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 These characterise the ways people mentally represents themselves as
a person.
 Example – He is a Muslim.

Self refers to the

Totality of an individual’s conscious

- Experiences with
- Ideas regard to
- Thoughts himself/
- Feelings herself

Here, the experiences and ideas states the individual’s existence both at personal
and at social levels.

SELF AS SUBJECT AND SELF AS OBJECT.

Self as Subject Self as Object

1. Here, self is described as someone 1. Here, self is described as someone
who does something. which gets affected or on which
something is done.
2. Example- I am a dancer. 2. Example- I am the one who easily
gets hurt.

3. As a subject or actor, the self 3. As an object or consequence, the
actively engages in the process of self gets observed and comes to be
knowing itself. (described as a known. (described as something
knower) that can be known)

KINDS OF SELF.

 They get formed as a result of our interactions with our physical and socio-
cultural environments.
 Kinds-