Submitted by mainfohkus on January 10, 2008
To explain the guidelines on improving self-concept I will first, briefly explain what self is. We must first understand that we develop a self in the process of communication. With that said, we know that improving self-concept is an ongoing process throughout life. George Herbert Mead (1939) asserted the idea that we develop selves by internalizing the views of ourselves communicated to us by particular others and generalized others perspectives.
Particular others are specific people who are significant to us. People like family members, teachers, and others who are important in our everyday lives fall under this category. (Wood, 2007, p45) Generalized others contribute to...
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