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  1. These diferent modes of the self, “appear, one after another and side-by-side in the consciousness.”. The sense of a unified self is, there-fore, “a fabricated illusion.”. In object relations theory, outside objects are assimilated into the mind as new mental agencies, sub-structures of the ego.

  2. This article focuses on the “me” that will be referred to interchangeably as either the “self” or “identity.” We define the self as a multifaceted, dynamic, and temporally continuous set of mental self-representations.

  3. Jan 1, 2012 · Feeling that one knows oneself facilitates using the self to make sense and make choices, using the self as an important perceptual, motivational and self-regulatory tool.

  4. May 1, 2006 · PDF | Who is the person, or self, associated with personality disorder and its treatment? How are we to account for a self conceptualized in terms of... | Find, read and cite all the research...

  5. Our fundamental tactic of selfprotection, self‐control, and self‐ definition is not spinning webs or building dams, but telling stories; and more particularly concocting and controlling the story we tell others—and ourselves—about who we are. …

  6. three fundamental self-representations: the individual self, the rela-tional self, and the collective self. Stated otherwise, persons seek to achieve self-definition and self-interpretation (i.e., identity) in three funda-mental ways: (a) in terms of their unique traits, (b) in terms of dyadic rela-

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  8. In his influential text, William James (1890) devoted separate chapters to the self and to its habits. His chapter on the self focused on the malleability of self-views and the manner in which they are diverse, encompassing disparate aspects such as the material, social and spiritual selves.