CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The self-concept is one’s full set of beliefs about oneself or self-knowledge. It includes beliefs about personal characteristics, such as traits, abilities, values, preferences, and opinions, as well as beliefs about one’s social identities, such as social roles, relationships, and social groups.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carl Rogers and the Self-Concept Theory of Personality Rogers believed that our personality is driven by our desire for self-actualization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Second, we distinguish the four main conceptual units that constitute the various selves of self-presentation. These are the public self, the self-concept, the actual or behavioral self, and the ideal self.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social identity. the “we” aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to “who am I?” that comes from our group memberships. Depersonalisation (no longer individual but group member).

Detailed explanation-5: -Self-concept is learned. One of the very basic assumptions of this theory is that no person is born with a self-concept. Self-concept is believed to develop as a person grows old. This means that our perceptions towards our selves can be shaped and can be altered, and can also be affected by environmental factors.