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Definition |
How we see our selves, made up from ideas of both other people and ourselves. A mix of both self esteem (how highly we rate our abilities and our self) and self image (how we think other people see us). |
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Life Experiences
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Life experiences teach us about how to cope with changes.
Experiencewill affect our self-concept either in a positive or negative way. |
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Sexual Orientation |
If someone is of another sexual orientation, their self-concept may be affected if they are confused about their sexuality or if they suffer abuse about their sexuality or are not accepted. |
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Relationships |
Self-concept relies on relationships quite heavily, as it will be effected positively or negatively depending the nature of the relationship. For example, an abusive relationship will most likely contribute to a low self-concept. |
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Education |
Education can contribute in many different ways, e.g comparing yourself to others, failing or passing. |
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Emotional Maturity |
Understanding self-concept depends on a person’s emotional andintellectual maturity. It is not until late adolescence people are able tocompare themselves with others. Strong views on issues are common in adolescence, e.g. animal rights,banning smoking. As an adult, experience of life will help a person to have a morebalanced view of life and have the necessary language and confidenceto describe self-concept in detail. |
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Culture |
Everyone is influenced by their culture. Cultural beliefs are considers norms. |
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Gender |
Males and females should expect to be treated the same, but there are still some inequalities, e.g. pay. There are also some stereotypes, e.g. girls like pink and boys like blue, girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks. |
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Appearance |
How we look affects our self-concept because we may change it based on what we and other people think of it. |
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Age |
Young Children: Awareness of self concept limited e.g. boy/girl sizesame skills. Older Children: More factual hair colour, name, family members,address. Adolescents: Beliefs more important, likes/dislikes/relationships. Older Adults: More self-knowledge because of experience. Havewisdom.
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