Self-concept

Self-concept is the organized set of beliefs and evaluations a person holds about their attributes, roles, abilities, and identity.

Self-schema: A cognitive framework that organizes beliefs and memories about a particular aspect of oneself. Self-schemas organize the attribute-specific beliefs that contribute to a broader self-concept.
Self-perception theory: A theory that people infer their attitudes and internal states partly by observing their own behavior. It explains how observations of one’s actions can become beliefs about personal attributes.
Self-consciousness: Attention directed toward oneself, including awareness of one’s thoughts, appearance, or behavior. Awareness of the self is a state of attention, not the organized beliefs themselves.
Self-concept clarity: The extent to which beliefs about oneself are clearly defined, internally consistent, and stable over time. It measures how coherent and certain a person’s self-concept is.
Self-concept development: The changes in a person’s understanding of themselves across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Developmental research traces how self-beliefs become more differentiated and organized.
Social identity: The part of a person’s self-understanding derived from membership in social groups. Group memberships supply roles and affiliations that can become part of self-concept.
Reflected appraisal: The process of forming self-views partly from perceptions of how others evaluate oneself. Perceived judgments from other people can enter a person’s self-description.
Self-esteem: A person’s overall evaluation of their own worth. Self-esteem concerns worth; self-concept also includes descriptive beliefs about roles and abilities.
Academic self-concept: A person’s beliefs about their abilities and competence in academic subjects. It connects students’ subject-specific self-beliefs with achievement and educational choices.
Independent and interdependent self-construal: Cultural orientations that emphasize either personal autonomy or relationships and group membership in self-definition. These orientations expose how cultural settings shape which aspects of self-concept receive emphasis.

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