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Understanding Self-Concept: Key Elements and Development Stages

Learn about self-concept, self-identity, and self-esteem, including personality traits, self-image, and the role of cognitive psychology. Explore stages of adult development and theories by Freud, Adler, Erikson, Rogers, and Frankl.

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Understanding Self-Concept: Key Elements and Development Stages

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  1. Who Am I? Self-Awareness: What Makes Up Our Self-Concept

  2. Self-Concept • Self-concept or self identity refers to the global understanding a thinking being has of him or herself. It presupposes but can be distinguished from self-consciousness, which is simply an awareness of one's self. It is also more general than self-esteem, which is the purely evaluative element of the self-concept. • The self-concept is composed of relatively permanent self-assessments, such as personality attributes, knowledge of one's skills and abilities, one's occupation and hobbies, and awareness of one's physical attributes. For example, the statement, "I am lazy" is a self-assessment that contributes to the self-concept. In contrast, the statement "I am tired" would not normally be considered part of someone's self-concept, since being tired is a temporary state. Nevertheless, a person's self-concept may change with time, possibly going through turbulent periods of identity crisis and reassessment.

  3. Self-Image Self-fulfilling Prophecies The Importance of the Self-Concept What is the self-concept? Humans think, feel, and can reflect on who we are. We form an identity and attach meaning to it. For example: two people may get fired from the same job, but only one person finds it devastating. Why?

  4. Personality Development! From the classics… Sigmund Freud The ID: biological drives The EGO: logical, rational The SUPEREGO: conscience

  5. Alfred Adler Individual Psychology Theory Compensation Inferiority Complex Personality arises from our attempts to overcome inadequacy.

  6. Erik Erikson 5. Identity vs. Role Confusion 6. Intimacy vs. Isolation 7. Generativity vs. Self-Absorption 8. Integrity vs. Despair • Trust vs. Mistrust • Autonomy vs. Doubt • Initiative vs. Guilt • Industry vs. Inferiority

  7. Stages of Adult Development • Getting Established • Wavering and Doubt • Getting Settled • Mid-Transition – Mid –Life Crises • Surviving the Seventies

  8. Trait Theories • Openness to Experience • Conscientiousness • Extroversion • Agreeableness • Neuroticism

  9. Carl Rogers Self-Theory

  10. Victor Frankl Meaning

  11. Cognitive Psychology Thoughts and behavior Exercises Restructuring Reciprocal

  12. Self-Concept: May or May not be realistic Self Nature Self-Esteem

  13. In reality it could be different.

  14. Cultures

  15. end

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