CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is self-image? Self-image is the personal view, or mental picture, that we have of ourselves. Self-image is an “internal dictionary” that describes the characteristics of the self, including such things as intelligent, beautiful, ugly, talented, selfish, and kind.

Detailed explanation-2: -“The individual’s belief about himself or herself, including the person’s attributes and who and what the self is.” A similar definition comes from Rosenberg’s 1979 book on the topic; he says self-concept is: “…the totality of an individual’s thoughts and feelings having reference to himself as an object.”

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: -The looking-glass self describes the process wherein individuals base their sense of self on how they believe others view them. Using social interaction as a type of “mirror, ” people use the judgments they receive from others to measure their own worth, values, and behavior.