PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF

Psychological Self

The individual's perception of their own identity, character, and abilities.

Johari Window Model

A psychological tool created by Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in 1955 to enhance self-awareness and communication in groups.

Personality

The unique set of characteristics, traits, and behaviors that define an individual.

Personality Traits

Enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that distinguish one individual from another.

Freud's Theory of the Psyche

Sigmund Freud's concept of the conscious and unconscious mind influencing human behavior.

Id

The part of the personality driven by the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification.

Ego

The component of personality that mediates between the id's demands and reality, considering social norms.

Superego

The moral component of personality that incorporates societal standards and values.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Abraham Maslow's theory of human motivation and personality development based on fulfilling innate needs in a hierarchical order.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

A motivational theory in psychology that consists of a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid.

Physiological Needs

Biological requirements for human survival such as air, food, drink, shelter, clothing, warmth, sex, and sleep.

Safety & Security Needs

Include physical security, stability, dependency, protection, and freedom from threatening forces. People seek order, predictability, and control in their lives.

Love & Belonging Needs

Human emotional need for interpersonal relationships, affiliating, connectedness, and being part of a group. Includes desires for friendship, a mate, children, and belonging to a family, club, or nation.

Esteem Needs

Include self-worth, accomplishment, self-respect, confidence, competence, and the desire to be accepted and valued by others.