Concept of Self

Concept of Self

Kelly Griffin

PSY/400

October 3, 2016

Matt Diggs

Concept of Self

The name self-concept is a natural word employed to attribute to the way a person considers, analyzes or distinguishes themselves from others. To be conscious of yourself is to have a perception of yourself. Self Concept is a relevant phrase for social psychology and also humanism.  The more important area of the self-concept is the feeling of being independent and transparent from other people and the percception of the dependability of the self.   ("Simply Psychology", 2008)

         The concept of self is the more crucial condition of a person and is a person’s explanation to the inquiry of “Who I am” in the social universe. Self-ideas, probable self, confidence, and self-efficacy are crucial forms of the self. Self-ideas are judgements having to do with the self that direct, and formulate the preparing of data of self-reliance. Pretty much, self-ideas are the aspects of a person’s self-concept, and precise faiths that a person characterizes themselves. A person formulates their universe with ideas, and these are mental arrangements. A person’s self-ideas are a way of observing themselves as intelligent, musically talented, energetic or by whatever significant change of the way a person recalls, feels, and assesses the self and other people. If music is important to a person’s self-concept this person seems to see the musical activity and musical abilities of other people.

          A person will fastly remember experiences having to do with music. People tend to appreciate data invariable with their self-idea. Self-ideas create a person’s self-concepts and assist them with the formulation and betterment of practices. Another crucial part of the self is probable self. Accordingly, a person’s self-concept does not just involve a person’s self-ideas about who they are right now but also who they might turn out to be, and that is a person’s probable self. A person’s probable self involves perceptions of the self like fantasies of being the healthy self, the wealthy self, the caring self, and devotedly caring self. Probable selves also involve the self a person is afraid of or does not want to become. Accordingly, probable selves involve positive dreams and negative dreams.

          The form of self-esteem or confidence defines a person’s feeling of dignity and is the way a person sees themselves. Confidence started amid a person’s adolescence usually stays constant all the way through becoming an adult but the bringing down of confidence can happen at any time. Self-efficacy is a person’s feeling that they are useful and adequate.     ("Student Of Psychology", 2013)

          The self or self-concept is a response for the inquiry of, who I am. Self-concept involves the conditions of self-ideas and probable selves. Self-ideas are an explanation of the aspects people have in their lives. My self-ideas are ideas that explain me as being intelligent, caring, a mother, a daughter, and a student.  Probable selves involve the dreams that a person visions of turning out to be. My probable selves include a behavioral psychologist, a therapist, a teacher, and a counselor. Probable selves also involve the self a person is scared of or fears turning out to be. I am scared of not making something of my life and turning out to be a failure.