Self-Concept Essay

improve clients’ self-concept and improve their self-esteem, but what if the nurse is the one person who has not established his or her own self-concept? Little is generally known about this, since most of the medical professionals would focus much more on patient care. Self-concept is an umbrella term which represents the total beliefs about three interrelated dimensions of the self: body image, self-esteem and personal identity. (Boyd, 2002). According to Burns (1986), self-concept is a set of…

Self-concept has three major qualities which are: it is learned, it is organized, and it is dynamic. Self-concept is learned in that it begins in the early months of life which is shaped and reshaped through repeated perceived experiences, particularly with significant others. Most researchers agree that self-concept has a generally stable quality that is characterized by some sort of orderliness. Each person…

Jim’s self-concept? From my point of view Jim is okay with his self-concept as being an average student, making Cs and sometimes Ds. He can obtain a college education, but he does not believe that he can maintain above average grades. “The first principle of changing self-concept is the most difficult and the most important” (Wood,2012, p. 53). He does believe in himself but he thinks his parent 's goals are unrealistic. “One of the most crippling kinds of self-talk we can engage in is…

Over the past few weeks we have study the concepts of mediated communication or communication technologies which are also defined as, forms of communication that extend our ability to communicate, and relationships which is defined as, reciprocal message processing (Ruben & Stewart, 2014, p. 171 & 219). In addition to the material covered in the book and during lectures, I conducted an interview with my parents to discuss the influence technology, social media, and other social devices have made…

During the decision process of purchasing products and services consumers are influenced not only by psychological factors concering the concept of self but also by the people and social groups surrounding them. There are different types of reference groups. The first are primary and secondary reference groups. The primary reference group is the one relevant to influencing consumer behaviour as it consists of people (e.g. family, collegues, friends) with whom the consumer interacts on a regular…

My self-concept was created by watching my family. They instilled determination with a never give up attitude. My mother did this by getting up every day and taking care of her family even though she has health problems that make her in pain all the time. Her work ethic is contagious so much that it makes me want to work to better and harder every day. My grandfather experienced similar problems with his health and he fought everyday single day and just by watching him fight increased my…

Who are you? Maybe a better queation would be, what makes you who you are? The relationship between ownership and the development of self, directly relate to one another. Tangible and intangible objects develop and define an individual’s character. Society is so consumed by the idea of “ownership”,that society itself defines people with the objects they own. Material items can seperate people and our society as a whole. People are always after the latest IPhone, tablet, or flat…

The concept of “self” and “society” has played an integral role in the shaping of history. Among various world traditions, the ways in which the concepts of “self” and “society” vary from culture to culture in how they are defined and interrelated. Each society places varying levels of emphasis on the ideals of individual achievement and societal good. These traditions promote specific values and “behaviors” to attain such. Three world traditions which have conceptualized the defining features…

learn from his negative actions. Yang tries to display the message that one should not try to pursue an artificial desire to be someone else and one should not betray their true identity to simply please others, or even have a false deception of them self. Aesop portrays a similar message in his fable “The Kites and The Swans” where animals portray human like instincts in which in this case the Swans don’t appreciate what they have and want something else, something better. For example, in the…

For Mead the Self is made up two interrelated dimensions, the me and the I: the me is a result of talking the standpoint of the other and seeing yourself from the standpoint of the other’s attitude and expectations of you, while the I is the self’s response to the others attitude and expectations. As for, Simmel the core of the self and the basic of its individuality are partially made possible by its capacity to have secrets and all human interaction involves what you know about the others as…