The self is used in two main senses in psychology: (1) there is the ‘I’, the conscious subject and active agent in behaviour that takes decisions. (2) There is the ‘me’ that is reacted to by others as being a particular sort of person, of a given degree of esteem; these reactions are gradually accepted and become self-image and self-worth” (Argyle 1969).
It is with this second part that we are most concerned, and the …show more content…
Does that image affirm their hopes and aspirations for themselves and their relationships? Or does it confirm their self-doubts or uncertainties? As William James says in The Principles of