Psychology of self

rdf:langString Psychology of self

rdf:langString The psychology of self is the study of either the cognitive, conative or affective representation of one's identity, or the subject of experience. The earliest formulation of the self in modern psychology derived from the distinction between the self as I, the subjective knower, and the self as Me, the object that is known. Current views of the self in psychology position the self as playing an integral part in human motivation, cognition, affect, and social identity. It may be the case that we can now usefully attempt to ground experience of self in a neural process with cognitive consequences, which will give us insight into the elements of which the complex multiply situated selves of modern identity are composed. The self has many facets that help make up integral parts of it, such as self-awareness, self-esteem, self-knowledge, and self-perception. All parts of the self enable people to alter, change, add, and modify aspects of themselves in order to gain social acceptance in society. A useful accounting of contributing factors to what we call "selfhood" is the self gradually emerges and arises at the intersection between: * the habits in our biological-metabolic processes, * the sociocultural habits of local culture inculcated into us, * our role models, good and bad, * how much responsibility the individual takes to make healthy choices gain and again, develop and strengthen their own chooser self.