I found the book’s topic “The Self is a Process” to be extremely interesting. This section discussed identities and how they are formed throughout a person’s lifetime. When we are babies, we have no concept of our identity. Self concept, as defined by the book, is “the realization that one is a separate entity.” We do not realize we are separate beings and individuals until we have grown into older children. And still, into adolescence and even young adulthood people struggle with finding out what their identity is. The book also discusses ego boundaries, which “define where an individual stops and the rest of the world begins.” Newborns have no sense of this. As children grow older they observe the environment for social norms to figure out how they should act. I particularly found it interesting that we are constantly evolving throughout our entire lifetime and continuously redefining our self-concept.
Hi Domsmcdee,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post. I also found the section on "The Self as a Process" to be very interesting. I found it fascinating that when we are born we start creating our self once we have an idea of who we are and throughout our lifetime the idea of our self changes through our experiences, our surroundings, our way of thinking. That is why newborns don't have a sense of this because although they look everywhere and are fascinated with everything and everyone around them, they are too young to grasp what they are seeing. It is when they get older, all that they once saw helps makes sense, and helps them see what the world is like, and they get to see how they see themselves in the world. Like you mentioned, we are constantly evolving throughout our lifetime, and we continue to redefine our self-concept. There is that term, we each get wise as each day passes by. Even someone in their 80's ;earns something new every day.
Great post overall!
-little miss daisy