Self and personality are concepts that are often used interchangeably. Social and emotional development is often considered together with personality development and is seen as equivalent ( Edi; Metin, Baysal, N. Demircioğlu, H. 2016, s: 182 ). In order to grasp and understand the self-perception of children, the intertwined concepts mentioned above need to be explained in this process.
Personality; It is considered as the whole of physical, mental and spiritual characteristics that distinguish a person from others. In other words, it is understood all the emotions, thoughts, attitudes and behaviors that make a person different from others with their objective, objective and subjective aspects
( Köknel, Ö. 1986, p:21 ).
According to the distinctive feature approach; The Allport personality is “a particularly adaptive function that determines the individual's particular adaptation to his environment”. “The distinguishing feature of personality is its individuality,” he says
(Deniz, Engin, M. 2010, p:192 ).
A distinctive feature is a personality dimension that classifies a person according to the degree to which a person displays a particular personality trait.
According to Cüceloğlu (1994), personality; It is a form of relationship that the individual establishes with his inner and outer environment and that distinguishes it from other individuals, is consistent and structured.
According to another definition, personality; It is defined as “the distinctive and decisive patterns of thought, emotion and behavior that define the way a person interacts with their physical and social environments”. ( Deniz, Engin, M. 2010, p: 181)
Ego; “It is the part of the personality that consists of perception, memory, thinking, emotions.”
( Bakırcıoğlu, R. 2002, p: 15 )
Self-concept is a common product of hereditary and environmental factors that shape personality and forms the infrastructure of personality. It performs tasks such as recognizing and adapting to the truth, perceiving the stimuli coming from the environment, selecting, hiding, remembering, thinking, evaluating concepts, finding a solution to the obstacles encountered, making plans for the future, and developing defense mechanisms. ( Aslan, E. 1994, p: 7 )
Self concept; includes self-image, self-perception, and self-esteem.Self-image is “awareness of mental and physical traits.” (Edi; Metin, Baysal, N. Demircioğlu, H. 2016 p: 182)
sense of self; “It is about how one sees one's own characteristics.” (Demircioglu, H. 2016, p: 182)
Self-esteem is; “It is how a person sees his/her own characteristics and is aware of his/her mental and physical characteristics and evaluates himself/herself.”
Self image; “What an individual is; self-perception is the self he aspires to be or presumes to be.” (Demircioğlu, H. 2016 p: 182) Self-esteem is also the degree of perceiving oneself as talented, important, successful and valuable.
“Self-esteem (self-esteem) is essentially the respect one has for oneself. Self-esteem can be explained by three main concepts with different and opposite institutional meanings. - Self-acceptance – A sense of competence – Self-esteem.” ( Ergin, T. 1999, p: 4 )
Briefly; “The self is the sum total of an individual's assessment of the degree to which various personality traits are present in himself.” ( Edi; Metin, Baysal, N. Demircioğlu, H. 2016, p: 182) Who am I? Every answer we give to the question creates our self-concept.
Lecturer Selma ÖZUSLU ÜNAL
