Self Intro Flashcards
Personal perception of self that forms in response to interactions with others and the environment throughout the course of an individuals lifetime.
Self-concept
The ideal self, the real self and the public self.
Values, beliefs & self-expectations shape this.
Personal identity
Reflects qualities a person believes they should possess. “Who I should be and who I want to be.”
Ideal self
The perceived true self. May include observations about self or self-perceived qualities that the individual hides from others or doesn’t readily share. “Who I really am.”
Real self
Formed on the basis of how the person wishes to be perceived by others. “Who I believe others think I am.”
Public self
Person’s mental picture of his physical self. How the perceive the appearance and size of their own body and their emotional reaction to those perceptions.
Body Image
Mental image of the body; includes ones’ perception of physical appearance & how one perceives own body when viewing in a mirror.
Perceptual
Beliefs and attitudes about one’s body, and degree to which body image is valued and invested in.
Cognitive
Behavioral manifestations that may reveal cues about persons feelings & perceptions about their body. Ex: wearing revealing clothes.
Behavioral
Represents feelings about one’s body, in terms of both appearance and function. Negative or positive.
Affective
Reflects persons degree of satisfaction with their body, both as a whole & in terms of parts or regions.
Subjective satisfaction
Mental representation of what an individual believes their body should look like.
Ideal body image
Encompasses a grouping of behavioral expectations associated with a specified societal or organizational position.
Role
Demonstration of behaviors or actions associated with a given role
Role performance
Teaching and modeling the behaviors needed to successfully assume a role are part of…
Also includes socialization of person who is preparing to assume a given role.
Role development
Ineffective role development. When a person lacks clarity regarding expectations, behaviors, or demands associated with fulfilling a role.
Role ambiguity
People who feel incapable of fulfilling a role may experience:
May be the result of sexual stereotyping.
Role strain
When role-related expectations clash or are incongruent.
Role conflict
When individuals hold varying or conflicting expectations about tasks & behaviors associated with a specific role.
Ex. Who does what chore.
Interpersonal conflict
When roles create competing demands.
Ex.: Nursing school, parent, job.
Interrole conflict
When role expectations are in opposition to the values and beliefs of the one who fills the position.
Person-role conflict
When and individuals’ behaviors within a role meet or exceed predetermined expectations.
Role mastery
Individuals opinion of themself.
Degree to which a person approves of, values or likes themself.
Self-esteem
Associated with greater levels of achievement, increased financial prosperity, and decreased incidence of depression.
Positive / High self-esteem
Degree to which a person likes herself overall
Global self-esteem
Reflects a persons positive regard for certain aspects of themself.
Such as physical appearance, athletic ability, academic achievement.
Specific self-esteem.
Young adult kids who reported exposure to greater levels of parental nurturing also reported what?
Higher self-esteem
Parental Overprotectiveness is linked to what?
Lower self-esteem
Formation of reality-based perception of the real self requires ____________. This begins in infancy, as infants distinguish themselves from other people.
Self-awareness
Development is an ongoing process that requires intense examination of personal perspectives, beliefs and values.
Self-awareness
Personal exploration and evaluation of one’s own thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and values.
Introspection
Framework for personality development that emphasizes the presence of unconscious impulses and their influence on behaviors and the formation of self.
Freud’s Psychosexual Theory of Development
Motivated by the desire for pleasure, in in conflict with the perfectionistic superego.
Freud’s: The ID
Serves as the conscience.
Freud’s The SuperEGO
Based in reality, serves as a mediator…
Freud’s: The EGO
When the Superego and the Ego join forces to oppose the Id, what may result?
Guilt
Psychosocial development theory that has 8 stages, describes age-related tasks faced by a person throughout the life span.
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory of Development
Published a study that evaluated the development of self-esteem between young adulthood and old age.
Erol and Orth
Erol and Orth found that self-esteem __________during young and middle adulthood, __________ around 60 years old and ____________ after age 60.
Increased
Peaked
Decreased
Characterized by initial period of insomnia, followed by episode of sleepwalking, during which a person eats tons of food, and unusual items.
Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder (NSRED)
Behavior in which the person eats non-nutritive, nonfood substances: chalk, paper, soap, dirt, metal, etc.
More common in kids, & adults w/ mental disorders; also seen in pregnancy.
PICA
Repeated regurgitation of food.
Rumination
Disturbance in eating patterns manifested by failure to meet nutritional needs. Weight loss, nutritional deficiency, etc.
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Incessant desire to eat.
person has a chromosomal disorder; mental retardation, poor muscle tone… Obesity occurs.
Prader-Willi Syndrome
