Personal Reflection on the Self
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Personal Reflection on the Self
Kelly Marie Shafer
Psychology 400
November 12, 2012
University of Phoenix
Personal Reflection on the Self
My name is Kelly Marie Shafer. I am a student at University of Phoenix, working towards my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. I grew up in Pennsylvania with my twin and my older sister, my mom and my older brother where we have resided all our lives. We moved from place to place a lot but stayed in the Hazleton area because my mom did not like staying in one place for long periods of time.
The Self
We are individuals who look at our environment, as well as nurture and nature so we may develop our self-concept. Self-concept comes from our past and what we do with it in our future; by how we were and who we want to be. As individual’s we look for understanding, as well from our hopes and fears. The three concepts that an individual experiences throughout life is one’s self-concept, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Individuals are seeing how these concepts have made individuals who they are today and how they see things and how they share their personal experiences as well as interact within their social development (Myer’s 2010).
The self is how individuals perceive who they are. Self–concept defines what has been accomplished, attributes and the role they play when looking at one self. According to Myer’s (2010), self-concept consists of three major fields of one self which are Self-presentation theory, cognitive dissonance theory, and self-perception theory. The self-presentation theory is how an individual tries to be consistent without looking un-consistent or foolish (Myer’s 2010).
Cognitive dissonance theory is the demonstration of how an individual motivates to keep consistency among their cognitions. Within this theory an individual is able to sense tension which will have them feel a lack of inconsistency within themselves. An individual who can justify their actions whether right or wrong is unreceptive to...
Kelly Marie Shafer
Psychology 400
November 12, 2012
University of Phoenix
Personal Reflection on the Self
My name is Kelly Marie Shafer. I am a student at University of Phoenix, working towards my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. I grew up in Pennsylvania with my twin and my older sister, my mom and my older brother where we have resided all our lives. We moved from place to place a lot but stayed in the Hazleton area because my mom did not like staying in one place for long periods of time.
The Self
We are individuals who look at our environment, as well as nurture and nature so we may develop our self-concept. Self-concept comes from our past and what we do with it in our future; by how we were and who we want to be. As individual’s we look for understanding, as well from our hopes and fears. The three concepts that an individual experiences throughout life is one’s self-concept, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. Individuals are seeing how these concepts have made individuals who they are today and how they see things and how they share their personal experiences as well as interact within their social development (Myer’s 2010).
The self is how individuals perceive who they are. Self–concept defines what has been accomplished, attributes and the role they play when looking at one self. According to Myer’s (2010), self-concept consists of three major fields of one self which are Self-presentation theory, cognitive dissonance theory, and self-perception theory. The self-presentation theory is how an individual tries to be consistent without looking un-consistent or foolish (Myer’s 2010).
Cognitive dissonance theory is the demonstration of how an individual motivates to keep consistency among their cognitions. Within this theory an individual is able to sense tension which will have them feel a lack of inconsistency within themselves. An individual who can justify their actions whether right or wrong is unreceptive to...