Term
|
Definition
The mental image or picture of one's self. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The need to feel good about one's self and to believe that others hold one in high regard. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The need to reach one's potential through full development of one's capabilities.
(the opposite end of the spectrum from IDENTITY DIFFUSION AND DEPERSONALIZATION) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Failure to integrate various childhood indentifications into one harmonious adult psychosocial identity.
(opposite of SELF-ACTUALIZATION) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The subjective experience of the partial or total disruption of one's ego and the disorganization and disintegration of one's self.
(opposite of SELF-ACTUALIZATION) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Term used to describe the composite of all the basic facts, qualities, traits, images and feelings one holds about one's self. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The self one wants to be.
Can be positive ("I want to be just like Marie Curie") or negative ("I want to grow up to be like the drug dealers in the neighborhood") |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
A personality that develops due to the expectations and aspirations of others vs. what one really wants to be.
(Ex. "I don't want to be a lawyer but my Dad's a lawyer and he wants me to be one, too.") |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
The subjective view a person has about his or her physical appearance. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
An individual's conscious sense of who he or she is. |
|
|
