perceived by others
Factors that may impact on self imagine and self esteem
- family and culture
- life experiences
- sexual orientation
- physical and health development
- the attitudes of others
- emotional development
Positive & negative self imagine
Positive
- feels happy about personal appearance and abilities
- receives good feedback from others Anjou appearance and abilities
- compares self favourably with others
Negative
- feels unattractive or less intelligent than others
- receives negative feedback from others about appearance and abilities
- compares self negatively against perfect imagines on social media, TV
High & low self esteem
High - feels confident - willing to try new things - copes will under pressure Low - feels worthless - less likely to try new things - less likely to cope well under new or difficult situations