The self-concept is how one views themselves and includes their feelings, thoughts, perceptions, emotional states, talents, likes/dislikes, roles and values. The development of self-concept is influenced by others' views of you through reflected appraisal, social comparisons to others, cultural teachings, and one's own experiences. A self-concept affects communication and resists change but can be flexible if healthy. It is subjective, multidimensional, and developed based on individualistic versus collectivistic cultural influences.

4. Who & What You Actually Are?

5. The Self Concept
Self Image
How You View Yourself or What You think that You are.

6. Self Concept Includes
 Feelings and thoughts
about your strengths and
weaknesses.
 Perceptions about
Yourself.
 Emotional States.
 Talents.
 Likes & Dislikes.
 Roles.
 Values.

7. Development of Self Concept
A. Others’ Images of You:
Looking Glass Self Ego Boosters & Ego Busters Reflected Appraisal

8. B. Social Comparisons:
Superior / Inferior Same / Different

9. C. Cultural Teachings:
Culture Effects Our Self Concept

10. D. Our Own Experience and Interpretations:

11. Sources of Self Concept

12. Cultural Influences on Self Concept
Individualistic Culture Collectivistic Culture
<- Orientation ->
<- Reward ->
<- Value & Security ->

13. Characteristics of Self-Concept
1. It Effects Communication.
2.It is Subjective.
3.It Resists Change.
4.It is Flexible (can be changed) if
it is healthy .
5.It is Multi-dimensional.

14. Effects Communication:
Our Self Concept leads us to high or low self esteem.
 High Self Esteem:
 Everything is positive and good
when we are positive and good.
 Like when we are happy, everything
is glowing and beautiful.
 We find boring things amusing too.
 So we can communicate in a better
way.

15.  Low Self Esteem:
 Everything looks hurting
when we are in low self esteem.
 Like when we are sad,
everything seems to be sad and
colorless.
 We feel sadness, anxiety and
criticism on ourselves even
when we did nothing.
 When we think that we have
no value, we are nothing then
we can’t communicate in a
better way.

16.  It is Subjective:
Our own thinking and ideas are included in our
self concept.
 It Resists Change:
We get new things and then after some processing
we make them our belief and then we don’t change
it even when those things become obsolete as
times changes and new data becomes available as
per new conditions.

17.  Flexible if it is Healthy:
 We change with time or the conditions change
with time and we have to change according to
them and it is nature.
 If we have a Healthy and Positive Self concept
then it can be changed with time and in
accordance with the new conditions and
variables.
 Self concept should be flexible.

18.  It is Multidimensional:
Private Me Desired Me Presenting Me:

19. Q&A