Self-Identity -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Self-Identity

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Danielle Murphy

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Date Posted: 19:05:41 02/24/08 Sun

I thought some of the dimensions of self-understanding that adolescents display were interesting and made a lot of sense when thinking about this population. The idea of self-understanding being differentiated described how adolescents may have the tendency to view themselves differently depending on the setting. For instance, at home or around family a teen may present a set of characteristics that differs drastically from those displayed at school or around peers. The idea of real versus ideal selves was also interesting. Although Rogers views a discrepancy bewteen real and ideal self as maladaptive, others feel it is healthy and a way to strive for a balanced sense of self. I have always thought of the terms self-concept and self-esteem as interchangeable. However, as the text points out, these terms are very distinct and different from each other. Self-concept can almost be thought of as the parts that make up the whole self-esteem. Self-concepts are the evaluations of the domains that make up the global evaluation, which is self-esteem.

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