Your self-concept is the picture you hold of what kind of person you are — 'I'm a hard worker', 'I'm not good at maths', 'I'm the funny one in my family'. It is a term from psychology and education, not an everyday word, so you meet it in textbooks, in teacher training, and in articles about children.

Your self-concept你的 self-concept, is是 you hold你心裡抱著的 of what kind of person you are「我是怎樣的人」的 the picture那幅圖 — 'I'm a hard worker'「我很勤勞」、 'I'm not good at maths'「我數學不行」、 'I'm the funny one in my family'「我是家裡最搞笑的那個」。 It它 is a term from psychology and education是心理學和教育學的術語, not an everyday word不是日常用字, so所以 you你 in textbooks會在教科書、 in teacher training師資培訓 and in articles about children和談兒童的文章裡 meet it遇到它。

It matters because that picture shapes what people try: a student whose self-concept says 'I'm bad at languages' will often stop trying before they have really begun, whether or not the picture is true. Usually countable, with a possessive in front: 'a child's self-concept', 'his self-concept', 'a positive/negative self-concept'.

It matters because它重要是因為 that picture那幅圖 shapes會塑造 what people try人願意去試什麼: a student一個學生, whose self-concept says心裡那幅圖寫著 'I'm bad at languages'「我語言不行」, will often就常常 before they have really begun還沒真正開始 stop trying先停下不試了, whether or not the picture is true不管那幅圖是真是假。 Usually countable通常可數, with a possessive in front前面帶所有格: 'a child's self-concept'孩子的自我概念、 'his self-concept'他的自我概念、 'a positive/negative self-concept'正面／負面的自我概念。

It is close to two other words but not the same. Self-image is more about how you think you appear, often how you look. Self-esteem is how much you like or value yourself — the feeling. Self-concept is the description, the content: not 'I feel good about myself' but 'this is what I am like'.

It它 to two other words和另外兩個字 is close很接近, but not the same但不相同。 Self-image is more about比較是 how you think you appear你覺得自己呈現出來的樣子, often how you look常常是指外表。 Self-esteem is是 how much you like or value yourself你多喜歡、多看重自己 — the feeling是那份感覺。 Self-concept is the description是那份描述, the content是內容: not不是 'I feel good about myself'「我對自己感覺不錯」, but而是 'this is what I am like'「我就是這樣的人」。

In ordinary English, people say 'how he sees himself'.

In ordinary English在平常的英文裡, people say大家會說 'how he sees himself'「他怎麼看自己」。