The term self-concept is a general term used to refer to how someone thinks about or perceives themselves. The self-concept is how we think about and evaluate ourselves. To be aware of oneself is to have a concept of. Self-esteem plays a big role in understanding who we are today and for the rest of our lives. Even though self-esteem might fluctuate, there are times when we continue to believe good things about ourselves even when evidence to the contrary exists. This is known as the perseverance effect. Miller and Ross (1975) showed that people who believed they had socially desirable characteristics continued in this belief even when the experimenters tried to get them to believe the opposite. Objectivity is when a person feels a certain without the influence of other around. Not too many people are like this because of peer pressure or bandwagon thinkers as I would like to say. We try to define ourselves but really we are comparing ourselves to others trying to define who we are which leads me to subjectivity. Subjectivity is when you agree with others not being neutral to the situation without knowing the facts.
Reflected appraisal In social psychology, the reflected appraisal process is considered one of the influences on the development of self-concept. The term refers to a process where we imagine how other people see us. In many instances, the way we believe others perceive us is the way we perceive ourselves. If people admire us, flatter us, seek out our company, listen attentively and agree with us we tend to develop a positive self-image. If they avoid us, neglect us, tell us things about ourselves that we don’t want to hear we develop a negative self-imageIf the people we compare ourselves with (our reference group) appear to be more successful, happier, richer, better looking than ourselves we tend to develop a negative self image BUT if they are less successful than us our image will be positive. If there is a mismatch between how you see yourself and what you’d like to be then this is likely to affect how much you value yourself. Therefore, there is an intimate relationship between self-image,