Self-concept

One's self-concept (also called self-construction, self-identity, self-perspective or self-structure) is a collection of beliefs about oneself that includes elements such as academic performance,gender roles, sexuality, and racial identity. Generally, self-concept embodies the answer to "Who am I?".

Self-concept is distinguishable from self-awareness, which refers to the extent to which self-knowledge is defined, consistent, and currently applicable to one's attitudes and dispositions. Self-concept also differs from self-esteem: self-concept is a cognitive or descriptive component of one's self (e.g. "I am a fast runner"), while self-esteem is evaluative and opinionated (e.g. "I feel good about being a fast runner").

Self-concept is made up of one's self-schemas, and interacts with self-esteem, self-knowledge, and the social self to form the self as whole. It includes the past, present, and future selves, where future selves (or possible selves) represent individuals' ideas of what they might become, what they would like to become, or what they are afraid of becoming. Possible selves may function as incentives for certain behavior.

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What's behind Scottish Labour's gender U-turn?

The Spectator 18 Feb 2025
At long last, Scottish Labour has clearly and decisively set out its position on gender self-identification. Party leader Anas Sarwar and his deputy Jackie Baillie have now robustly stated the ...

The Woke Professor Trying to Get Elon Musk Expelled From the Royal Society

The Daily Sceptic 18 Feb 2025
Curry is a vocal supporter of gender self-ID ... As an activist for gender self-identification and an exponent of cancel culture, Curry had a pop at J.K.

University of Iowa professor, citing Democratic bias on campus, advocates new ‘School of Intellectual Freedom’

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 18 Feb 2025
“Research since World War II has consistently found overwhelmingly left-oriented political attitudes and ideological self-identification among college and university faculty,” Langbert and Stevens ...

Cross Purposes by Jonathan Rauch review – crises for Christianity and democracy

The Observer 17 Feb 2025
“The alarming answer is that the crisis for Christianity has turned out to be a crisis for democracy.” ... Author of more than a dozen books, he is gay, Jewish and an atheist ... Voluntary safety nets spring from self-identification with their beneficiaries.

FA's LGBT rainbow laces used to 'strong arm' trans women into female sport, High Court hears

The Daily Telegraph 15 Feb 2025
The FA’s Rainbow Laces campaign was launched in 2013 as a joint initiative with the Premier league and Stonewall, the controversial LGBTQ+ charity which has campaigned for self-identification of ...

JAN MOIR: A brave NHS nurse, the trans doctor and signs that the woke spell of ...

The Daily Mail 14 Feb 2025
All eyes on my hometown of Dundee, where an employment tribunal is attracting global attention ... Questions have been asked in Westminster and it is fast turning into a landmark case on self-identification in the workplace ... The story so far ... Look ... Now ... .

How to File Taxes for Free This Year

The Modesto Bee 13 Feb 2025
... credit and self-employment ... You’ll also need to know your Social Security number or Taxpayer Identification Number, as well as your prior year adjusted gross income or your self-selected PIN.

ALEA launches ‘Be Your REAL ID Self’ campaign to promote STAR ID awareness

News Courier 12 Feb 2025
... in the “Be Your REAL ID Self” campaign, a nationwide initiative aimed at educating citizens about the Secure, Trusted, and Reliable Identification (STAR ID), Alabama’s equivalent of the REAL ID.

Exclusive: UWaterloo hiring only “woman-identifying,” gender minority STEM research chairs

True North 12 Feb 2025
The university said that it follows the requirements on self-identification and that any universities in the program are subject to the same regulations, along with fines if they violate the rules.

Hollywood's tide finally turns against 'monster' Kanye West: Viral AI-video features Jewish stars in attempt ...

The Daily Mail 12 Feb 2025
Meanwhile, Friends legend David, 58, took to Instagram to condemn Kanye as he responded to the musician's self-identification as a 'Nazi'.

Some Danville residents fearful after Trump's anti-trans executive orders

Commercial News 12 Feb 2025
... and even their lives after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to eliminate gender self-identification and replace it with a male/female binary that is unchangeable from birth.

No 10 distances PM from minister’s past support for gender neutral toilets

AOL 11 Feb 2025
In another social media exchange in the same year – before she was an MP – Ms Dalton signalled her support for gender self-identification.

Rachel Stevens fumes at Kanye West as she reposts David Schwimmer's 'silence is complicity' message ...

The Daily Mail 11 Feb 2025
The English singer, 46, reposted a heartfelt message from Friends icon David Schwimmer, 58, responding to the musician's self-identification as a 'Nazi' ... the musician's self-identification as a 'Nazi'.

Mentally Unstable Democrat Politician Sterilises Herself to Gain Attention and Praise, by Edward Dutton

The Unz Review 11 Feb 2025
Being hyper-individualistic and self-centred, as we will see, she probably lacks the desire to nurture a baby ... They identify, in terms of their moral circle, with people who are genetically distant from self.

[DS] Is Attempting A Coup, D’s Are Forcing The Declas, Trump Trap, 15th Round – ...

X22 Report 11 Feb 2025
Watch The X22 Report On Video. 2 videos found ... Gold is buying is surging ...  ... 1 ... Scott Webb ruled against a requirement that Illinois residents must obtain a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card in order to possess a gun in the home for self-defense ... .
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