...Week #2 – The Self Paper How does one define the concept of self and encompass all of the different elements that exist within us? People define themselves with thoughts of their individual personality, such as humorous, thoughtful, etc. The concept of self does have an impact on a person’s self esteem and how they present themselves. This author will define all of these within this paper. Concept of Self Who am I? This is the question of the century. People do some individual soul searching to help answer this question and yet it is ever evolving. “The self concept is how we think about and evaluate ourselves. To be aware of oneself is to have a concept of oneself. Baumeister (1999) provides the following self concept definition: "the individual's belief about himself or herself, including the person's attributes and who and what the self is". (McLeod, 2008) These can consist of personality traits, monetary possessions, education, history and physical characteristics. Individual development of Self-Concept A person develops their own individual self’s to fit who they want to be as much, as who they are. Often times, we base our own individual opinions of ourselves based on the perception of others. Take for example, how one might describe their own individual self on a dating site. They would pick the best attributes of themselves, such as good cook, high powered lawyer, and they use this is defining who they are as a person. This is what the public...
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...The Self Paper Trace Riley PSYCH/555 November 26, 2012 Gary McCullough, Ph.D. The Self Paper The concept of self is a multi-dimensional construct that refers to an individual’s self-perspective of how one represents his or her self. Self-concept develops from an individual’s viewpoint in relation to characteristics, such as racial identity or gender roles. For example, if a young boy develops in a family who favors baseball, the likelihood of the son playing baseball is strong because he may acquire the same likeliness for baseball as his peers. There are multiple factors that contribute to self concept and how it develops. Emotions play a significant role in how self-esteem develops and how self and behavior affects individual self-presentation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of self, how self-concept develops, the relationship between self and emotion and how self and behavior affect self-presentation. Samuel Butler believed that a man’s work and his talent’s is simply a portrait of themselves. One may ask “Does self concept develop from individual behavior or the characteristics one may represent?” Self Concept A person develops self concept from a glossary in which he or she has lived. For instance, as mentioned above, the young son of a baseball player may distinguish a personality of a baseball fan or athlete because of his upbringing. Characteristics define an individual’s self-concept for example, his or her self-concept on cultures, races...
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...The Self PSY/555 April 15, 2013 Dr. Anthony The Self The development of the self involves several interacting factors. Each of these factors contributes to ultimately determine one’s self-concept as well as self-esteem and self-presentation. The essential purpose of this paper is to define the concept of the self including how each individual develops a self-concept. Furthermore, the relationship between the self and emotion and how this relationship affects an individual’s self-esteem will be examined. Finally, an analysis will be provided of the relationship between the self and behavior and how this relationship affects and individual’s self-presentation. The concept of the self lies within an individual’s reality of behavior and numerous representations, perceptions, and schemas that encompass human thought processes. The self is said to exist within a framework of social interactions in which one engages in regular contact with other selves (Myers, 2008). To understand the concept of the self, one must comprehend how one’s self-concept is developed within each individual. Development of Self-Concept An individual’s self-concept is described as the perception one has of oneself and who they are in relation to the world around them. According to Myers (2008), it is the piecing together of the potential answers to the question ‘who am I?’ that constitute one’s complete self-concept. The self-concept is also comprised of self-schemas, which can be described as one’s...
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...The Self Paper Kimberly Kline Psych/555 January 20, 2014 Tracy Masiello The Self Paper This paper will define the concept of self, and explain how an individual develops a self-concept. It will explain the relationship between the self and emotion and how this relationship affects an individual’s self-esteem. It will also explain the relationship between the self and behavior and how this relationship affects an individual’s self-presentation. The Concept of Self Self- concept is the knowledge and beliefs people have about themselves. According to Fiske, (2010) self-concept is broken down into conceptual self and operational self. Conceptual self can be broken down into the material self which looks at the boundaries of our physical bodies, the inner self which is more of our private self or our inner identity, the interpersonal self is the role we play in our lives and how we interact with others and the societal self which deals with the society we live in and/or our culture. The operational self relates to self-concept, self –esteem and self-presentation. Self-concept deals with the cognitive aspect of self. It is the knowledge and beliefs we have about ourselves and how we represent our self to others. Self-esteem is more of our self and our emotions. Self-esteem is measure by how people feel about themselves. If people feel valuable and meaningful their self-esteem is rated to be high. If a person feels insignificant...
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...The Self Paper PSYCH/555 May 19, 2014 The Self Paper According to Greenwald, Banaji, Rudman, Farnham, Nosek, and Mellott (2002), the concept of self is defined as the association of self with one or more characteristic concepts. The concept of self is complex and made up of many different parts that contribute to the whole meaning, such as the conceptual and operational parts (Fiske, 2010). The conceptual part includes the body, inner self, interpersonal self, and collective self (Fiske, 2010). The operational part includes emotions that affect self-esteem, and behavior that affects self-presentation (Fiske, 2010). Self-concept is attained through different ways, including comparison with other people. The following research material gives an understanding of self in deeper measure. Concept of Self There are many factors that contribute to the concept and development of self. Conceptual self, operational self, and core motives are all a part of self. Fiske notes that the “self is not a single thing” but is more comparable to a coral reef rather than a bowling ball (pp.186). Self-concept is broken down into conceptual self and operational self. The conceptual section includes the material self. This is the body self, inner self, interpersonal self, and collective self (Fiske, 2010). The operational section is how psychologists measure self by researching self-concept, emotions, self-esteem, and self-presentation, or behavior (Fiske, 2010). The...
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...Self-Care Paper: Utilizing Yoga as a Health Management Technique: The ABCs of Downward Dog Michele Lemma, RN Pace University Self-Care Paper: Yoga as a Stress Management Technique: The ABCs of Downward Dog Yoga is an age-old discipline which seeks to create a balance between the mind, body, and spirit. It incorporates physical activity with specialized breathing and meditation. The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of yoga as a health management technique. “Due to the increasing popularity of yoga, it has not only been used as a treatment for a range of health conditions, it has been practiced by healthy adults for health maintenance and disease prevention” (Olpin & Hesson, 2013, p. 334). Current research links the practice of yoga to a decrease in psychological stress and improved physical health (Ross & Thomas, 2010). Review of the Literature Historical Overview Although it has been practiced in India for more than 5,000 years, yoga did not become widespread in Western society until recently (Li & Goldsmith, 2012). Not unlike the branches of a tree, it has eight “limbs” of its own: yama (restraint), niyama (observance), asana (physical exercises), pranayama (breathing techniques), pratyahara (preparation for meditation), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (absorption). These limbs comprise the constructs of yoga and are an integral part of its various styles. Its practice restores the body to a balanced physiological...
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...Self – Awareness Paper Danmeng Yin Lec 03 Student #: 1000366141 It is not unfamiliar to most people that they tend to receive positive feedbacks from their bosses, colleagues and friends. When they take those complements with rejoice and think that is who they really are, they fail to realize the foolishness on their end. While people tend to give credit to themselves when the result turns favorable, it is a normal practice that they place blame on externalities when things go south. However, they should be thinking within themselves about what really contributed to the result, especially in modern world where leadership skill is closely related to a person’s overall performance at work. That leads us to the conclusion that the importance of self-awareness can not be neglected. In fact, research has shown that the development of self-awareness if the first step in building leaderful practices which might simply start with some reflection about one’s strengths, weaknesses, believes and actions and how those may affect others. (Scott, 2004). Self-awareness enables people to identify their own needs, desire, strengths and weaknesses. It is a stepping stone to making wiser decisions. A person who doesn’t know he is doing anything wrong is not motivated to be put right. In this paper I am going to self-identify the strengths and weaknesses of me, enumerate real examples and discuss the impacts of these traits on my performance at work or school. After that, a detailed...
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...Self-Concept and the Self Yasmin Walls Psy 400 October 24, 2011 Leah, Reagan Self-concept is defined as the knowledge, a multi-dimensional construct, of an individual’s perception one may have about his or herself such as personality traits, physical characteristics, abilities, values, goals, and roles. During infancy, individuals begin to acquire and organize information, which help them to understand the concept of the self in the social world. Children learn to interact in the social world from their learning experiences and the environment. This paper will focus on the concept of the self in the social world, a description of my life in regard to self-concept, self-esteem and self-efficacy, and a description of two social experiences that affected my personal development. The self-concept is an internal model, which refers to one’s personality, skills, abilities, occupation, hobbies, physical characteristics, etc. One’s self-concepts refer to his or her personal identity and social identity. Individual’s self-perceptions and how he or she interacts in the social world is a significant factor in self-concept. Self-schemas are a significant element of self-concept, which are specific beliefs, mental temples, one uses to define him or herself, and organize his or her world. (Myers, 2010). Self schemas enable people to vision themselves in the future, their possible selves. It helps one to vision what he or she wants such as rich, thin, or successful. Such possible selves...
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...CASE - SELF CENSORSHIP Self-censorship was studied examining 3.7 million Facebook users and indicated that 71 percent of users exhibited last-minute self-censorship and the primary reasoning being their “perceived audience” (Das and Kramer, 2013). Self-censorship could be a good thing, in the sense that the individual is choosing not to post rude or offensive comments, however, it is more often out of living in fear of the preferences of others. People make judgements by what is shared, posted and commented, without having to know you in person, creating a continuous mental evaluation process and unproductively taking up valuable brain capacity. According to Barthes, language is “a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture.” (Barthes, 1977) This suggests that the carefully self-censored and curated posts, captions and comments an author posts on social media aware that others will read them, is creating the opportunity for the reader to consume from their cultural perspective. A user can manipulate language to manifest an appearance of an ideal individual, however individuals interpret differently from reader to reader, and construct their own...
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...December 11, 2012 Period 1th I think self-esteem is the most important level of need because throughout your life you are going to face many challenges. Self-esteem is being confident having positive attitude and gaining respect. Even though you are going to face challenges, you need “CONFIDENCE”. Say you are in a basketball game, and there are lots of people watching so you need to be calm and confident! In yourself throughout the game that will only make you better and more relaxed. You can't play a game or do anything if you are nervous, at least Another part towards others is accomplishment. I think accomplishment play a big part of this is for example completing high school and college is very important. Why? so you can have something to fall back on matter of fact , when you get high in life and you actually have the feeling of succeeding in something ,then you would understand that you're gone keep wanting to feel that feeling more and more . Last but not least, gaining “RESPECT” throughout your life journey. For example, say if you want people to come to your basketball game you must show people how you are on the court and outside the court and your teammates and everybody. If you do that, then that is just opening more doors for your future and more. Over all the other levels does not determine on what your future maybe but after reading my writing i hope you do get the true understanding of self-esteem. I do believe any and everybody can make it...
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...Adam Luker Professor: Dr. Joy Austin ENGL 2201.U51 28 January, 2012 The Best of the Best of the Best Sir The standards of excellence set forth by heroes and heroines alike bring forth many important and equally fascinating comparisons with real life heroes and heroines throughout history. Heroes and heroines follow a very strict and well defined, predetermined path. These strict paths can be easily referenced at any point during a hero’s journey. The intriguing story of Gilgamesh can be compared in such a manner to real life occurrences of heroism as well as serve, in turn, as a model to follow. The fascinating story of Gilgamesh tells of a hero born of humble beginnings as an underdog leader seen as a tyrant by his own people and through mass paranoia is shunned and put at odds with the gods by means of prayer. Much like the beginnings of all real life heroes and heroines, Gilgamesh shows us that life sometimes, in fact, doesn’t go our way from the beginning. As with any hero and heroine, Gilgamesh cannot undo the hand he is dealt, he must simply prove himself through his actions. The gods responded to the subject’s prayers by means of creating Enkido. Enkido was meant to be Gilgamesh’s arch nemesis; yet through Gilgamesh’s actions over time, Enkido grew to love Gilgamesh as only a brother could. This could only occur if a hero or heroine is worthy of bearing the title given to them by fate. Eventually the kinship developed between Gilgamesh...
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...Self-efficacious students would persist longer when facing difficulties. For a reason, Self-efficacy is the self-efficacy is whether one person believe or not to perform certain activity. If they are not confident of their ability, they would quit rather than persisting. As a result, those who with low self-efficacy, would view the activity more difficult that it is, so they would be more likely to quit. According to Zimmerman, Bandura firstly pointed out that the influences of self-efficacy on academic performance is measured by level, generality, and strength. To illustrate, level is the level of difficulties of the tasks. Generality is whether the self-efficacy of this task can be generalized into other tasks. Furthermore, strength is the...
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...Being at Allegheny for this semester has taught me a lot about my writing habits. In almost all of my papers, I stray way off track just to make a point that needed one sentence of explanation. During the time I sent on my final portfolio, I really tried to focus on getting the point across in much shorter detail and making sure I am staying on topic. The thing that has helped me the most is the feedback I am receiving from you and my classmates. I decided to begin with my original research paper, which is my text of choice, and follow with my final draft of my research paper. My main reasoning behind that was to show how I interpreted the feedback from the in-class peer review. In my first draft, I only mentioned Willard Cutter in the first two paragraphs and the closer. During the research process, I had a very hard time finding information on Willard himself and not the Civil War in general, and that really shows in my paper. So during my revisions, I went back to special collections and incorporated information during those specific events and some of what Willard wrote to his family. With this, I made sure my paper has much more to do with Willard Cutter than just the main events of the Civil War, helping me stay more on topic...
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...4/10/13 Self-analysis Essay During this short course of semester in English102, I have reviewed both my strengths and weaknesses. By reviewing both my strengths and weaknesses has helped me a lot to realize what I have improved, and what I still need to work on to improve. My two major strengths I have acquired during this semester are being abele to do my homework on time, and acquired the ability of outlining in order to control my idea through logically formulated outlines. What I need to work on to improve is class participation. I have improved my homework doing habit dramatically during this English 102 course. Doing homework has always been a complicated task for me before I attended this class. Since other English classes I took before were a full semester schedule, I used to come class with out doing my homework. Finally, when I registered in this accelerated and fast paced class, I realized that I had to do all my homework before I go class to follow my professor lecture very well. Now, I am able to understand what the professor teaches about. This helped me to follow the professor attentively during the lecture. Doing my homework in time is the most powerful thing I acquired during this course of semester. The second strength that I have improved a lot is my outlining ability to stick to my central idea. Before this class, I wrote a couple of paragraphs and essays on other English classes. However, I usually used to deviate from the main idea of my paper while...
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...interpreted in many different ways to many different people. Some people could feel as though they have survived bigger problem such as deadly diseases, cancer, or the loose of a loved one. But I believe that we are all survivors of our problem no matter how big or how small. Self worth has always been a big struggle for me not only at school but at home and in public. I work hard on overcoming my problem and work every day on it. I am a survivor of not feeling as though I have self worth or lacking self esteem. Since I can remember i have struggled with not feeling as though I am worthy. This goes for not thinking I am good enough to meet the society idea of a respected person. But self worth to me is not entirely about that, it can also be about feeling as though I do not fit in with my peers and friends. I felt that there was a disparity between me and my friends because a piece a me was missing. That piece was thinking that they do not like me for who I am and that is should change. That happened to not be the case at all and it was all in my head!In school I have a hard...
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