Theoretical Perspectives on Self-Concept
Self-Concept Theory:-
Each of us have different personality, traits, abilities and preferences. Sometimes we cannot understand what is really going on inside of us. While we may not be able to exactly explain why we think this way, or why do we behave in that manner. Hence, the self-concept theory is a good foundational knowledge on the importance of our perceptions towards our personal existence. In this theory Rene Descartes (1644) said that a person’s existence depended on how he perceives so. This theory holds some assumptions about our personal judgment towards our selves.
First and basic assumption of this theory holds that no one person is born with a self-concept. It is believed to develop as …show more content…
Rene Descartes said that person may have numerous views of himself. He may think that he is kind, patient, loving and caring, or selfish, cruel, rude and stubborn. No matter how many different perceptions you have on yourself, still, there is one perception that facilitates all of these insights. It causing one organized self-concept. When a person believes something that is congruent to his self-concept, it is more likely that he would resist changing that belief. He tends to stick to his present view of himself for quite a long time, and changing this perception of his self may take too long, but change is …show more content…
He theorized that when people are hungry, they actualize themselves by eating; when they crave power, they actualize themselves by obtaining power. The satisfaction of any particular need is in the foreground when it is a perequisite for the self- realization of the total organism. Self- actualization is the creative trend of human nature. It is the organic principle by which the organism becomes more fully developed and more complete. A new person has been created, thereby, one in whom learning has taken the place of ignorance. The desire has become an actuality. Any need is a deficit state that motivates the person to replenish the deficit. It is like a hole that demands to be filled in. Goldstein said that this fulfillment of a need is known as self-
Self-Concept Theory:-
Each of us have different personality, traits, abilities and preferences. Sometimes we cannot understand what is really going on inside of us. While we may not be able to exactly explain why we think this way, or why do we behave in that manner. Hence, the self-concept theory is a good foundational knowledge on the importance of our perceptions towards our personal existence. In this theory Rene Descartes (1644) said that a person’s existence depended on how he perceives so. This theory holds some assumptions about our personal judgment towards our selves.
First and basic assumption of this theory holds that no one person is born with a self-concept. It is believed to develop as …show more content…
Rene Descartes said that person may have numerous views of himself. He may think that he is kind, patient, loving and caring, or selfish, cruel, rude and stubborn. No matter how many different perceptions you have on yourself, still, there is one perception that facilitates all of these insights. It causing one organized self-concept. When a person believes something that is congruent to his self-concept, it is more likely that he would resist changing that belief. He tends to stick to his present view of himself for quite a long time, and changing this perception of his self may take too long, but change is …show more content…
He theorized that when people are hungry, they actualize themselves by eating; when they crave power, they actualize themselves by obtaining power. The satisfaction of any particular need is in the foreground when it is a perequisite for the self- realization of the total organism. Self- actualization is the creative trend of human nature. It is the organic principle by which the organism becomes more fully developed and more complete. A new person has been created, thereby, one in whom learning has taken the place of ignorance. The desire has become an actuality. Any need is a deficit state that motivates the person to replenish the deficit. It is like a hole that demands to be filled in. Goldstein said that this fulfillment of a need is known as self-