self-determination

(noun)

A cardinal principle in modern international law that states that nations, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and fair equality of opportunity, have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no interference.

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  • United Nations

Examples of self-determination in the following topics:

  • Self-Determination and New States

  • Bibliography

    • Self-efficacy: The exercise of control.
    • Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior.
    • The publication by Deci and Ryan highlights the theories of intrinsic motivation and self-determination as well as the history of both theories and the impact of both of child development.
    • This piece of literature delves deeply into the topic of motivation and self-determination and covers both positive and negative aspects of the theories.
    • Each factor plays a key role in the nature of self and identity as well as the function of self-esteem.
  • Rogers' Humanistic Theory of Personality

    • They emphasized free will and self-determination, with each individual desiring to become the best person they can become.
    • Rogers further divided the self into two categories: the ideal self and the real self.
    • We experience congruence when our thoughts about our real self and ideal self are very similar—in other words, when our self-concept is accurate.
    • Their ideal self is thereby determined by others based on these conditions, and they are forced to develop outside of their own true actualizing tendency; this contributes to incongruence and a greater gap between the real self and the ideal self.
    • They believe that they play a role in determining their own behavior and so feel responsible for their own behavior.
  • Self-Regulation and Volition

    • Personal influences--students' knowledge and goals Behavioral influences--self-observation, self-judgment, and self-reaction Environmental influences--verbal persuasion and modeling
    • Schunk (Eds.), Self-regulation of learning and performance (pp. 229-254).Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
    • Self-regulation is not a fixed characteristic of learners.Employing appropriate strategies can help learners to develop self-regulation and volition to learn.Zimmerman (1998) designed a table to compare experts' methods of self-regulation across different disciplines.Familiarity with these self-regulated methods is not only useful in learning, but once mastered, the techniques can be useful throughout life to function effectively in informal contexts.
    • A social cognitive view of self-regulated academic learning., Journal of Educational Psychology, 81(3), p. 337.
    • Academic studying and the development of personal skill: a self-regulatory perspective.
  • Pollination and Fertilization

    • Pollination takes two forms: self-pollination and cross-pollination.
    • These flowers make self-pollination nearly impossible.
    • Some flowers have developed physical features that prevent self-pollination.
    • All of these are barriers to self-pollination; therefore, the plants depend on pollinators to transfer pollen.
    • Determine the differences between self-pollination and cross-pollination, and describe how plants have developed ways to avoid self-pollination
  • Acid-Base Properties of Water

    • Water is capable of acting as either an acid or a base and can undergo self-ionization.
    • Under standard conditions, water will self-ionize to a very small extent.
    • Utilizing this equation is a convenient way to quickly determine pOH from pH and vice versa, as well as to determine hydroxide concentration given hydrogen concentration, or vice versa.
    • The self-ionization of water produces hydronium and hydroxide ions in solution.
    • Explanation of self-ionization of water and the formation of hydronium and hydroxide ions.
  • Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

    • Three general approaches to understanding identity development include self-concept, sense of identity, and self-esteem.
    • Early in adolescence, cognitive developments result in greater self-awareness.
    • Unlike the conflicting aspects of self-concept, identity represents a coherent sense of self that is stable across circumstances and includes past experiences and future goals.
    • Erikson determined that "identity achievement" resolves the identity crisis in which adolescents must explore different possibilities and integrate different parts of themselves before committing to their chosen identity.
    • Self-esteem consists of one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity.
  • Maslow's Humanistic Theory of Personality

    • Maslow's humanistic theory of personality states that people achieve their full potential by moving from basic needs to self-actualization.
    • Often called the “third force” in psychology, humanism was a reaction to both the pessimistic determinism of psychoanalysis, with its emphasis on psychological disturbance, and to the behaviorists’ view of humans passively reacting to the environment.
    • The highest need for self-actualization represents the achievement of our fullest potential, and those individuals who finally achieved self-actualization were said to represent optimal psychological health and functioning.
    • Maslow viewed self-actualizers as the supreme achievers in the human race.
    • Most self-actualizers had a great sense of awareness, maintaining a near-constant enjoyment and awe of life.
  • Self-Knowledge and Evaluating the Personality Perspective

    • Three basic areas that are examined to address these research goals are traits, self-concept/self-knowledge, and situational influences.
    • Some researchers use notions such as self-concept, the looking-glass self, and the ideal self to understand individual ideas of self-knowledge.
    • Self-concept is the idea a person has of himself or herself.
    • In short, situational strength can determine behavior that one might not expect based on a trait based approach.
    • Self-knowledge is a key component in personality theory.
  • Additional Resources

    • Critical Issue: Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals: Collection of many resources (including video clips) on how to enhance student self-efficacy (http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr200.htm).
    • Information on self-efficacy: Professor Albert Bandura's web site on self-efficacy.
    • This site collects many learning theories and models in relation to self-efficacy http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/self-efficacy.html#bandura).
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