Self-Conception
Social psychology conceptualization of self
Simply put, self-concept is the way one thinks about what they are and how they evaluate themselves. When one is referred to as aware of self it means that they have concept of self. There are however varied definitions of self-concept especially in regard the relation with self-esteem. Baumeister (1999) indicates that the definition of self is what a person believes about "himself or herself, including the person's attributes and who and what the self is." Self-concept has a wider coverage than self-esteem in that as self-esteem is limited to the emotional reaction, the self-concept covers everything that is known to the person like the name, the race, the dislikes and the likes, beliefs and value systems and even the physical appearances like height and weight (Todd F & Carry L, n.d:2).
Development of self-concept
The social psychologists have come up with several sources or causes of self-conception that people have like (Psychology Press, 2012);
Motivation- these are behaviors driven by intrinsic motivation and have a better platform to definition of self than the extrinsic motivations.
Accessibility- when a person thinks of imagined behaviors or the actual behaviors it heightens the accessibility of personal characteristics that are related to the imagines traits hence self-conception and inferences.
Thoughts and feelings- social psychologists indicate that from the feelings as well as the thoughts of an individual, there can be made closer inference about the self by the person as well as those surrounding him and would like to make inference of him.
From other people's reaction- this is also referred to as looking-glass...
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