self-concept and its dynamic

1. SELF-CONCEPT AND ITS DYNAMICS

2. • SELF CONCEPT AND ITS DYNAMIC
* What is Self-Concept?
• Self-Concept- refers to the consciousness and
unconsciousness of perceptions or feeling
about us with regards to our worth as a
person.

3. THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF SELF-
CONCEPT
• SELF-IMAGE
• What is Self-Image?
• It refers to all our perceptions and feelings
about ourselves with regard to our physical
and social appearance including our genetic
inheritance, such as sex and race; our physical
attributes such as height, built, weight and
others.

4. SELF-CONFIDENCE
What is Self-confidence?
• It refers to perceptions and feelings about
our worth with regards to our capabilities.
This involves our ability to do things, to
achieve and to develop more
competencies.

5. SELF-ESTEEM
What does self-Esteem mean?
• Refers to our perceptions and feelings
about our worth with regards to our
lovability. This refers to our basic ability to
love and be loved.

6. SELF-AWARENESS AND
EVALUATION
William James, a Harvard psychologist, firmly stated
that man uses only about one-tenth of his greatest potential
in life.
1.That is one of the most frightening facts we will ever face.
2.Think of all the accomplishments, dreams, victories and
gifts that have never been realized throughout the lifetime of
man on earth.
3.Think of the 90% of you that now lie totally ignored and
untapped.
4.Think of all you could give yourself and your family if you
use only five percent more of yourself than you are now
using.

7. WHY WE ARE THE WAY WE
ARE?
A. During waking hour, our actions
and statements reflect what we really
feel about ourselves. And yet, most of
us have never really examined what
we feel, why we feel that way, and
how we want to feel about ourselves.

8. 1. Is that so important? YES, if you are
not satisfied with things in your life
and feel the desire to improve.
2. This self-examination is vital if you
want to change your life, your actions,
your accomplishments and your
future.

9. B. As children, we heard the elder saying a
multitude of things about us. Some of
these things told us that we were good,
productive, attractive and loved. Some
told us that we were bad, lazy, and unable
to do certain things.
1.Because the people who said these
things were so much older and held so
much authority over us, we accepted the
thoughts, without question --- good or bad.

10. 2.As we grow, we incorporated these
things we felt about ourselves into a
mental picture of ourselves called self-
image.
3.We took at the good and the bad and
the in-between and accepted them as
truth. Very few of us never stopped
logically or objectively examined those
beliefs. We just accepted them.

11. C. As maturing individuals, we
took these mental pictures and
shapes, whether we knew it or not,
our whole lives revolved around
what we thought about ourselves.
1. If we thought about ourselves
as incompetent, we became
incompetent.

12. 2. If we thought about ourselves as
beautiful and productive people, we
become just that way.
3. This happened because our
subconscious mind accepted the “truth”
which the conscious mind fed it and acted
exactly that way. If the subconscious mind
was told that we were stupid, we acted
stupid, because the subconscious mind
obeys instructions from the latter.

13. D. Many of us believe that we are “stuck” with these
mental pictures of ourselves just because we have
developed from infancy until now with this belief.
1. This is one of the factors that lead us to limit
ourselves.
2. We never have to be “stuck” with any way of
thinking.
3. As human beings, we will always have the power to
change our thoughts and actions according to our
beliefs.
4. We can always change and upgrade our self-image.

14. Helps and Hindrances to Self-Concept
Development
• In this section of the course, we shall
invite you to explore the different
factors, which influence the development
of your self-concept.

15. PARENTAL BEHAVIOR and its positive or
negative impact on the development of
your self-concept.
CULTURAL NORMS AND EXPECTATIONS
ON SELF-CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT. As you
explore these two areas, it is hoped that
you will begin to identify and understand
the roots of your self-concept and liberate
yourself from unhealthy influences of the
past.

16. A. PARENTAL BEHAVIOR AND SELF-
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
• Parental behavior manifested in the way
parents relate and rear their children, do
influence the person’s self-concept.

17. B. CULTURAL NORMS AND
EXPECTATION AND SELF-CONCEPT
DEVELOPMENT
Our culture has laid down for us some standards from which we
feel accepted or rejected. For example, in the area of sex roles, men are
expected to be the breadwinner while women are to maintain the
household. Even if both the husband and wife are working, the women
are still consciously or unconsciously responsible for the management of
the house. This expectation determines how society regards us which
influences our sense of personal worth. A man, therefore who ends up
staying at home taking care of children while his wife works would be
ostracized by his neighbors. Eventually, he could lose a sense of respect
for himself.

18. What are Cultural Norms?
Cultural norms and expectations define our self to
others.
Therefore, we live up to them just as we experience
rejection. But sometimes these norms and
expectations become unrealistic and unhealthy for
the individuals. This is why we need to review these
norms and expectations because consciously or
unconsciously they influence the development of our
self-concept.

19. Cultural Norms are expectations of our
society towards us. So, what is expected of
you as a member of a society?
Go back through your growing up experience and get
in touch with what you have been receiving as
standards for men and women in the areas of;
a.Body image
b.Sex roles
c.Achievements
d.Success

20. HOW CAN YOU ENHANCE
YOUR SELF-CONCEPT
POSITIVELY?
1. THE EXPERIENCE OF ACHIEVEMENT
One of the most important
experiences that can facilitate
the realization of our worth as
a person is the experience of achievement. We all
need to be reassured of the power within us which
makes us able to achieve our respective endeavor.
Looking at concrete results and abilities that we
have.

21. A. Readily acknowledge an
achievement you experienced.
• It doesn’t have to be a major achievement.
As long as you feel proud about something
you have done, recognize and celebrate it.
For example, you have been able to finish a
term paper despite of so much pressure in
the family that would be an achievement.
Claim it as such.

22. B. Consider your achievement not in terms of external indicators
but more of a personal standard of achievement.
• You don’t need a medal or a prize
to tell you that you have achieved
something. Your achievement itself
is a reward. If you have done
something which you are proud of
and which you feel good about, then
consider it as an achievement.

23. C. Avoid a very unrealistic and perfectionist standard of
achievement for yourself.
• Do not set a goal that is unreal and
impossible to achieve. It will only
make you feel bad about yourself. For
example, during the first try you will be
able to do it perfectly.

24. D. Avoid becoming over-critical with
yourself.
• Remember you are a human being and
as such, you are liable to make mistakes.
Also, as human being, you have limitations.
When you both meet your limitations and
the mistakes you have done, be kind to
yourself. At the same time, remember that
it is not true that just because you made
mistakes or you have limitations, you
cannot achieve anything.

25. E. With every achievement experienced,
identify personal strength – qualities or
abilities.
When you possess something that contributes
to your achievement, it is worth honoring.
There is always a tendency that you might have
to attribute the achievement to external
factors, such as luck or a friend’s help. Identify
them and acknowledge them. So, if you pass
an examination with flying colors, look back
and pinpoint the qualities and abilities you have
which contributed to the high grades.

26. F. With every achievement find the possibility of having a
chance to publicly share this achievement.
• Although our society tends to teach us to be
quiet about our achievement, psychologically, it
facilitates the process of “owning” these
achievement if we find persons whom we will
share them with, of course, this presupposes
that the person whom you will share your joys
with will not misinterpret your actions and judge
you as proud. Rather, he or she will be happy too
with your achievement.

27. F.Celebrate your achievement by giving your
self a reward or prize for jobs well done.
If you especially feel proud of what you’ve done,
don’t hesitate to give yourself a treat, or finally,
buying yourself something you have wanted for a
long time. If you can afford it, spoil your self. After
all, when you’ve got it, you deserve it. After a hard
days work, despite all your problems, you are able
to finish a task, what’s an ice cream cone for a
treat!

28. 2. RE-PROGRAMMING BELIEF
SYSTEM AND SELF-TALKS
One thing we need to keep away from is the
“garbage” we feed our mind. Without our being
aware of it, we hold some beliefs which are both
unhealthy and unrealistic. These beliefs influence
our way of perceiving reality and causes consequent
reaction. Therefore, if I keep an irrational belief such
as “I am born a loser”, I will perceive an experience
of failure as a confirmation of that belief and
consequently, feel self-pity and depression.

29. 3. FEEDBACK: GETTING THE MOST
OUT OF IT.
• Another area that can facilitate the enhancement
of our self-concept is our ability to receive feedback,
especially positive feedback. We need information
coming from other people about us, especially our
strength, so that we can validate and confirm what
we know of ourselves already and include other data
that we are not aware of. In doing so, other people
serve as “mirror” to us and we discover, reaffirm
more of our beauty and uniqueness as person.