Understanding the Self- is the sense of self perception of our motives while we act is called as self- understanding or understanding the self.

TWO IMPORTANT INTITIES:

• Self-concept- picture or perception of ourselves.

• Self-esteem- feelings we have about ourselves.

SELF-CONCEPT

• Self-concept is the way someone thinks or perceives about themselves. It is an important term for bothe social psychology and humanism.

• It’s is also referred as “self-construction, self-identity, self-perspective or self-structure.

COMPONENTS OF SELF-CONCEPT

Based on social identity theory, Self-concept is comprised of two key parts “Personal Identity and Social Identity.

1. Personal identity: These are individual personality traits and other features (physical and psychological) that make a person unique.

2. Social identity: These are the Social characteristics of the groups we belong to; such as community, religion, college and various other social groups.

BRACKEN (1992)

Bracken (1992) identified six specific domains of Self-concept:

1. Social: refers to the pattern and the ability of interacting with others.

2. Competence: refers to the ability of meeting one’s own basic needs.

3. Affect: denotes to awareness of the changing emotional states.

4. Physical: signifies the views about our physique, health status and overall appearance.

5. Academic: indicates the ability to realise the success or failure in an academic context ( school/ college).

6. Family: