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William James' two parts of the Self. |
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an object that can be observed and described; statements about the self |
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the somewhat mysterious entity that does the observing and describing; experiences life and makes decisions |
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An individual's (conscious) opinions about his or her own personality traits and other relevant attributes. |
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Your overall opinion about whether you are good or bad, worthy or unworthy, or somewhere in-between. |
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All of one's ideas about the self, organized into a coherent system. |
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Our opinions about our capabilities set the limits of what we will attempt. |
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You have not one, but three kinds of self-relevant schemas, and their interaction determines how you feel about life. |
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Three schemas associated with Self-Discrepancy |
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Actual self, Ideal self, and Ought self |
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What you think you're really like |
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Your view of what you could be at your best. |
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Your view of what you should -- as opposed to what you would like -- to be |
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What a person knows, but cannot really talk about; sometimes called "knowing how". - patterns of behavior that are characteristic of an individual |
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self-relevant behavioral patterns that are not readily accessible to consciousness |
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Conscious self-consciousness |
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awareness of who one is and what one is doing |
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Unconscious self-consciousness |
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people may process information as relevant to themselves |
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self-knowledge based on past experiences that directs how we relate to the important people in our lives |
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