Monday, November 16, 2009  Pesonal Reflections on the Self Paper
(PSY400)  Personal Reflections on the Self Paper At the cross-
roads of the objective reality of behavior and the myriad of
perceptions, representations, and schemas that constitute human
thought is the mediating element of the self. It cannot be
discounted that the individual self does not exist in a vacuum,
but rather in a social framework that includes regular contact
with other selves. The self is more a confederation or alliance
of concepts than a single, unilateral mechanism, bringing
together the possible-self, the social-self, and the self-
concept into one amalgamated system. However, the self can be
better understood upon a full examination of the aforementioned
subordinate parts and within the context of a practical
application of the self onto two social situations within my own
life. Central to the idea of self is the answer to the question:
“Who am I?” This question can be answered in many ways, but it
is the piecing together of the