NUR 131 Exam 2 Study Questions and Answers 2024

self-concept - - overall view of oneself - forms off a person's physical appearance, sexual performance, intellectual abilities, success in the workplace, friendships, problem-solving & coping abilities, and unique talents behaviors of altered self-concept - behaviors including a person that is slumped, avoids eye contact, apologetic, overly excited, frequently cries, excessively dependent, passive, & has little interest self-esteem - - how well a person likes themselves - Ones emotional evaluation of actual self & who they are expected to be A) infant Infants gather their formation of self-concept by learning that their physical self is separate from those people and objects around them "me, not me" - Forming self-concept for a/an _____________ involves learning that the physical self is different from the environment A) infant B) child C) child and/or adult D) adult B) child Children internalize others' attitudes about them, primarily from their parents and peers "Who do they say I am?" - Forming self-concept for a/an ___________ involves internalizing others' attitudes about the self A) infant B) child C) child and/or adult D) adult C) child and adult Both children and adults internalize societal standards "How do I compare to others?" - Forming self-concept for a/an ___________ involves internalizing standards of society A) infant B) child C) child and/or adult D) adult D) adult Adults rely on self-actualization & self-adjustment to acknowledge their self-concept "This is who I am & will continue to be" - Forming self-concept for a/an ___________ involves self-actualizing and self-adjustment A) infant B) child C) child and/or adult D) adult factors affecting self-concept - The factors affecting _______________ are gender, developmental level, family, socioeconomic status, locus of control, & peer relationships gender - This factor of self-concept involves the role expectations of girls & boys developmental level friends & media have less influence on ideas about ourselves as we develop; good parents = good self-esteem - This factor of self-concept involves friends & social media and the effect it has on that person socioeconomic status - This factor of self-concept considers circumstances & states that social isolation will correlate with depression family - This factor of self-concept strongly influences children internal & external - What are the two locuses of control? internal locus of control "I'm in control of my destiny" - the inner voice to influence self-concept external locus of control