Personal Reflection Paper Christin Ferebee PSY/400 June 9, 2014 Nancy McGraw Personal Reflection Paper “Your self is your ongoing sense of who and what you are your sense f how and why you react to the environment and how you choose to act in the environment” (Myers, 2010). Only the self is able to define who someone is, what they are, and what their role in life is. How an individual feels about themselves defines who they will react to other individuals. This reaction to others will help each
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Self-awareness is the awareness that one exists as an individual being. Without self-awareness the self perceives and accepts the thoughts that are occurring to be who the self is. Self-awareness gives one the option or choice to choose thoughts being thought rather than simply thinking the thoughts that are stimulated from the accumulative events leading up to the circumstances of the moment. Self-Awareness Theory states that when we focus our attention on ourselves, we evaluate and compare our
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Chapter 3 – The Social Self NATURE OF THE SOCIAL SELF * Begins with William James and his book “The Principles of Psychology” (1890) * Coined term “social me” to refer to the parts of self-knowledge that are derived from social relationships (Ex. You w/ soccer buddies vs. you w/ romantic partner) * Three primary components of the self * Individual self – Person’s beliefs about his or her unique personal traits, abilities, preferences, tastes, talents, etc (Ex. What sets
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Where am I going in life? If parents allow their children to explore, they will find their own identity. If parents force their child to conform to their view the child will have an identity crisis Erikson’s view of this stage was to define a sense of self identity Identity incorporating parent’s culture and roles, also embracing teenager’s uniqueness and society’s current offering. The transition from childhood to adulthood is most important. Children are becoming more independent and begin to look
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identities developments through communication are reflected appraisal, social comparisons, and self-fulfilling prophecies. Reflected appraisal is a primary influence on identity development. It’s the self-image on how others view them. It’s also known as the “looking-glass self” Alberts (2013), it’s the self-image that others reflect back to you. When we are born our identity starts, we don’t have a sense of self yet, our parents talk to us and we learned to respond and figure out who we are. Parents
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P1- Discuss factors which may affect the development of self- esteem. This essay will be discussing factors which may affect the development of self- esteem. The main topics that will be looked at are, the growth promoting climate, the looking glass self, self-actualisation, ego identity and constructing of self. . Carl Rogers’ person-centred approach to change and understanding personality and human relationships is focused on demonstrating the conditions required for enabling a growth-promoting
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teenage years, however, young people are the most aware of their personal identity. This is a crucial time for early adolescents, as they will be experiencing many changes throughout the journey of determining who they are and creating their own sense of self. Identity achievement comes from many years of exploring different roles and personalities. (Santrock 2011 p. 141) Adolescents can change their attitudes and personalities almost daily. When a person is transferring from childhood to adolescence
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Wisdom” is to focus on areas of unbalance in my life and plan my approach to getting them in balance. The following is my approach and thoughts on self confidence Believing in one’s self is a structured characteristic. Self confidence isn’t obtained easily this is because there are several aspects of one’s life that must be balanced in order for self confidence to be obtained. One can’t just get confidence it is an earned characteristic and must be tried and tested. High ego or cockiness can easily
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have places to go, people to see, and important work to do. Even if you aren’t in a hurry, you can increase your self confidence by putting some energy in your step. Walking 25% faster will make to you look and feel more important. GOOD POSTURE Similarly, the way a person carries himself/herself tells a story. People with slumped shoulders and tired movements display a lack of self confidence. They aren’t enthusiastic about what they’re doing and they don’t consider themselves important. By practicing
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Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature and Studies Foreign Literature: The Internet now is a very important tool that proves useful to many of us humans. But the vastness of the internet proves that there are some sectors of the internet that may give ‘negative effects to those who would use lt. But of course, as we all know the internet is also used for many productive and helpful uses. Dokoupil (2012) stated that majority of the human race use the internet and the devices used to access
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