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Self-Concept and Self-Awareness

The self-concept is a reflexive phenomenon that develops through social interaction. It is the concept an individual has of themselves as a physical, social, and spiritual being. Self-awareness involves having a clear perception of one's personality, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. It allows one to understand others and their own responses. Self-esteem is our cognitive and emotional appraisal of our own worth, reflecting how we think, feel, and act towards ourselves and others. Self-confidence involves trusting in one's own ability and aptitude to engage successfully with the world. Self-control involves refraining from immediate rewards and instead performing less desirable actions to achieve long-term goals. Anger is

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Self-Concept and Self-Awareness

The self-concept is a reflexive phenomenon that develops through social interaction. It is the concept an individual has of themselves as a physical, social, and spiritual being. Self-awareness involves having a clear perception of one's personality, including strengths, weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, and emotions. It allows one to understand others and their own responses. Self-esteem is our cognitive and emotional appraisal of our own worth, reflecting how we think, feel, and act towards ourselves and others. Self-confidence involves trusting in one's own ability and aptitude to engage successfully with the world. Self-control involves refraining from immediate rewards and instead performing less desirable actions to achieve long-term goals. Anger is

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Self-Concept and Self-Awareness

A. Self-concept
As discussed by Gecas (1982) in a document entitled Annual Review of Sociology, the self is
a reflexive phenomenon that develops in social interaction and is based on the social
character of human language. The concept of self provides the philosophical underpinning for
social-psychological inqueries into the self-concept. The "self-concept," on the other hand, is
a product of this reflexive activity. It is the concept the individual has of himself/herself as a
physical, social, and spiritual or moral being.

B. Self- awareness
Self-awareness is having a clear perception of your personality, including strengths,
weaknesses, thoughts, beliefs, motivation, and emotions. It is an attribute of one‘s selfconcept
that allows to understand other people and his/her attitudes and responses to them in
the moment.

Here are some suggestions to start building self-awareness:


a) Practicing mindfulness
b) Becoming a good listener
c) Becoming more self-aware
d) Open your mind to new perspectives
e) Develop self-esteem
f) Look at yourself objectively
g) Take feedback from others
h) Know your strengths and weaknesses
i) Set intentions and goals

A. Self-esteem
"Esteem" is derived from the Latin aestimare, meaning "to appraise, value, rate, weigh,
estimate," and self-esteem is our cognitive and, above all, emotional appraisal of our own
worth. More than that, it is the matrix through which we think, feel, and act, reflects and
determines our relation to ourselves, to others, and to the world. Self-esteem deals with the
evaluative and emotional dimensions of the self-concept. Self-evaluation or self-esteem refers
to the evaluative and affective aspects of the self-concept.

B. Self-confidence
The term confidence comes from the Latin fidere, "to trust." To be self-confident is to trust in
oneself, and, in particular, in one‘s ability or aptitude to engage successfully or at least
adequately with the world. A self-confident person is ready to rise to new challenges, seize
opportunities, deal with difficult situations, and take responsibility if and when things go
wrong.
Self-control is achieved by refraining from actions we like and instead performing actions we
prefer not to do as a means of achieving a long-term goal. People often want to change
themselves by, for example, quitting smoking, going on a diet, studying more effectively, and
so on but they may find it difficult to stick with such long range goals. Instead, people often
succumb to the lure of an immediate reward and break with their prior commitment. In other
words, we fail to control ourselves in some meaningful way.

Anger is a state of emotion where a person irritated by block of interests, loss of possession
or threats to personality. Everyone gets angry at times. When people are angry or annoyed,
they may walk away or use a harsh tone of voice. Other times, they may yell, argue, or start
afight. If you learn to manage, or control, your anger, you can redirect these surges of anger
energy to reach your goal

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