self
self is composed of our thoughts and beliefs about ourselves. The concept of self is usually described as our knowledge about who we are.
The self is the active processor of information about yourself.
Self-awareness
It is described as the act of thinking about ourselves. self can be characterized in personal and in social level.
Personal level is thought of as the unique individual that describes somebody as who they are independent of other people. In personal level self is a collection of thoughts, perceptions, concepts and feelings that are dominant in an individual being.
Social level describes somebody as who they are as member of a certain group.Social level of self describes how one is perceived in a crowd and how they see themselves as part of the group they belong.
Self-insight
This is the ability to judge oneself correctly and know your limitations and potentials. It is about how people perceive themselves in respect to their surroundings. Self-insight is what creates the concept of self-identity which is important in providing the basis of having a free will. It is what makes people makes their own decisions that are independent of group thinking. It makes people decides who they are and how they will live their lives. For Example, Jane who is a successful career woman and who has made her mark in the corporate world decides that she gonna be independent woman. She realizes that she value freedom than relationships, Her free will enables her to shun relationships to maintain her independence as a woman.
It is the self-insight that makes you decides am good in math and so i better choose math related careers and avoid languages and humanities when i realize am not gifted in those areas.
when we talk about self, we refers to awareness of one’s being and functioning. we also be referring to concept of me or I.
self awareness is described with several dimensions such as own ideas, feelings and beliefs. Self awareness is about knowing things about self that are known to the public and those that are private to yourself.
Self awareness refers to the physical, social and psychological perceptions about self and is usually derived from interaction with others. It also refers to ability in reflecting on one’s action, thoughts and emotions.
self-concept
It refers to individual’s belief about themselves including personal attributes, who they are and what defines them.
Lewis (1990) argued that self-concept is a vital aspect for a person to understand who they are and proposed that the development of self-concept has two key aspects: The existential self and the categorical self.
The existential self
This is where a person realizes that they exists as a separate entity from others and that they continue to exists over time and space. According to Lewis, awareness of the existential self begins as young as two to three months old and continues to develop as the child interact with the world.
This is “the most basic part of the self-scheme or self-concept; the sense of being separate and distinct from others and the awareness of the constancy of the self” (Bee, 1992).
Categorical self
After the child realizes that he or she exists as a separate being, the child becomes aware that he or she is an object in the world. The child becomes aware of his or her own properties as one of the objects in the world.The awareness in this level causes one to distinguish himself or herself in terms of age, gender , size, skin color, tribe, skills, level of education e.t.c.
Later, self-description also begins to includes references to internal feelings, comparative evaluations and how others see them.
Carl Rogers believes that the self concept has three different components:
- Self-image -> the view you have for yourself
- Self-esteem -> How much value you place on yourself (self-worth)
- ideal self ->How you wish you were really like