PSYC 471 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Charlotte Selver, Motivation, Introjection
29 Nov 2015
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Chapter eight: the self in a social world. Students who have been subjected to controlling family environments have an inability or an unwillingness to find their inner strengths and desires. These students fully accepted the introjects as a desperate attempt for approval - but then they are left with nothing that truly feels like them. The potentials of their intrinsic self have gotten lost. If autonomy is pitted against relatedness it can have consequences on a person"s self. People"s concepts of themselves develop as the social world defines them i. e. when others praise you for being friendly, you start seeing yourself as a friendly person. We each begin with an intrinsic self as well as the capacities to continuously elaborate and refine that self. The self can develop in accord with its nature or it can be programmed by society. The intrinsic self is a set of potentials, interests, and capabilities that interact with the world.
