Question

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How do outside factors influence the development of an individual’s self-identity? *think about the outside factors (i.e. school, parents, relationships, etc.) that affected Holden’s identity formation.

*this is for the novel the Catcher in the Rye*

I need an introduction paragraph PLEASE I NEED THISSSS

Answer 1

Identity formation and evolution are impacted by a variety of internal and external factors like society, family, loved ones, ethnicity, race, culture, location, opportunities, media, interests, appearance, self-expression and life experiences.Self-concept is usually defined, in a generic sense, as the set of images, thoughts and feelings that an individual has of himself/herself.Self-concept includes assessments of all parameters that are relevant to an individual’s development: from physical appearance to social and intellectual capacities.This essay will look at some factors that influence the development of an individual’s self-concept: age, gender, education, media and culture.

Robert B. Burns (1979) interprets self-concept as a conceptualization that the individual made of her/his own self, being elaborated by powerful emotional and evaluative connotations. Moreover, the subjective beliefs and factual knowledge that the individual attributes to himself/herself are highly personal and intense, varying thereby in degrees to its unique identity.

With regard to self-esteem, Burns describe it as the process by which the individual examines his actions, skills and attributes compared to criteria and values that are internalized from society and significant others. However, self-esteem and self-concept are usually considered as interchangeable notions (Byrne, 1996; Harter, 1999).Self-concept includes all the parameters that are considered relevant by an individual: from physical appearance to sexual capacities, social and intellectual abilities, age, media, culture, appliance, education, gender, income, environment, etc.

As a dynamic attribute, an individual’s self concept is characterized by being in a constant feedback (positive or negative) with the social environment, in which the opinions and assessments of the persons we establish intimate relations with (family, couple, friends), are determinant factorsIt then begins to be formed during childhood and starts to decrease at adolescence

Overall, the study of gender differences in self-concept in adolescence has generated considerable interest in recent decades. Despite the fact that the results of these studies are varied, most of them conclude that there are clear gender differences in self-concept, so that girls, particularly after the age of twelve, tend to have worse self-concept than boys. Thus, according to research, age acts as a moderating variable of the differences between girls and boys (Orenstein, 1995).An individual’s self-concept undergoes notable changes during development, evolving from a structure in which diverse dominions of experience are distinguished to another stage in which the fundamental aspects are integration and high-level abstractions.

In summary, the development of the self-concept during the life span of an individual is subjected to multiple factors of influence.

Answer 2

There are various factors that can affect self-concept, these include: age, sexual orientation, gender and religion. The self-concept is also made up of a combination of self-esteem and self-image. Self-esteem refers to a person's feelings of self-worth or the value that they place on themselves.Parents should support after school learning by interacting with their child positively about school and teachers, providing a supportive environment at home, and nurturing the child's interests. Education is a consequential phase in a child's development and growth.