Self Concept Of Self

The self is sometimes understood as a unified being essentially connected to consciousness, awareness and agency. Most of us believe that we have some sort of continuing self, a field of consciousness that persist from our birth to our death.The self is only able to access memories stored in the current brain. One person is independent and can experience all his action.
 Western Philosophy: People are separate and unique from each other.

 Eastern Philosophy: The self is often treated as an illusion, the idea that people are separate entities from each other and the world is not considered a reality.

b)Self Concept:
Those concept that depends on our personal relationship and characteristics.

Baumeister identify aspects of

If lots of things are affecting your self-esteem for a long time, this may lead to a mental health problem, such as depression or anxiety.

2)Other aspects of self function:

a)Self focusing: An ability a person has to direct conscious attention on themselves, thoughts, desires and emotions. A person’s ability to analyze and evaluate their mental and emotive status. Excessive concern for yourself.

According to the psychologist the situation in which people turn their attention to the self and investigated differences between depressed and non-depressed person in self-focusing situations.

b)Cognitive and affective aspects:
The cognitive affective aspects is a contribution to the psychology of personality. According Cognitive-affective model, behavior is best predicted from a comprehensive understanding of the person, the situation and the interaction between person and situation.

Five Cognitive-affective units

 Encoding strategies, or people’s individualized manner of categorized information from external stimuli
 Competencies and self regulatory strategies, intelligence and self regulatory strategies.
 Expectencies and beliefs, or people’s predictions about the consequence of the

It is defined as a personality trait that refers to an ability to regulate behavior to accommodate social situations. People concerned with their expressive self presentation tend to closely monitor their audience in order to ensure appropriate or desired public appearance.

Theory of Self monitoring By Mark synder, ion  To communicate an emotional state.
 To communicate an emotional state is not necessarily in live with the actual emotion experience.
 To conceal an inappropriate emotional state and either display apathy on an appropriate emotional state.
 To appear to be experiencing an appropriate emotions when is reality is apathy.

3)Gender and Socialization:  The process of learning the social expectation and attitudes associated with one’s sex.

 The tendency for boys and girls to be socialized differently.

 Gendering: The process of a child’s learning of his or her gender identity.

 Gender role: A set of behavior, attitudes and personality characteristics expected and encourage of a person based on his or her