Notes September 29‚ 2014 By Renee Green – Topic 2- Self Concept Self-Concept is a stable set of perceptions that you hold of yourself. Self-Concept helps us relate to the world‚ it is a product of positive and negative messages received throughout a person’s life for example‚ ego busters “you are ugly “and ego boosters “you have a beautiful face”. Self-Concept is shaped by reflected appraisal whereby a person develop a self-concept that matches the way we believe others see us. Which is done
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Influences on self concept Age- Self concept develops by age in a human‚ due to social influences and this makes a difference to the way children describe themselves and also the way adults think about themselves/ lives. As people get older their self concept changes because they like to feel the same as people they socialise with. Jessica has changed over the years. The way she saw herself when she was younger was that she thought she was horrible because she used to get bullied in school. She
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Outline and briefly discuss the main theories in Sociology In sociology there are several theories that each has different perspectives‚ concepts and views on the way society is. The main ones are Functionalism which looks at society as a whole‚ Marxism which reject the idea that society is based on a consensus and Interpretism which is where it looks at the individuals look on society rather than society. Feminisms is a list of views written by women on the role of women in society‚ Postmodernism
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has a concept of what they are and who they are. Some people are more aware of this than others‚ because there are individuals who go through a day of work or social interaction without considering who they really are or how they fit into the world around them. It’s not as easy as knowing the person we see in the mirror‚ because self concept is much more an internal factor in our lives‚ separate from how we look to others. Certainly‚ what we see of our face and body is part of the concept‚ but
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April 6‚ 1994‚ not even more than twenty years ago‚ was the beginning of a genocide that changed our world forever. The Hutus planned and achieved a massacre to try wipe out the Tutsi and the moderate Hutu population in the African country of Rwanda. As the slaughter continued the rest of the world stood by and silently watched. This lasted one hundred days and killed nearly eight-hundred-thousand Tutsis and moderate Hutus. A few reasons that led up to the Rwandan Genocide‚ was the colonization of
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Name Speech class Date Professor Name SELF CONCEPT PAPER First‚ I have to talk about my strengths. I see myself as a very oriented person who is always thriving for the best. According to Eleanor Roosevelt‚ “You gain strength‚ courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…Do the thing you think you cannot do” ("Just quotes "). I am always trying to do the best that I can to achieve my goals no matter how hard they seem to be sometimes. I am a
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Self-Concept Essay Self concept is the cognitive thinking aspect of self also related to one’s self-image‚ it’s the way we see ourselves in the mirror. We are grown into our self concept by what we learn when we are young from our parents or our peers. Self concept is changed throughout life from how people look at you‚ how you compare to others‚ how your traditions and customs differ from other people‚ and how you feel about yourself. If people admire us‚ flatter us‚ seek out our company‚
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Self-Concept Paper The definition of self-concept is‚ the mental image or perception that one has of oneself. If someone were to ask a person how they see themselves most people would answer with a positive answer; people usually don’t look deep down and analyze their true self‚ negative and positive. Many factors such as the environment we live in‚ our parents and friends contribute to how we see ourselves. This paper will tell how I perceive myself‚ who I am becoming‚ and what I am afraid of
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Academic Self-Concept In order to delve into my academic self-concept it is important to first grasp the meaning of self-concept. The class text book defines self-concept as one’s identity in their own mind. It is what a person thinks and feels about themselves and their thoughts. I have grown a lot academically throughout my collegiate career. I have experimented with different learning styles and test preparations to discover my best fit. In the beginning‚ I never thought that academics was
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Self Concept Essay There is a lot of things that I have learned about myself in the past few weeks of this course. I have learned many things about myself that I would have never known if it was not for this course. I have learned about my; self concept‚ attitudes and feelings. I have also learned about social influence‚ group dynamics and relationships. I learned about myself and how to describe the way that I am and the way that I think. I have learned that I am a creative and compassionate
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