Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The mental image or perception that one has of oneself.
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Examples
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Social identity is defined as the part of the individual’s self-concept, which is affected by the knowledge of membership in a social group.5
Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999
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Social identity is defined as the part of the individual’s self-concept, which is affected by the knowledge of membership in a social group.5
Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999
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Just as your self-concept as a woman affects many realms of your life, each step you make in relating to and cherishing your femininity will have multiple positive impacts.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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Just as your self-concept as a woman affects many realms of your life, each step you make in relating to and cherishing your femininity will have multiple positive impacts.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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Keep expanding your self-concept to find your new edge.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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With a new peer group and a fresh start, he had a chance to shift his self-concept, and in his case, that made all the difference.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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With a new peer group and a fresh start, he had a chance to shift his self-concept, and in his case, that made all the difference.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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Keep expanding your self-concept to find your new edge.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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Her self-concept was so damaged that she projected it onto them, incessantly criticizing and undermining them.
The 7 Glenn Beck 2011
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Jennifer was surprised by the direct impact that her stress around self-worth played in her body and wanted to change her self-concept to relieve this tension in her core.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
m1ke101 commented on the word self-concept
sum total of a being's knowledge and understanding of his or her self
October 8, 2007