KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING ONESELF DURING MIDDLE AND LATE ADOLESCENCE PRE TEST READ EACH ITEM CAREFULLY. DO NOT LOOK AT THE PAPER OF YOUR SEATMATE, DO NOT LOOK AT THE REPORTER, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE ARE GORGEOUS. CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER. PRE TEST 1. Erich tells his friend, "I am fat, ugly, and weak-minded." This statement best reflects his: A. Ideal self B. Self-image C. Self-esteem D. Other self PRE TEST 2. Mark enjoy a healthy balance of work, play and relaxation. What part of self- concept is described in the situation? A. Ideal self B. Self-image C. Self-esteem D. Other self PRE TEST 3. This is how you wish you could be. A.Ideal self B.Self-esteem C.Self-image PRE TEST 4. This is how you see yourself. A. Self-concept B.Self-image C.Ideal self PRE TEST 5. The following are the keys to improve your personal performance, except A. being self-aware B. making the most of your strengths C. learning new skills and techniques D. fixed behavior PRE TEST 6. This is an individual perception of our behavior, abilities and unique characteristics. A. Self-image B. Self-esteem. C. Ideal Self D. Self-concept PRE TEST 7.This is how much you value yourself. A. Self-image B. Self-esteem C. Ideal Self D. Self-concept PRE TEST 8. The following are true about self-concept, except A. unique to the individual B. can be positive or negative C. remains the same over time D. has a powerful influence on one's life PRE TEST 9. This is making use of all the personal resources to enable you to achieve life goals. A. Personal effectiveness B. Self-awareness C. Self-concept D. Productivity PRE TEST 10. Your knowledge and how you manage yourself impacts directly on your personal effectiveness. A. True B. False SELF CONCEPT is our individual perceptions of our behavior, abilities, and unique characteristics-a mental picture of who you are as a person. (1) is unique to the individual; (2) can be positive or negative; (3) has emotional, intellectual, and functional dimensions; (4) changes with the environmental context; (5) changes over time; and (6) has a powerful influence on one's life. Humanist psychologist, Carl Rogers believed that there were three different parts of self-concept: ✓ Self-image, or how you see yourself. Each individual's selfimage is a mixture of different attributes including our physical characteristics, personality traits, and social roles. Self-image doesn't necessarily coincide with reality. ✓ Self-esteem, or how much you value yourself. A number of factors can impact self-esteem, including how we compare ourselves to others and how others respond to us. When people respond positively to our behavior, we are more likely to develop positive self-esteem. When we compare ourselves to others and find ourselves lacking, it can have a negative impact on our self-esteem. . ✓ Ideal self, or how you wish you could be. In many cases, the way we see ourselves and how we would like to see ourselves do not quite match up. If there is a mismatch between how you see yourself (your self-image) and what you'd like to be (your ideal self) then this is likely to affect how much you value yourself (self-esteem). Therefore, there is an intimate relationship between self- image, ideal self and self-esteem. According to Carl Rogers, the degree to which a person's self-concept matches up to reality is known as congruence and incongruence. A person's ideal self may not be consistent with what actually happens in the life and experiences of the person. Hence, a difference may exist between a person's ideal self and actual experience. This is called incongruence. Where a person's ideal self and actual experience are consistent or very similar, a state of congruence exists. The development of congruence is dependent on unconditional positive regard. Rogers believed that for a person to achieve self- actualization they must be in a state of congruence. Why is self-concept important? Knowing who you are will help you feel that you have worth and value in this world. When you can accept yourself for who you are, it will be easier for others to accept you, too. Learning about yourself can help you develop lasting relationships with others as well as help you make choices that will direct your life in the path you want to go. THE BENEFITS OF SELF-CONCEPT ✓ Happiness. You will be happier when you can express who you are. Expressing your desires will make it more likely that you get what you want. THE BENEFITS OF SELF-CONCEPT ✓Less inner conflict. When your outside actions are in accordance with your inside feelings and values, you will experience less inner conflict. THE BENEFITS OF SELF-CONCEPT ✓Better decision-making. When you know yourself, you are able to make better choices about everything, from small decisions like which sweater you'll buy to big decisions like which partner you'll spend your life with. You'll have guidelines you can apply to solve life's varied problems. THE BENEFITS OF SELF-CONCEPT ✓Self-control. When you know yourself, you understand what motivates you to resist bad habits and develop good ones. You'll have the insight to know which values and goals activate your willpower. THE BENEFITS OF SELF-CONCEPT ✓Resistance to social pressure. When you are grounded in your values and preferences, you are less likely to say "yes" when you want to say "no." THE BENEFITS OF SELF-CONCEPT ✓Tolerance and understanding of others. Your awareness of your own foibles and struggles can help you empathize with others. THE BENEFITS OF SELF-CONCEPT ✓ Vitality and pleasure. Being who you truly are helps you feel more alive and makes your experience of life richer, larger, and more exciting. PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS means making use of all the personal resources talents, skills, energy and time, to enable you to achieve life goals. Your knowledge of yourself and how you manage yourself impacts directly on your personal effectiveness. Being self-aware, making the most of your strengths, learning new skills and techniques and behavioral flexibility are all keys to improving your personal performance. Our personal effectiveness depends on our innate characteristics talent and experience accumulated in the process of personal development. Talents first are needed to be identified and then developed to be used in a particular subject area (science, literature, sports, politics, etc.). Experience includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of cognitive and practical activities. Knowledge is required for setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve them and risk assessment. Experience includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of cognitive and practical activities. Knowledge is required for setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve them and risk assessment. Skills also determine whether real actions are performed in accordance with the plan. If the same ability is used many times in the same situation, then it becomes a habit that runs automatically, subconsciously. HERE ARE SOME SKILLS THAT WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF ANY PERSON WHO OWNS THEM: ✓ Determination. It allows you to focus only on achieving a specific goal without being distracted by less important things or spontaneous desires. It may be developed with the help of self-discipline exercise. ✓ Self-confidence. It appears in the process of personal development, as a result of getting aware of yourself, your actions and their consequences. Selfconfidence is manifested in speech, appearance, dressing, gait, and physical condition. To develop it, you need to learn yourself and your capabilities, gain positive attitude and believe that by performing right actions and achieving right goals you will certainly reach success. ✓ Persistence. It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging obstacles - problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It reduces the costs of overcoming obstacles. It can also be developed with the help of self-discipline exercise. ✓ Problem-solving skills. They help cope with the problems encountered with a lack of experience. It increases efficiency by adopting new ways of achieving goals when obtaining a new experience. ✓ Creativity. It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action that no one has tried to use. It can lead to a decrease or an increase of costs, but usually the speed of action is greatly increased when using creative tools. ✓ Generating ideas. It helps you achieve goals using new, original,unconventional ideas. Idea is a mental image of an object formed by the human mind, which can be changed before being implemented in the real world. For generating ideas, you can use a method of mental maps, which allows you to materialize, visualize and scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn contributes to the emergence of new ideas. GROUP ACTIVITY This Activity will require 3 groups. Each group must act out the different parts of self-concept in knowing and understanding oneself Group 1: Self-image Group 2: Self-esteem Group 3: Ideal self THANK YOU I hope you can get useful knowledge from this presentation. Good luck !
