• seek to move onward and upward in life
• find healthy playgrounds and playmates to associate with.
• have enough self-confidence to cope with new challenges and to view them positively.
Traits of a Negative self-concept include:
A negative self – concept represents weak self-approval. People with a negative self-concept…
• people with a negative self-concept…
• have low self-esteem and strong self-refection, even if they are in denial of it.
• tend to expect failure in what they do
• lack motivation because they have not done well in the past.
• look for the easy way out of situations because they lack self-confidence to work through the situation.
• lack confidence in social situations when meeting new people.
• tend to be unaware of the world and life, usually due to a lack of appropriate exposure.
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• sometimes set goals that are unrealistically high then they feel like failures when those goals can not be reached.
• sometimes set lows that are too low then they feel little success because the challenge was too easy.
On a special note: Hurt children (especially teenagers) are very good Oscar Award winning actors and actresses; Angelina Joelle, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, please step aside. Hence, they can appear to be very self –confident. However, if you look very closely and observe over time, you will see their “true colors” emerging. When they are acting, it is as if their live is a bit too perfect and smooth running.
Do a quick assessment of the teen’s self-concept after you have known the teen for a while. You can use the following checklist that I have compiled, based on clinical observation, over the past few decades.
Checklist for positive self-concept
• Does he seem to have self - confidence? How often and under what circumstances?
• Can he point out specific aspects about himself that he likes, which are
David Mamet once stated, “..it is the human lot to try and fail..” This quotation implies that an individual will attempt to achieve success throughout their lifetime, but he/she will also have to face the failures as well. The quote relates to the philosophy that in order to achieve something, one will have to work for it. This quotation is correct and is further supported by two literary works. The two novels are Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and The Pearl, also by John Steinbeck. In these two novels, the protagonists know that their goals are very farfetched and out of the norm, yet they both try to achieve it and ultimately fail.
Most people throughout the world strive for success in each task they take on, and along with this, many reasons contribute to why they succeed or not. If a person does not succeed, they may automatically blame themselves because of their level of strength. Others may blame themselves for not having enough knowledge about what they are trying to succeed at. The real reason that people may not succeed, however, is their lack of determination and happiness throughout his/her journey that is demonstrated in the book Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
...oped by the system that keeps them within the cycle. Society is the wall that blocks one to success, but it is their own shadow of fear and normalcy that ultimately covers the opportunity.
...view of the circumstances presented, allowing ignorance to become the downfall of their own well-being.
To continue on there are always two options, just give up or keep on pushing until the goal has been reached. The people that decide to just quit most likely have a fixed mindset, while the people that don’t give up have a growth mindset. Eduardo Briceno discusses that when obtaining a growth mindset, setbacks don’t take a toll on the person, they will continue to press on until the goal has been reached. Briceno’s point is that when you realize that anything is possible, then you bring yourself to new levels. Overall having a growth mindset allows people to complete any realistic goal that they
People usually do not have a concrete plan for their future, so they do not know what direction they are going to take; it is so difficult for people to set themselves up for success when they have no real support system put in place. They often have negative people around them that will bring them down, too, which will lead to a lack of motivation, and this will set them up for failure, especially when they set goals that are not clear enough or realistic. People are usually not motivated or disciplined enough, use too many excuses, and get overwhelmed by obstacles, causing them to fail.
a lot of stress in their lives and cannot deal with it as easily as
Moreover, Rodger always exploits other people for his selfish gains which is a distinguishing narcissistic quality. As for exploiting, author W. Keith Campbell in his article, “The Narcissistic Self: Background, an Extended Agency Model, and Ongoing Controversies” explains that, “Likewise, narcissists’ low levels of guilt and social anxiety (Gramzow & Tangney, 1992), and their willingness to exploit others, make them more suited to self-regulation that benefits the self at the expense of others” (5). As a result of this, Rodger, in pursuit of money and women, but never try to get them through his own effort so he uses others to get what he wants. For example, Rodger regardless of his mother’s thought, constantly asks his mother to marry a wealthy
because they feel a sense of hopelessness. All of these problems and factors come into play when
In everyday life, each ( infant, toddler, adult) observe others person’s actions and behavior and make inferences about other’s attitude based on what they see and find. Psychologist Daryl Ben (1967) who developed SPT (Self-Perception Theory) state that, people develop their attitudes by observing their behavior. Parents and primary caregivers play a significant role in child’s developing self-concept and self-esteem.
Many people tend to set goals. They can set goals for their personal life, academics, or even for their professional lives. You can literally set a goal for pretty much anything you can imagine. I believe that people should set goals, they help you stay focused and want to do better for the future. Goals change all of the time though, because of a lot of different reasons, maybe you found that one thing just really is not what you want to do with your life, so you find something else to do. To me that is just how life is, my goals will most likely change as I am getting older and trying to find what I want to do with the rest of my life.
Everyone thinks negatively, it is human nature, but if one thinks negative all the time, maybe they should consider changing their perspective to help guide them into a positive life-style. Negative thinking patterns can lead to many different thoughts, “what if” thoughts, continuously ruminating the scene in their head, making it worse and more difficult to move on, assumptions start to build, the individual begins to think, “this should have happened like this” or “it must be like this”, overreacting, etc. Someone with a negative mindset might say it is impossible to change the way they view things, or “this is how I am”, but overcoming the stubbornness is the first step. “Developing an optimistic outlook
feelings, which makes it difficult to learn how to cope with them. This behavior may lead
using their days the wrong way. instead of conversing with people person with person, they lose
are often times based off of their experiences. The way they handle certain situations often