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Sep 24, 2018 · In order to explain how a self is unified, identification must involve self-expression; the agent must relate herself to desires or attitudes with which she identifies.
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The self is connected to core motives (e.g., coherence, agency, and communion) and is manifested in the form of both personal identities and social identities. Finally, just as the self is a product of proximal and distal social forces, it is also an agent that actively shapes its environment.
- Introduction
- The Social Actor
- The Motivated Agent
- The Autobiographical Author
- Conclusion
In the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, the ancient Greeks inscribed the words: “Know thyself.” For at least 2,500 years, and probably longer, human beings have pondered the meaning of the ancient aphorism. Over the past century, psychological scientists have joined the effort. They have formulated many theories and tested countless hypotheses that spea...
Shakespeare tapped into a deep truth about human nature when he famously wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” He was wrong about the “merely,” however, for there is nothing more important for human adaptation than the manner in which we perform our roles as actors in the everyday theatre of social life. What S...
Whether we are talking literally about the theatrical stage or more figuratively, as I do in this module, about the everyday social environment for human behavior, observers can never fully know what is in the actor’s head, no matter how closely they watch. We can see actors act, but we cannot know for sure what they want or what they value, unless...
Even as the “I” continues to develop a sense of the “Me” as both a social actor and a motivated agent, a third standpoint for selfhood gradually emerges in the adolescent and early-adult years. The third perspective is a response to Erikson’s (1963) challenge of identity. According to Erikson, developing an identity involves more than the explorati...
For human beings, selves begin as social actors, but they eventually become motivated agents and autobiographical authors, too. The I first sees itself as an embodied actor in social space; with development, however, it comes to appreciate itself also as a forward-looking source of self-determined goals and values, and later yet, as a storyteller o...
Aug 7, 2020 · The key to understanding self-identity is identifying the transcendental structures that make a temporally extended, continuous, and unified experiential life possible. Self-identity is rooted in the formal, temporalizing structure of intentional experience that underlies psychological continuity.
- John J. Drummond
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- 2021
Nov 30, 2023 · He saw identity not so much as the search of authentic selves or personalities but rather in terms of the presentation of the self, which is involved in maintaining or achieving a person’s recognition or status in the eyes of others or defending the self against its threatened loss.
Jun 21, 2021 · Research on self and identity has greatly enhanced personality science by directing inquiry more deeply into the person’s conscious mind and more expansively outward into the social...
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Jun 21, 2021 · Self and identity are intimately tied to personality processes and personality development. Considering processes related to self and identity helps to move personality research deeper inside the conscious mind of the person and further out into the person's social and cultural world.
