PSYCH253 Chapter 3: Chapter 3
23 Jan 2019
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For each of us, our self is in part a product of our construals, yet the self is fundamentally social in nature. We come to know ourselves through the immediate social environment, the surrounding culture, and our gender. Our self-esteem is often based on comparisons we make between ourselves and others and we present ourselves to others in ways designed to get them to form particular impressions of us . The study of self begins with william james and the principles of psychology (1890) Social me to refer to the parts of self-knowledge that are derived from social relations. Who a person is in one social context is often not the same as in another social context. Our sense of who we are is forged in large part by our interactions with others. Dan mcadams proposes that people often weave stories about themselves - narrated self.
