The Self as Cognitive Construct

Self-Constructs are the collection of the thoughts,

feeling and perceptions a person had created about
himself or herself. It includes self-image, self-identity,
self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-efficacy. It is
basically a collection of who you believe you are.
 Cognitive–Construction, is also known as
Constructivism, was pioneered by Jean Piaget. They
construct meaning and understanding based on his
prior knowledge. Learning is seen as a process of
conceptual change whereby individuals construct
new understandings of reality (Whittle et al, 2000).
 Learning is an example of cognition. The
way the human brain makes connection as an
individual learn concepts in different ways to
remember what he or she has learned. The ability to
reason through logic is a prime example of cognition.
Self-image
- is the personal viewpoint we adopt towards
ourselves which describes characteristics
such as intelligence, attractiveness, talents,
kindness, and many other traits.It also
include a person’s social role.
Self-Construct includes:

Self-image influences how we view

ourselves, how we interact with others, and
even how we feel about our surroundings.
Thus, it has pretty broad influence over our
lives.
 A positive self-image has the ability
and potential to boost our physical, mental,
social, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
On the other hand, a negative self-image can
decrease our well-being in each of these
areas as well as our overall life satisfaction
and functioning.
Self Identity
- A sense of personal identity is what sets one person
apart as a unique individual.
- Identity includes a person’s name, gender, ethnic
identity, family status, occupation, and roles.
- One’s personal identity begins to develop during
childhood and is constantly reinforced and modified
throughout life.
Self-Esteem
- is the judgement of personal performance
compared with the self-ideal.
- is derived from a sense of giving and
receiving love, and being respected by others.
Self-Confidence
- A feeling of trust in one’s abilities, qualities and judgement is
self-confidence.
- The belief that you can achieve success and competence. In
other words –believing yourself to be capable.
- Self-confidence might be in reference to specific tasks or
more wide ranging attitude you hold about your abilities in
life.
Self-efficacy
- refers to an individual's belief in his or her
capacity to execute behaviors necessary to
produce specific performance attainments
(Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997).Self-efficacy
reflects confidence in the ability to exert control
over one's own motivation, behavior, and social
environment.