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SENSE OF The inner you
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Most of us believe that we have
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an inner “self” that defines our
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personalities. The concept has
SELF no biological basis, and most
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scientists think it is an illusion.
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Yet it is a very powerful idea,
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and it forms the basis of the
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“soul” that many people believe
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survives even after death.
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You know who you are. You recognize
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yourself in mirrors and pictures. You
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have an image of yourself that includes
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your personality and your beliefs about
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how others see you. This self-awareness
enables you to think about your identity
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and how you relate to other people. It is
what we call consciousness. .

That’s me! Self-esteem
If you put a cat in front of a mirror, it may not We all have an idea of how we would
react at all. Birds don’t recognize themselves like to be. If we think we don’t match up
either; instead, some see a rival and try to drive to this ideal, we feel bad about ourselves—we have
it away. Human babies are similar, but at the low self-esteem. Quite often the ideal is not realistic,
age of around 18 months, they know who they are but sometimes our judgment of our self is inaccurate
looking at—they have developed a sense of self. and we are actually closer to the ideal than we think.

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