Possible Selves Study

Possible selves are the future self that someone wants to become. These perceptions govern our actions, motivation, and help to reach our goals. While there has been research on middle income people and their selves, Shawna Lee and Daphna Oyserman decided to test the possible selves of low income mothers and what strategies they use to achieve their selves. The main point of this study is that typically low income mothers think of their possible selves as being breadwinners and their to be avoid self was not making ends meet and failing their family. The study also discussed how job training can avoid and help the to be avoided selves. Lastly, the study mentioned that race and demographics were not statistically significant based on the results. …show more content…
My enduring goal is to become a physician assistant (PA). Therefore, my positive self it to maintain a 3.7 GPA for this semester. While I may hope for a 3.7 GPA, I expect to achieve at least a 3.3 GPA. I aspire to succeed because PA schools require certain GPAs for admissions. My to be avoided self is flunking out, receiving bad grades, and having to pay student loans in the near future. My feared selves motivate me to study and perform at my highest academically. I determined my selves based on my goals and fears. These selves are also developmentally appropriate because I am a college aged student. For example, if my to be avoided self was failing out of school and not providing enough for a family, it would not be developmentally appropriate. This is because the majority of college students are single and do not have families, therefore their appropriate life tasks would focus on academics and providing for