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Chapter 41
Self - Concept
Term | Definition |
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Body image | how a person experiences one's body |
Depersonaliztion | subjective experience of the partial or total disruption of one's ego and the disintegration and disorganization of one's self-concept |
False self | a sense of self that might develop in individuals who have the emotional need to respond to the needs and ambitions that significant people, such as parents, have for them |
Global self | term used to describe the composite of all the basic facts, qualities, traits, images and feelings one holds about themselves |
Ideal self | self a person would like to be or think one should be; includes aspirations, moral ideas, and values |
Identity diffusion | failure to integrate various childhood identifications into a harmonious adult psychosocial identity |
Personal identity | an individual's conscious sense of who he or she is |
Role performance | ability to successfully execute societal expectations regarding role-specific behaviors |
Self-actualization | reaching of one's potential through full development of one's unique capabilities |
Self-concept | mental image or picture of self; includes body image, subjective self, ideal self and societal self |
self-esteem | person's perception of one's total being, including self-worth and body image |