There is a concept of “man” in psychology, the meaning of which is that a person is a living being, possessing the ability to articulate, to create and use the results of his work. A person has consciousness, and consciousness directed at himself is this self-concept of personality. This is a mobile system for evaluating in oneself their intellectual, physical and other qualities, that is, self-esteem under the influence of certain factors throughout life. A person's personality is subject to internal vibrations and affects all life manifestations from early childhood to old age.
Today, Rogers' personality theory is taken as the basis for considering the
personality self-assessment system. The essence of this theory can be considered as a mechanism of consciousness that works reflexively under the influence of culture, one’s own and other’s behavior. That is, simply put, a person gives an assessment of a particular situation, to other people and to himself. Evaluation of oneself induces him to a certain behavior and forms an I-concept.
One of the central concepts in psychology is the self-concept of personality, although there is still no single terminology and definition. Karl Ransom Rogers himself believed that his method is effective in working with a variety of psychotypes and is suitable for working with people of different cultures, professions, religions. Rogers formed his point of view on the basis of his own experience working with his clients who have any emotional disorders.
The self-concept of personality is a certain structure, the peak of which is the Global Self , which represents a sense of continuity of oneself and awareness of one's own uniqueness. Parallel to the Global I, there is an Image of I , which is divided into modalities:
- The real Self is a person’s awareness of what he really is, that is, an understanding of his psychological characteristics, status, role.
- The Mirror I is a person’s awareness of how others see him.
- The ideal Self is a person's idea of ​​what he would like to be.
Such a structure is applicable only in theory, but in practice everything is much more complicated, because all components are intertwined. In fact, the self-concept of personality is a mobile system of self-determination, which, in turn, has its own structure:
- Cognitive - cognitive processes of human consciousness.
- Affective - a short-term emotional process that is intense in nature and manifested physically.
- Activity - any meaningful human activity.
Cognitive and affective attitudes incorporate three modalities, such as self-awareness of the present, self-awareness of the desired and self-image through the eyes of others, and each of these three modalities contains mental, emotional, social and physical components.
The development of self-concept is developed on the basis of personal characteristics of the individual, as well as under the influence of communication with other individuals. In fact, the self-concept plays a role in achieving internal coherence of the personality, interprets experience and is a factor of expectations. The functional of this structure is human self-awareness.