Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.

This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

One of the most important ways to understand people is to get a sense of their self-concept. Self-concept refers to how people perceive themselves; it is a combination of your self-awareness and self-esteem. Self-concept often will dictate how an individual interpersonally communicates.

Consider the following scenario: You are advising new students here at CTU.

Your goal is to have your students be self-confident and well-adjusted.

To help encourage the development of these qualities, you decide that you are going to create a one-page resource that provides an overview of self-concept.

Within this discussion, please provide information on the key points that you would discuss within this resource.

Your discussion should include the following pieces of information:

•Defining self-concept and the parts to self-concept

•How individuals develop self-concept

•Why it is important for students to understand and have a grasp of self-concept

•Some of the dangers of negative self-concept as well as the benefits of positive self-concept

•How to improve self-concept

•The role self-concept plays in interpersonal communications

Please ensure that you are making use of at least 1 outside resource to support your statements.

A good starting point is looking at the textbook and our chats.