- Books Name
- Psychology Book Class-12
- Publication
- PathSet Publications
- Course
- CBSE Class 12
- Subject
- Psychology
Self and Personality
Concept of Self :-
The Idea of Self
- A newly born child has no idea of its self. As a child grows older, the idea of self emerges and its formation begins.
- Parents, friends, teachers and other significant persons play a vital role in shaping a child’s ideas about self.
- Our interaction with other people, our experiences, and the meaning we give to them, serve as the basis of our self.
Personal Identity
- It refers to those attributes of a person that make her/him different from others.
- When a person describes herself/himself by telling her/his:
- Name (I am Shweta)
- Qualities or characteristics (I am honest and kind)
- Potentialities or capabilities (I am a singer)
- Beliefs (I believe in destiny)
Social Identity
- Social identity refers to those aspects of a person that link her/him to a social or cultural group or are derived from it. For example, I am a Hindu.
Self
- Self refers to the totality of an individual’s conscious experiences, ideas, thoughts and feelings with regard to herself or himself.
- These experiences and ideas define the existence of an individual both at the personal and at social levels.
Self as Subject and Self as Object
- An individual describes himself/herself either as:
- an entity that does something (e.g., I am a baker). In this case, the self is described as a ‘subject’ (who does something), or as;
- an entity on which something is done (e.g., I am one who easily gets hurt). In this case, the self is described as an ‘object’ (which gets affected).
Kinds of Self
- There are several kinds of self. They get formed as a result of our interactions with our physical and socio-cultural environments.
- There are two kinds of ‘self’: