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The self-concept is crucial to psychological health because it serves to combine all the psychological functions of a person
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INTRODUCTION The self-concept is crucial to psychological health because it serves to combine all the psychological functions of a person, and because it also provides a person with the knowledge of how to behave in certain situations, hence allowing a person to feel they can cope with life with some degree of predictability. Goffman (1959) elaborated on this and suggested that life consist of a series of presentations deriving from social roles. Each role produces certain demands and dictates one's behaviour depending on what is suitable for that role. The self-concept is often divided into three categories: - 1) Self-image (this includes body image): This refers to the way one describes themselves and the kind of person they think they are. It varies throughout an individual's life and depends heavily upon other people's reactions to them. Cooley called this the "looking-glass self". An example of this theory can be explained by the way in...
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