Social Self
THE SOCIAL SELF
The way we define who we are is a direct result of what we know. In basic terms, the Social Self is defined as how an individual interacts with the social world presented to him and how he approaches the formation of relationships. Mental images of how I see myself play a big role also such as physical appearance, accomplishments, roles, and skills. It is self-awareness process that can sometimes be difficult. Within everyday life people believe themselves to be constantly changing. In actuality, the changes that one believes to have are but minor changes. A person’s personality is usually set at an early age in childhood. This process begins around six or seven months when children begin to realize “themselfs” as different from their surroundings. Sense of identity begins to develop as they grow up and interact with others. When getting into the middle age, the biggest influences will probably come from your work, religion and friends still. As you can see friend plays a very big part in everyone's life. We also tend to base our self concept by the others think of us and/or perceive us. For example if people is always telling us we are stupid, sooner or later we just may receive that as a self concept no matter how competent we may be. However if a person is always told that they are intelligent then they will conform to what is expected of them.
We can also call this personal identity and it means what I see myself as, positively or negatively. It could be argued but most people think they are at what called the "Good" side even though he is a brutal killer. For exaple i read that over 80% of the prisoners ready to be executed still believes they are innocent. The way one sees things and their judgement is varied by ones own personal identity. This is the combination, result of many factors. Like the majority of our physical appearances is already destined since the moment of our conception, of course, there are also other factors such as
The way we define who we are is a direct result of what we know. In basic terms, the Social Self is defined as how an individual interacts with the social world presented to him and how he approaches the formation of relationships. Mental images of how I see myself play a big role also such as physical appearance, accomplishments, roles, and skills. It is self-awareness process that can sometimes be difficult. Within everyday life people believe themselves to be constantly changing. In actuality, the changes that one believes to have are but minor changes. A person’s personality is usually set at an early age in childhood. This process begins around six or seven months when children begin to realize “themselfs” as different from their surroundings. Sense of identity begins to develop as they grow up and interact with others. When getting into the middle age, the biggest influences will probably come from your work, religion and friends still. As you can see friend plays a very big part in everyone's life. We also tend to base our self concept by the others think of us and/or perceive us. For example if people is always telling us we are stupid, sooner or later we just may receive that as a self concept no matter how competent we may be. However if a person is always told that they are intelligent then they will conform to what is expected of them.
We can also call this personal identity and it means what I see myself as, positively or negatively. It could be argued but most people think they are at what called the "Good" side even though he is a brutal killer. For exaple i read that over 80% of the prisoners ready to be executed still believes they are innocent. The way one sees things and their judgement is varied by ones own personal identity. This is the combination, result of many factors. Like the majority of our physical appearances is already destined since the moment of our conception, of course, there are also other factors such as