Chapter 41 Vocabulary Self Concept
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Body image | how a person experiences his or her body |
| depersonalization | subjective experience of the partial or totaldisruption of one's ego and the disintegration and disorgani-zation of one's self-concept |
| false self | a sense of self that might develop in individuals whohave the emotional need to respond to the needs and ambi-tions significant people, such as parents, have for them |
| global self | term used to describe the composite of all the basicfacts, qualities, traits, images, and feelings one holds aboutoneself |
| ideal self | self a person would like to be or thinks he or sheshould be; includes aspirations, moral ideas, and values |
| identity diffusion | failure to integrate various childhood iden-tifications into a harmonious adult psychosocial identity |
| personal identity | an individual's conscious sense of who he orshe is |
| role performance | ability to successfully execute societalexpectations regarding role-specific behaviors |
| self-actualization | reaching of one's potential through fulldevelopment of one's unique capabilities |
| self-concept | mental image or picture of self; includes bodyimage, subjective self, ideal self, and social self |
| self-esteem | person's perception of his or her total being,including self-worth and body image |
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