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3. Self Image
According to an online article, self image deals with how we see ourselves. This may be how we see ourselves physically or our opinion of who
and what we are, which is normally called self concept. It should be noted that there are several things contained in self image, including what we think we look
like, how we see our personality, what kind of person we think we are, what we believe others think of us, how much we like ourselves or we think others like us,
and the status we feel we have Perera. Self image is strongly related to self esteem. The article defines self
esteem as how we feel about ourselves. They are closely connected because if we have a poor opinion of ourselves, our self esteem will be low as well.
In this study, thus, self image is seen as the way someone perceives hisher self in many different aspects, either physical look or personality. Self
image, in many ways, determines one’s psychological life particularly towards one’s self esteem. It eventually influences the way someone thinks, speaks and
behaves. There are many factors affect one’s self image, one of which is social pressure, which can be found in the case of Luke.
4. Psychological Life
In order to understand the definition of psychological life, it seems better to firstly break down the phrase and get the meaning of each word.
Psychology as the science of mind, sometimes as the science of behavior. It
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concerns itself with how and why organisms do what they do Gleitman 1. Another insight precisely pointed out that psychology affects so many aspects of
our lives, notably which deals with human problems-solving. Psychology gives better understanding of why people behave as they do and provide insights into
our own attitudes and reactions Atkinson, Richard, and Hilgard 5-6. The term life in this context apt to be defined as the state of being
alive as a human being; an individual person’s existence. Dealing with such period of time, moreover, life refers to the period between someone’s birth and
their death when they are in a particular situation Hornby 774. As proposed in a book, psychological life is profoundly metaphorical
in nature, and yet unmistakably grounded in concrete experience Romanyshyn. In this study, psychological life is thus seen as the mind state of one’s existence as
human being which strongly influences how heshe thinks and behaves in a particular situation. Therefore, psychological life is mostly related to both mental
and emotional state of one’s mind; as it is portrayed on Luke in the face of several problems caused by social pressures surround.
E. Benefits of the Study
There are several benefits supposed to achieve by conducting this study as follows:
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