My Self Concept

The book contains a series of breakdowns of thoughts, outlooks, and emotional schemes. There are numerous exercises that help one to come to terms with issues relating to the various chapters the book contains. Some are more specific than others and require serious dedication to exercises, such as writing letters to your inner child, some are different tasks than others such as clearing your mind and imagining good in a specific person. As I

This case describes the conflict resulting from cognitive dissonance, i.e., the dissonance between Jack’s self-concept and what he heard from the primary care doctor. Jack felt uncomfortable with the medical diagnosis which did not correspond to his successful life. The diagnosis negatively impacts Jack's self-esteem. His medical analysis provoked a significant cause of stress due to the cognitive dissonance with his self-concept. Jack was not able to face the situation calmly and analyze it. He directly denied the facts, tearing the medical prescription apart.

I have come from a well-meaning but very scarring, ambivalent and dysfunctional family. My father was a sometimes physically, but often times very emotionally abusive person. Using a large amount of fear and intimidation of him to control our family and home. My mother regularly took out her anger and frustration towards my father on me since my parent’s first major separation when I was seven years old which in conjunction with the negative impact of my parents’ off and on separations leading up to their eventual divorce I developed depression, anger and other behavioral problems as well. I suffered many years of abuse from my mother as a result of these things. I understood both my parents cared for me, even though their actions often time both demonstrated it and contradicted it which lead to much confusion in relationships and friendships outside of my family. One of if not the most scarring experiences were of my mother and the adults she surrounded herself with sympathizing her abuse towards me because of the abuse she endured by my father and

Although, many people like and dislike many of their physical appearances they have to cope with the fact that they can not change them and that their unique characteristics make them who they are. My favorite characteristic is my hair; I like my hair because it is long and curly. I can do a number of different styles with my hair such as straightening it, making it wavy or leaving it curly. I’ve never been bothered with my hair because my hair is unique and not many people have the type of curls that I do. Another one of my favorite characteristics is my eyes and eyelashes. I like my eyes because they have a nice shape; like an almond their not to big nor are they too small. My eyelashes are super long, I cut them in

A factor that causes important changes in a person’s life is when one experiences the self-realization

Since the moment one is born, until one’s life comes to a halting end, he or she is always in a quest to find his or her self. Clearly, the concept of self is rather complex. Humans are different entities, with varied views on the world, which is what makes the universe such an interesting place. Of course, people are born with certain characteristics that become the bases for who he or she is. Yet, the components that fall under the self, such as, self concept, self knowledge, self esteem continue to change. Interestingly enough, the self falls under a specific spectrum. When he or she is young, he or she can merely recognize him or herself. Therefore the self is lost. However when he or she begins school the self he or she fall under one of the two

The self is interpreted by the individual and defined differently based on that individual. He or she as their actual selves and not pretending to be someone else to gain the satisfaction of others is the self. I am a first generation college student who grew up in one of Chicago’s most impoverished and threatening neighborhoods, Cabrini Green. My siblings look at me as a mother figure and role model. I became who I am today by the influence of my parents, school, and society. In this world, I will be a successful pediatrician at a children’s hospital where there is a need for people in this profession. Living mindfully and reflectively means thinking about your actions and self evaluating. When you live mindfully, you are aware of what you are doing and the consequence of your actions. Once you have looked back on those actions, you know that everything you 've done was mindful. What helps during this process is setting goals for yourself and self evaluation every day. Losing focus of your goals or being impacted by others can hinder someone during this process. The readings this semester have definitely had an impact on my thinking. They reminded of things about the education system, the government, and society that I usually don’t think about much but does cross my mind or I remember. It has for sure taught me that you can’t believe everything you are told from the people who you are suppose to trust or protect you. Which goes back to thinking for yourself. Immanuel

My mother agreed to let me live with him because she wanted to start truck driving with her new husband and she knew she could not support a child while truck driving. The experiences that I have lived through because of my mother and her side of the family will forever leave a mark on me. When I was younger I would wake up in the middle of the night due to night terrors and my father would have to hold me tight to get me to calm down, I was traumatized and felt unwanted because of my unstable life with my mother.

When we communicate we influence how others view us and we create an impression, when we receive opinions from others especially our significant other it influences how we feel about ourselves and helps create our self-concept. The reaction of others, your comparison with others, the social roles you play, and the groups of people you identify with all contribute to the development of your self-concept. According to Bevan and Sole part of the way you construct your self-concept is by choosing to accept or reject what other people tell you about yourself. Your self-concept is influenced by the people you surround yourself with and by what they tell you, to keep a positive self-concept it is helpful to surround yourself with someone who is positive and who speaks highly of you. You both must lift each other up and help each other to feel great about yourselves. “To grow and learn about yourself, you must be open-minded about other people 's opinions,” (Bevan and Sole 2014). Your opinions of each other mean a great deal to how you both feel about your selves and how you perceive yourselves. Your self-concept is how you feel about yourself but if you are told everyday of your life that you are ugly you will eventually think that you are a bit ugly, but if you are told you are beautiful you will think you are beautiful. Don’t ever put each other down even if it is unintentionally, always think before you speak! You can criticize or tell one another your thoughts and opinions

When my parents became separated, I lived with my mom most of the time. Since her priority was her business, she would come home late every night. Found myself home alone mostly every day and night. My mother got very sick because of the stress she obtained from working

When I was a kid me and my mom didn't really get along all that much, always had problems, and I never knew exactly why that was. I tried everything I could to avoid any and all fights and arguments, so I did everything she wanted and whatever she said to cease all of it. Things didn't get any better, they more like they got much much worse, I was finally able to move out in with biological father and things seemed to go good for awhile I was sent to military school and made out of that. Moved back home and moved out on my own and working 2 jobs to pay for all the bills, so when you're living with mom and dad don't take for granted what they give you cause its hard when you're on your own. Graduated high school doing everything that a young

family made me confine myself in a bubble. Even though I lived in a community,

I felt like I actually had a father in my life. Unfortunately that did not last long. He began to be very controlling and mean to my mother. His interest in me began to take a turn for the worse. His intentions where inappropriate and made me feel very uncomfortable. At first my mother would not believe me which made me feel even worse. I was a heavy little girl but because of my depression and anorexia I lost a bunch of weight. I was able to put it aside in my mind through constantly staying busy. I joined the cheerleading squad and with the help of my friends life was tolerable. Suppressing your feeling and pretending nothing is wrong is very unhealthy. It was only a matter of time before it all caught up to me again, which led to cutting and attempted suicide. My husband and I got together my junior year in high school. Before the end of my senior year I was pregnant and gave birth to our lovely daughter. The entire high school was against me and tried to push me out of school and into independent studies. I strongly disagreed and ignored their requests. This only drove me to work harder and graduated with honors as my daughter sat in the stands during my

Philosophy Statement With everything that I have done and everything I want to do, I try to remember that understanding starts with you. You have to put yourself in situations to learn, you have to do your research, you have to be willing to be wrong, you have to be willing to change, and most importantly, you caring about people is the first step of beginning to understand. The work that I am involved in are all reflections of me trying to understand my identities, how they were created, and how they continue to exist and mingle with other identities that I hold and that I do not hold. Being a Black woman from Saginaw, Michigan that is from a multiracial low income family that battles domestic abuse, mental health illness, health issues,

As I read the chapter, I could not help but react to the text. To be completely honest, I sometimes find reading textbook material boring because the information presented may not strike any chords with me. But with this chapter, I felt complete engagement and did more than read the words, I “felt” them. It is hard to explain the feeling, and also kind of strange, but it has been a long time since