Self-actualization Research Articles

Social Media Real and False Self Will to Power (RFSWP) Defense Mechanisms and Research Results

Abstract
 The underlying reason why people participate in social media and follow people like famous, elite, powerful and phenomenal is that they want to gain power, cooperate with power and be a part of power. While people want to be a part of the power by participating in the social media game, the will to power the actual and false self also exhibits the behavioral characteristics of the defense mechanisms. As a result, people realize their security request; eliminate the deficiencies that he has begun to feel in themselves; It satisfies the will-to power-needs by realizing its efforts to defeat and gain superiority. This research aims to examine the relationship of social media (independent variable) with will to power defense mechanisms, which are explained as mechanisms of real and false self (dependent variables. The social media real and false self will to power (RFSWP) defense mechanisms scale developed by the research author. According to the results of the research, the will to power defense mechanisms examined in the research are carried out by digital immigrants and digital natives in social media, and digital immigrants and digital natives make efforts in social media to use will to power defense mechanisms. The study is important in that it proposes to add the "power will defense mechanism" to the defense mechanisms.

When fixing problems kills personal development: fMRI reveals conflict between Real and Ideal selves.

Many coaching approaches aim to change behavior by increasing self-knowledge. However, self-knowledge can be difficult to achieve. One hypothesis (e.g., Jung, Rogers) is that self-knowledge is challenging because there is inherent conflict between different aspects of the self. This hypothesis is foundational to Boyatzis' intentional change theory (ICT). ICT holds that effective coaching requires deliberate sequencing of the client's exploration of different aspects of their self. Coaches initially encourage clients to focus exclusively on their Ideal self. The ICT approach differs from that advocated by most coaching organizations that suggest collaborative goal setting at the start of the coaching engagement, encouraging clients to focus on fixing performance deficits and problematic behaviors-aspects of the Real self. If there is conflict between thinking about Ideal and Real selves, then this strategy will be suboptimal. The hypothesis of attentional conflict therefore has significant implications for coaching practice. Previous findings establish a link between attention to Ideal vs. Real selves and global vs. local visual processing, respectively. This association alone does not imply conflict because, in naturalistic settings, global and local perceptual processes usually work in concert. However, certain stimuli such as Navon figures (letters made from many smaller letters, e.g., a large E made of small R's) create conflict due to incongruence between the global and local features. Does thinking about the self inherently generate conflict, like a Navon figure, or is it more akin to everyday perception? To answer this question the current study uses functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the overlap in brain activity in young adults between two pairs of otherwise very dissimilar tasks: coaching interactions focused on Ideal vs. Real self; and attention to global vs. local features of Navon figures. Despite the ostensible absence of overlap in the psychological processes involved in these pairs of tasks, we find a remarkable degree of overlap in brain activity. This overlap was pronounced in higher (parietal and temporal) areas known to be involved in resolving attentional conflict. These findings provide compelling biological evidence for inherent conflict between thinking about Ideal and Real selves.

The Role of Brand Attachment to the Antecedents of Brand Passion

Indonesia's fashion sector has recently seen remarkable growth. The rise of several local brands that drawing attention of the public, particularly the younger generation, is indicative of this. This study was conducted to determine how brand passion, mediated by brand attachment, is affected by brand image self-congruity and social media content marketing. Self-congruity variable was assessed by using the dimension of actual self- congruity, ideal self-congruity, and social self-congruity. At the same time, content marketing has been measured by user-generated content and firm-created content. This quantitative research used the data gathered from questionnaire distribution through Google Form. The number of samples is 290. Data manipulation and testing used the SmartPLS version 3. The results showed that self-congruity and content marketing positively affect brand passion through brand attachment. Moreover, the results of this study also prove that content marketing could directly affect brand passion.

The Role of Brand Attachment to the Antecedents of Brand Passion

Indonesia's fashion sector has recently seen remarkable growth. The rise of several local brands that drawing attention of the public, particularly the younger generation, is indicative of this. This study was conducted to determine how brand passion, mediated by brand attachment, is affected by brand image self-congruity and social media content marketing. Self-congruity variable was assessed by using the dimension of actual self- congruity, ideal self-congruity, and social self-congruity. At the same time, content marketing has been measured by user-generated content and firm-created content. This quantitative research used the data gathered from questionnaire distribution through Google Form. The number of samples is 290. Data manipulation and testing used the SmartPLS version 3. The results showed that self-congruity and content marketing positively affect brand passion through brand attachment. Moreover, the results of this study also prove that content marketing could directly affect brand passion.

Research on types of self-actualization of future masters in pedagogy

Purpose is to identify types of self-actualization of future Masters in Pedagogy in the dimensions of educational and professional activity. The psycho-diagnostic instruments applied are valid and reliable. Three levels of statistical processing were used: 1) descriptive frequency characteristics; 2) coefficients for establishing statistical significance; 3) k-means clustering for identifying types of self-actualization of the research participants. The main concepts of А. Maslow’s theory of self-actualization (1970) comprise methodological foundations of the empirical research. The study shows that in descriptive frequency characteristics there were no statistically significant differences with similar dimensions. Spearman’s correlation analysis (rs) and correlation matrix allowed comprehending the variety of statistically significant content correlations of the examined phenomenon. K-means clustering made it possible to identify four types of the respondents’ self-actualization: “Creative self-actualization” (n=32; 14.34%), “Hyperactive self-actualization” (n=60; 26.91%), “Egoistic self-actualization” (n=72; 32.29%) and “Life self-actualization” (n=59; 26.46%). Appropriateness of implementing the research results in organization of educational and scientific training for Masters in Pedagogy was empirically established and theoretically substantiated.

Remembering in the Digital World: Autobiographical Memory in Social Media

The use of social media continues to increase in modern cultures in recent years. This new context leads to creating a virtual self, which somewhat differs from the real self. Further, social relations are set and maintained predominantly in this new context. There is no doubt that social media does not only affect individuals' social relations but also their cognitive skills by pulling them into new situations that they are unfamiliar with. In this new context, content coded in social media can be remembered in real life, and content coded in real life can be remembered in social media. This new context, where mostly real-life stories are shared, is likely to strongly affect the autobiographical memory processes of individuals. Past research suggests that social media affects autobiographical memory processes both directly (phenomenological characteristics, functions) and indirectly through cognitive processes (eg, attention, working memory, transitive memory). Studies about its indirect effects indicate that people with limited attention and working memory capacity have difficulty processing the high number of stimuli offered by social media. Given that the long-term memory capacity is not limited, it is plausible to expect that some of the contents are encoded into the memory; however, problems may occur in the storage and retrieval processes. Studies about the direct effect of social media show that the phenomenological characteristics (number of details, accuracy, emotional content) and functions (self, social, directing, therapeutic) of events experienced or shared on social media differ from real-life events. This theoretical review discusses the effects of social media use on cognitive processes related to memory processes and more specifically on the phenomenological and functional characteristics of autobiographical memory. To recognize and prevent potential psychological issues that may emerge in relation to this new setting, it appears essential to comprehend how social media affects autobiographical memory, which is essential for self-perception.

ПРОБЛЕМА АККУЛЬТУРАЦИИ И ИНТЕГРАЦИИ КЫРГЫЗСКОГО ПОЛИЭТНИЧЕСКОГО ОБЩЕСТВА: ТОЛЕРАНТНОСТЬ, ПРЕДРАССУДКИ И ДИСКРИМИНАЦИЯ НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫХ МЕНЬШИНСТВ

This article presents the results of a study that is certainly important for revealing the topic of self-understanding. Living in the ethno-cultural conditions of a young sovereign state, on the one hand, has a similar impact on the development of self-understanding of personal and social identity both among representatives of the titular ethnic group of Kyrgyzstan and other large ethnic groups living in modern Kyrgyzstan, namely, the Ideal Self and a positive attitude towards other groups play a central role in the formation of I am an Identity. The issues of xenophobia, xenophilia, and control of beliefs should be taken into account when developing self-understanding of personal and social identity of representatives of other peoples living in Kyrgyzstan. Without finding a balance between the Ideal Self and the Real Self, xenophobia and xenophilia, the process of becoming a balanced Self-Identity can be extremely difficult for representatives of other peoples living in Kyrgyzstan, which will inevitably lead to ethnic conflicts, clashes on national grounds.

‘통합성’으로 연결된 ‘메타버스 윤리원칙’과 ‘윤리’

Avatar is a prominent feature that distinguishes the metaverse from the existing technology environment. Agents who stay in reality operate in the metaverse by using avatars. The real self and the self expressed as an avatar exist in different areas, but are not completely separated. Accordingly, the “Metabus Ethics Principles for the Realization of a Digital Trust Society” announced by the Ministry of Science and ICT in 2022 puts forward the “Sincere Identity,” that is, “integrity,” as the main orientation value. In this paper, we would like to emphasize the value of integration while examining the characteristics of the metaverse. In addition, this can be emphasized through the fact that various technical ethics contain the characteristics of the technology but are based on the content that is mainly dealt with in the existing ethics. As a result, we would like to argue that metaverse ethics should not be treated like a “new ethics” completely separated from the context in which ethics in the real world are placed, and that it is still human ethics.

Realization of Self

Self Attainment is the biggest achievement Is the Corona pandemic over or it will continue in 2023? One of the most important questions of this digital age. The lockdown during the corona pandemic has served as a good time for introspection. The most important thing people learned as a result of quarantine is how to appreciate the small things in life and do self-realization. The magic so often lies in the small things. The mood for 2021, where the ongoing state of the Pandemic has become the new normal, is self Attainment. It is the time of reinventing, what we want to do. If Covid-19 hadn’t come? Reflecting on that does not count. What do we want to do when it is over?Change happens in the present-now. Hence do we need to learn something new, or is it enough to give loved things more time? For a long time there has been the image of the scholar who surrenders to thinking and becomes creative. Sometimes, we have to distance ourselves in order to be able to look at a problem from a different angle or to find ourselves. Even if the dictionary defines “alone” and “lonely” as synonyms, most people differentiate between being alone and loneliness. The word ‘alone’ implies a positive outcome whereas ‘lonely’, negative. Self-Attainment changes our thoughts and feelings, affecting not only our choice of profession but all areas in which we express ourself. We sometimes spend more time in planning our future courses of action rather than enjoying the present status. Hence it is imperative that we get rid of the non-meaningful things in our life and commit ourselves more to what matters most. What is more important like health, personal growth, career, finance, family, social life etc. We know ourselves as the person we aspire to be, not the person we are in the present- but it is essential to understand ourselves at a deeper level to achieve maximal potential and lead to self-improvement and increased self-esteem.

ANALISIS DAMPAK NEW MEDIA DALAM PEMBENTUKAN IDENTITAS DIRI REMAJA

ABSTRACT
 New media encourages technological development, especially in the field of communication. Social media is known to continue to grow and have a good and bad impact on teenagers. The purpose of this study is to find out how social media can shape the identity of adolescents in society. Qualitative descriptive methods are used as methods of this research. This research uses symbiotic interaction theory and has data collection techniques, namely observation and literature review. The conclusions of the research and the data collection techniques used, it can be seen that what teenagers are currently displaying on social media is not the real self, but rather the result of self-construction that forms a new identity in front of social media users. It's good for today's teenagers to be more introspective in the use of social media, so that their views on a topic are not rigid but rather on considerations made so that the role of new media can be a positive thing.
 Keywords: Social media, Symbolic Interracation Theory, Public opinion, New Media

Blueprints for well-being: Modeling the way through Human-Centered Leadership and Pathway to Excellence.

Blueprints for well-being: Modeling the way through Human-Centered Leadership and Pathway to Excellence.

Classical Dance Hand Gesture Recognition using Image Processing and Deep Learning

Recognition of Dance posture & hand gesture in dance is most important. To get the exact names of these mudras some expertise should be there. So without expertise our proposed system recognizes the dance posture and hand geture. Indian classical dance traditionally performed as an expressive show dance type of strict execution workmanship, connected with Vedic writing. It's likewise a method of articulation of inward sentiments, assisting with creating self-conviction and fearlessness. Significance of old style dance is the activity of the whole self. Due to picture names, picture quality, uneven dataset and pixels values the accuracy is not good. So our proposed system implies the CNN and Deep Learning algorithm to recognizes the Dance posture and Hand gesture. Our system is used for all users who are interested in dance. Without a teacher can get the dance posture details. Introduced here Kathakali and Bharatnatyam Hand Mudras. Referred Kaggale site for dataset and also we added our own dataset. Each image recognizes the proper name and gives in the form sound also of Hand Mudra. Gaussian algorithm is used for more accuracy purpose.

Self-Actualization, Individuation and Self-Realization to Search the True Self: A Comparative Study of Siddhartha and a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

This paper stresses the need for self-actualization through the comparative analysis of Herman Hesse (1951)and James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (D. M. I. H. JAMES, 2009) by instilling the critical lenses of self-actualization, individuation, and self-realization espoused by Abraham Maslow and Carl Jung. It attempts to investigate the quest for the true self of Siddhartha and Stephen Dedalus in different circumstances and scenarios. Both of them are motivated to know their actual self as their all needs are already satisfied according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Maslow and Jung have theorized the need to explore the actuality of self and the process of individuation respectively to achieve psychological development. Jungian archetypes and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs lead toward the final product which is a realized self. This process of discovering the self can never be a linear phenomenon. Siddhartha’s search for Atman and Stephen Dedalus’ search for artistic grandeur paved the way to get their true identity. This self-centered development ensures self-actualization which is a lifelong process with no final destination.

The Effect of Self-Discrepancies on Emotions and Life Satisfaction

Objective The objective of this study is to look at the effect of self-discrepancies on emotions and life satisfaction. Design Questionnaire administration and results analysis design. Method 111 male and 170 female subjects completed a collection of questionnaires in order to examine the effect of different self-guides (actual undesired congruent self, actual ideal discrepant-self and actual ought discrepant-self self), on the specific emotions of anger, sadness, enjoyment and life satisfaction, and to examine the relationship between self-consciousness, self-monitoring and emotions. Results Those people whose actual selves are discrepant from their ought selves are vulnerable to anxiety and related disorders. Those people whose actual selves are discrepant from their ideal selves are vulnerable to depression, dejection and related disorders. Finally, those whose actual selves are congruent with their undesirable selves are vulnerable to hopelessness, self-destructive and suicidal tendencies. Conclusions The relationship between the four components of the self and the importance of achieving a balance between these four components will have a significant bearing on what is going on inside our skin. It will determine whether you are prone to symptoms such as anxiety, depression, despair, suicidal ideation and hopelessness or whether you are stable, rational and sound in judgment and thinking. Reducing your undesirable characteristics on the one hand and striving to reach your ideal self on the other will gradually improve our actual self.

How Modernism and Postmodernism Perspectives Can Inform Counseling Practices?

Counseling practices are informed by traditional approaches – identifying the root of the client’s problems or causes and removing them, thus bringing relief to the client. In psychoanalysis, the causes may be located in the deep recesses of the mind (repression); for the Rogerian they may reside in the client’s discrepancy between ideal-self and real self; while the cognitive counselor will trace the root of the problem to defective thinking. Social constructionism challenges these approaches to counseling practices.

“I am the character, the character is me”: A thematic analysis of the user-avatar relationship in videogames

Far from merely being a tool to navigate a virtual world, individuals can often develop strong and complex relationships with their videogame characters. The present study examined the bond that can develop between a user and their avatar, as well as factors that can influence this relationship dynamic through the use of thematic analysis. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 12 videogame players from the UK and US aged between 18 and 27 years. The results identified five major themes, comprising: (i) 'heterogeneity of game worlds'; (ii) 'avatar attachment'; (iii) 'game experiences affecting physical world behaviour and attitudes'; (iv) 'types of self in a virtual world' (with the sub-themes of 'actual self', 'idealised self', and 'utopian self'); and (v) 'game difficulty affecting user-avatar relationship'. The results showed gamers use their avatars as a means to insert a virtual version of themselves into the videogame or to attain a desired version of the self, sometimes including elements of fantasy. In addition, participants indicated that games with an advanced difficulty and avatar customisation appeared to facilitate stronger bonds to a character. Finally, several avenues of future research are discussed, in particular pertaining to the advancement of research relating to the Proteus effect.

Preferred Style of Teaching and Learning by College Students in the New Normal

Styles of teaching and learning are one of the factors that contribute to student learning performance. This study aimed to determine the students’ preferred teaching and learning styles in the new normal education implemented during the pandemic. Moreover, a quantitative-descriptive design was used to attain the research objectives. A total of thirty-item questionnaires were categorized using the three learning theories: Constructivist Learning Theory, Self-Actualization Theory, and Transformative Learning Theory. A total of three-hundred forty-four (344) college students from the University of Mindanao-Digos participated in the study. Results showed that students have a high level of preference for Constructivist Learning Theory, Self-Actualization Theory, and Transformative Learning Theory in teaching and learning style in the new normal. When analyzed by department, Self-Actualization Theory and Transformative Learning Theory showed significant differences, while Constructivist Learning Theory showed no significant difference. In terms of year level, Constructivist Learning Theory and Transformative Learning Theory showed no significant difference while Self-Actualization theory showed significant difference. Thus, it is recommended that professors should utilize a constructivist, self-actualization, and transformative teaching and learning approach to college learners and implement a learning style suited to the year level and department of students

From the Toes Up

From the Toes Up

Relationship between real self and mental health in middle age Examination by type based on concern about the discrepancy between reality and ideal

Relationship between real self and mental health in middle age Examination by type based on concern about the discrepancy between reality and ideal

Metanoia: Rhetoric, Authenticity, and the Transformation of the Self by Adam Ellwanger

Reviewed by: Metanoia: Rhetoric, Authenticity, and the Transformation of the Self by Adam Ellwanger Ryan McDermott (bio) Adam Ellwanger, Metanoia: Rhetoric, Authenticity, and the Transformation of the Self, University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press. 2020. 202 pp. ISBN: 978-0-271-08593-7. This book moves metanoia and related concepts of transformation and conversion to the center of our theoretical understanding of ethos. Whereas for Aristotle ethos had depended on the audience—did they consider the speaker trustworthy?—now the speaking subject determines how ethos ought to be recognized, and the audience must defer to the subject's self-understanding. As a rhetorical device, Ellwanger shows, metanoia is one of the most important means by which subjects can establish ethos in either of these models. This book's consistent concern is to analyze how, precisely, metanoia is employed in the service of ethos in various contexts and rhetorical and ethical models. At its best, Ellwanger's study adopts a comparative method—what he calls "paratactical rhetorical analysis"—that allows different understandings of metanoia to clarify each other by contrast. Ellwanger also approaches his topic diachronically, telling a story of development or transformation in the practices of metanoia. This narrative gives the book its structure, moving from classical and ancient Jewish sources to early Christianity, then the Protestant Reformation, post-Enlightenment modernity, and what Ellwanger characterizes as the postmodernity of today. Each chapter's narrative section culminates with a theoretical elaboration, which is then worked out in a section of comparative examples. This reviewer found the heuristic, second section of each chapter the more effective. For example, Chapter One compares five different Christian conversion stories (all post-1850), including the Sioux Indian Ohiyesa's memoirs of his transition From the Deep Woods to Civilization, two accounts of conversions in China, and two testimonies from members of the rock band Korn. Ellwanger is able to compare these diverse experiences with impressive conceptual clarity. The major conceptual contrast that runs throughout the book is that between metanoia and epistrophe. When speaking of the contrast, Ellwanger characterizes epistrophe as a 360-degree conversion, a return home. He reserves metanoia for 180-degree conversions, which renounce the past self and result in a rebirth, a replacement of the original subject by a "completely" new subject. In Ellwanger's account, all Christian metanoia "is a substitutive transplanting of identity," and it "locates the substitution at the core of one's being" (95). Modern, secular conversions can also involve renunciation of a previous self, but they lean more heavily on epistrophic unveiling of and return to the original, authentic self. Epistrophic conversion never renounces the real self, but rather the former illusion of self. Theoretically, this contrast harbors considerable explanatory power. It helps make sense of why ethos can reside alternately in audience or speaker. When a speaker seeks to establish ethos by claiming that her previous self is dead and she is now a new (and better) self, she might appeal to the audience to authenticate whether she is indeed new and better. But when a speaker [End Page 93] claims to have discovered and returned to her original, authentic self, she expects the audience to acknowledge her authority to authenticate herself. The contrast between ethoi established by metanoic or epistrophic conversion narratives plays out in fascinating ways in the contrast between Bruce Jenner's coming out as gender-transitioned Caitlyn Jenner and Rachel Dolezol's racial transition from identifying as a White woman to identifying as a Black woman. In public responses to each narrative (which unfolded roughly contemporaneously), Ellwanger identifies both metanoic and epistrophic discourses. Each kind was employed by both critics and defenders of the respective claims to identity. The conflict between metanoic and epistrophic understandings of identity transition help account for the intense scrutiny and controversy each story attracted. The weakest part of the book is its narrative of secularization, which frames Christian and modern models of conversion as mutually exclusive. Ellwanger asserts that "in Judeo-Christian thinking metanoia and epistrophe were two fundamentally opposed models of conversion" (100). By contrast, "the definitive feature of modern transformation is a reconciliation of" the two models (p. 143). Likewise, "Christianity is especially...