The Construction Of The Self &Amp; The Child’S Identity

The construction of the self & The child’s identity

Summary

The construction of self-concept is based on the cognitive, affective and social part in children, so it helps them to form their personality, self-concept is defined as the perception of itself, it also begins to form at a very early agewhere mainly influences the relationship with the family and their surroundings in school, therefore the people who are included in the training and learning of children should know how important it is, that they develop in a safe, positive and positive emotional environmentfull of much affection which generates security and confidence to be able to function more easily before others.

The fact that the child begins to identify that it is different both in their skills and in their physical features and is able to lead to a relationship with others is an indication that its identity construction is arising properly (Loperena, 2008). This intention to be defined as the self, will be a meeting process towards the identity of the child that will be seen throughout his life and will depend relevantly on the changes that arise, however, it is always essential to publicize the child hisCapabilities, such as desires to emerge every time the infant is experienced and growing focusing on the most striking and relevant for their own growth and training both cognitive, psychological and physical, thus their attention focuses will change for greater performance and maturation in the future.

Introduction

One of the most important stages in the development of children is within their first years of life, this is characterized as this stage is where essential elements are structured and strengthened in the development of the creation of their personality. When venturing into the subject of self-concept, we must be clear that it is the basis that allows us to have knowledge about oursThis way allowing the ability to perceive and interpret at the time of social interaction, that is, the characteristics that stand out when they are involved in actions that make them highlight and what people know of themselves, however, these characteristics are evolving tothroughout our lives depending primarily on the social interactions that are being established during their development (Ternera, 2019).

A fundamental element is the child self-concept, which in other words could be said that it will be a representation of the subject at the cognitive level, which incorporates all forms of self-knowledge, how they evaluate themselves, as well as what should beThe way of behaving before a specific situation that is presented to you (Ternera, 2019). An essential characteristic of this process that the child develops is that it is a knowledge that is not innate, but rather, it is an active personal construction process that is given by the subject throughout its evolutionary development (Fernández and Goñi, 2008).

The social interaction plays a fundamental role in the formation of self-concept, which emphasizes that the family, as well as the school, are environments that directly influence the emotional and emotional development of the child, being that from them they leaveconfiguring your identity to any environment (Ternera, 2019). It is important to emphasize that when this central trainer of the child’s identity does not fulfill the role for what was created, the only one affected is the child, an effect that is perceived immediately or in his future life, due to this marked influence it is necessaryAnalyze the environments where the child develops, both family and social and cultural (Zapata, 2012).

Theoretical and empirical framework

The self-concept process is developed as follows, first children begin to make an appreciation of the internal mental world, that is, they think about themselves, how they have been acting in the situations that have been presented to them, such as reactionsthat he has witnessed and referred to in certain cases, as well as and how he managed to learn all his knowledge incorporated until then. Knowing self-concept as it develops in children, will be a fundamental task to help them accept and be able to develop in their environment in an adequate and reasonably (Sánchez, 2015). Subsequently, the specific characteristics appear, such as names, appearance, behaviors, personality traits, etc., And this is where children begin to make a comparison with others, focusing and relating their behaviors to that of others making it clear that we all have different points of view and action. Finally, we can see that, in adolescence, they place a greater emphasis on social behaviors and virtues, in order to be a considered and cooperative subject, that is, need to be taken into account, acceptance by others,The loved one, to obtain its own acceptance, and finally accepted positively and not altruistic (Fernández and Goñi 2008).

The self-concept will then be the representation of the self that the child is obtaining, which forms it and why. That is, a 10 -year -old girl will be defined as a female student, who is attracted to playing with her friends and ballet, a girl who is part of a family and music lover. This understanding of its identity is based specifically by its family, social environment, and on the various roles that they perform throughout their lives which have managed to attract their attention in some way to thoroughly investigate if that is what he would liketo be and thus its self-concept will be built step by step according to their own experiences, although in a way this will not contain all the essential elements to identify as someone, taking into account that society is changing and therefore the interests and changes of itsPersonality too (Sánchez, 2015).

In this way, its self-concept will be partly forming throughout its childhood through these social experiences and their own evolution carried by their own self-assessment and on the part of the others followed by the reactions that are reactions that are reactionsgive whether verbally or not. At this point, the form of attachment that the child files with his paternal figures from his first years of life will be those that determine their self-concept becoming a positive or negative way, but not all this formation of their identity will be basedAnd it will be built in your family, the academic part also contributes, teachers and school classmates who will fill those expectations and unknowns that are not resolved or simply cannot be interpreted by their parents. The school will fulfill the essential function of child development and its construction of self-concept having the opportunity that is unfavorable or favorable for children (Ternera, 2013). The term self-concept is, however, one of the most recognized variables of our personality, formed by aspects such as cognitive, behavioral and affective partner, this self-concept process will be carried out from a whole human life (Sánchez, 2015).

For Alan García, the family is one of the main subjects involved in the construction of the child’s identity, beyond being people who share genes, they can be considered as a community, a very peculiar so to speak, since this community hasa specific characteristic that differs from others, which is the affectivity that exist between its members. This community is responsible for molding its children within the system of norms that have been created in society where they currently live, in order that over the years they adapt properly to their new social environment. To achieve this adaptation, a family dynamic is used, which is varying depending on the family, this is structured by certain rules and tasks, that is to say that each member of it has a specific role which must be fulfilled (2016).

Just as the family is of great relevance, the educational field within the institution is also very important within the child’s identity, since in this space social meanings are created, which helps to begin developing social lifeOf these, that is, the educational field is one of the main facilitators for the child to begin their social adaptation process, where what is known as group belonging will be given later, feeling part of a specific group where it is foundtaste. If we meet both interactions, both family and schools, we can reach what is called self-concept, that is, the set of experiences previously lived with their environment (García, 2016).

According to Haussler and Milicic (1994, cited in Cazalla & Molero, 2013) they propose that to acquire self-concept it is necessaryIt is where the child begins to perceive himself in difference with others, the essential contact that the child has at this stage is the family. The next stage of the outside itself goes from the end of the first stage to more or less the twelve years, visualize the complex characteristics of themselves through both positive and negative experience, which helps them prepare for an interaction inA future with adults. At this stage children are described through features, behaviors, physical aspects, skills or skills, in conclusion, they are defined by comparing and recognition of others. And finally the third stage of the interior self, this includes the stage of adolescence, where there is already a more contextual and precise recognition, generated by abstract and critical thinking, which is very frequent in this age (Ternera, 2019).

In the children’s stage, the link with colleagues and friends is of the utmost importance, since it helps them create social and cognitive development, and from this generate the ability to express themselves and communicate the ideas, thoughts, and concerns that they have freelyAnd without fears, allowing them to adapt to social systems and prepare little by little for adult life. Given these views on the fundamental factors in the construction of the infant’s self-concept, there are different research related to this importance of highlighting their skills and performances that it manages to perform, in the strengthening of these skills, their psychological training with respect to itself andto the environment, the construction of its identity through the roles that it performs and the self-assessment. In other words, at this point of interaction with parents or in general with adults, it will favor problem solving and learning obtained through these actions given, at the same time that their self-regulation will depend primarily on others, they are responsible for protectingand give necessary conditions for psychological and physical developments resulting in harmony with their psychic development, construction of the self and with its environment. The primary socialization involved in the early years of the infant’s life in its family environment, will be its first social contact in a participatory environment, the first step as a reference to their teaching of their customs, behaviors with respect to others and their values established before thesociety that will surround it (Ternera, 2013). It is then where their cultures and ideologies will be transmitted, in order to obtain adequate preparation for your adult life since it is one of the factors that will determine their behaviors and their defined ways of future interaction in the child’s social life.

Analysis

When children are in this stage of development in which they appreciate what surrounds them, they also think about how they identify as people, they think more about themselves about themselves. The identity of infants as we have been observing, is based on characteristics that defines them either their name, sex, physical appearance and their particular way of acting in spontaneous situations. According to the child’s age, he will define and rethink his self-description since they begin to point out the personality traits that are determined according to their development. A high number of changes that occur from this stage do not allow the infant to establish its self-concept concretely, but you will know how to rethink it until it is safer how it identifies with greater coherence (Zabala, 2008).

Just as we define the way in how children manage to form their own identity by their experiences and characteristics, there is also the idea that both parents, teachers and classmates, transmit relevant information that helps them become aware of How to build their own identity path, how they define themselves physical and what position they will have before life.

For Arantza Zabala, the self-concept would be described in both social and psychological characters, which due to its neurological development, is being built in categories due to the contexts of external factors in which it is exposed, for example, the school context is the one that most It influences the child by having his first achievements and being recognized, or his failures when rebuked or encouraged in several situations. This will result for the infant to become aware of what can be overcome and not to do it, as well as the fact of investigating more in what was recognized, this curiosity will be given thanks to the social interaction that entails with itsenvironment of which you need to be recognized and participate in a life of possibilities (2008).

Since we are born we begin to build our own image, from how we reflect, how we differentiate ourselves from others, our physical characteristics, values ​​and skills, this process is based on our evolution and that when adulthood arrives, it is established in a way Finally concrete. The self-concept at this age is linked to the construction of intelligence, therefore, her perception will be strongly related to her preoperational and cognitive thinking. While the child compares himself with his peer and paternal figures, it is not a completely true fact that these relationships come to give the necessary information to act properly in front of these, using with precision this information will be his responsibility, to arrive. To learn how your actions can be corresponded will help you complete your personal assessment, then, the fact that it comes to analyze what others think of it will be the result of their assessment, that is, their social environment Lo will define in part.

Finally, according to the education process that the child gets, it is of the utmost importance that the infant has this security of how things are doing, along with emotional support that inspires confidence to grow as a person, who is faithful toYour abilities and skills. A high self – esteem thanks to both social and own support is significant to create real expectations leaving a highly positive self-concept, with accurate learning that will help you throughout your social interactions, as well as your personal life.

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