The extent in which individuals are influences can depend on self-esteem levels, and individual strengths from moral, values to self-identity. Daily influences may include common courtesy, or inappropriate agreements within group settings based on demands for consensus. Individuals are guided by internal compass’s, which form parameters of perceiving, that is what information is considered to be right or wrong according to individual social and value expectations. Many actions done by individuals are simply done to ensure a place for familiarity and acceptance, while avoiding exclusions. For many, the need for approval and acknowledgement may exceed values of authentic identity.
These include a person’s need to belong, love and affection and to be with other people. Maslow considered these needs to be less basic than the physiological and security needs. Relationships such as friends, families and romantic attachments fulfil this need for companionship and acceptance. Cognitive Needs. These refer to a person’s need to develop and improve their understanding about the world around them.
The relationships include friendship, employment, professionalism and citizenship. They help a person to display respect and trust for others; they help determine personal behavior and response to situations. Obligation reflects on work performance, professional and personal commitment which helps a person to choose the appropriate decision according to the situation. These relationships obligate a person by having a mutual bond based of trust, respect and commitment. (Ruggiero.V, 2004) Secondly, Obligations can surely conflict when there is a moral commitment of an individual to
“An individual’s interaction with others and around them can enrich or limit their experience of belonging” Interactions established by individuals with others around them may bring about contentment or conversely isolation. These interactions may have already been rooted from the past or can just newly transpire. Individuals themselves can unearth a feeling of contentment through their interactions, by the fact that they share some sort of rationality with others around them, whether it’s beliefs, culture or interests. This can lead to the formation of conformity, which further enhances an individual’s experience of belonging with others and the world around them. On the other hand, the notion of isolation and disappointment can emerge from
We sometimes seem wired to adopt the goals of the people around us, particularly when we develop a close relationship with them. Of course, that can be a positive or negative thing depending on what the people around us are doing. For that reason, we have to be careful to surround ourselves with other people who are engaging in behaviours that we would like to see in ourselves. If one is unable to feel adequate enough within a group or is not fully comfortable with themselves, there is a chance one may conform in order to fit in. ‘The more insecure people feel, the more conformist they become.’- John Elder.
Some individual who are being supported in the community will find care worker support and encouragement invaluable. For example, it is better for individual to do shopping and manage at the till independently (unless support is necessary) and this will help to develop their confident and life skills. 3, Describe how daily living tasks may be affected by an individual’s culture or background Daily living tasks may affect those depending on their culture or background, as what someone may have been brought up believing, may not necessarily be accepted as the general view of society within UK in their current times. Gender perception and culture can influence daily living tasks, For example, some might find it more acceptable for women to deliver personal care and tend to household tasks because this is how they were brought up. Some people may feel that certain roles should be male or female.
A person may change his or her attitudes and behaviors when around social groups in order to feel accepted even if they don’t particularly believe in the group behaviors. In order to feel accepted in society we change our attitudes and behaviors to better fit into that of the social norm. With each different group come different behaviors so that rejection does not happen. The more people we have around the more pressure and influence is put upon us to change our behaviors. This can have both positive and negative effects however.
Positive working practices can have different impacts on service users for example, it can build self-esteem, promote rights of individuals and empower them to have control Positive working practices can include: anti-discriminatory practice, empowerment, assessments of need and person centred planning. Anti-discriminatory practice can occur when and if a professional assumes that people with the same additional needs need the same amount of care which is stereotyping. The anti-discriminatory practice ensures that you avoid the assumptions, stereotyping and any other type of discrimination. Empowering is about the service user being able to make their own choices and for the professionals to ensure individuals with additional needs that they
Why Self-Esteem is Important and Its Dimensions Angela Oswalt, MSW, edited by Mark Dombeck, Ph.D. Why is Self-Esteem important? Self-esteem refers to a person's beliefs about their own worth and value. It also has to do with the feelings people experience that follow from their sense of worthiness or unworthiness. Self-esteem is important because it heavily influences people's choices and decisions. In other words, self-esteem serves a motivational function by making it more or less likely that people will take care of themselves and explore their full potential.
While group work may be beneficial in certain aspects of the learning environment, group work demotes the sense of identity that is required to stand out in the global job market, or college for the matter. On the other hand, individualistic studies promote a sense of identity as well as provide the means to obtain a sense of self-sufficiency or self-reliance that is desirable in the real world. Although the idea of implementing