Personal Development Review: SELF-CONCEPT and Personal Effectiveness

Study Notes

The occipital lobe is responsible for visual functions
The temporal lobe is responsible for hearing and word recognition abilities
The cerebellum is responsible for voluntary movements of the body
The brain stem connects the brain and the spinal cord, and is responsible for breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and food digestion
Neurons are the basic functional units of the nervous system, consisting of a nerve cell body, axon, and dendrite

Self-esteem is the feeling of worth and value received from people
Influences of self-esteem include infatuation, crush, identity, puberty, development, media images, and outside influences, as well as families and school

Anorexia is a real fear of weight gain and a distorted view of body size and shape
Bulimia is binge eating and compensating self in extreme ways

Emotions are subjective experiences that consist of physiological arousal and cognitive appraisal
Feelings arise from emotional experiences, and are the result of an emotion
Mood is any short-lived emotional state, usually of low intensity
Emotions can be experienced through subjective experiences, physiological responses, and behavioral responses

Relationships are a way in which two or more people or concepts are connected
Romantic crush is the beginning of romantic feelings with someone else
Healthy expression of relationships includes mutual respect, trust, honesty, support, fairness, equality, separate identities, and good communication
Unacceptable behaviors in any relationship include cheating, putting one down, not supporting the dreams, controlling, lack of communication, unnecessary sacrifices, unreliability, forgetting memorable days, self-destruction, and not caring about friends and family

Social roles are part of people's lives as members of a social group
Social norms are unwritten rules of belief, attitudes, and behaviors that are acceptable in a particular social group or culture

Actual self is defined by "who we are", "what we think, feel, look, and act"
Ideal self is "how we want to be"
Incongruence is the lack of alignment between the actual self and ideal self
Personal effectiveness includes making use of personal resources, such as talents, skills, energy, and time
Determination, self-confidence, persistence, managing stress, problem-solving skills, creativity, and generating ideas are all important for personal effectiveness

Stress is an emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension
Causes and effects of stress include anxiety, pressure, misery, strain, desperation, tension, anger, panic, and dejection
Stressors are situations that direct to stress