In last week's column I wrote about the importance of having an accurate self-concept about who you really are. I promised that this week I would offer you some very practical steps for discovering ...

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Reviewed by Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOSReviewed by Rachel Goldman, PhD, FTOS Self-concept is the image we have of ourselves. It is influenced by many forces, including our interaction with the important ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study estimated the influence of college on student academic and social self-concept within the structure of a causal model. The sample ...

"[F]or a living creature to have evolved rich capabilities of perception and categorization but to be constitutionally incapable of focusing any of that apparatus onto itself would be highly anomalous ...

Imagine you're at a dinner party having a good time chatting to people and then suddenly … splash! You knock your glass of red wine all over the plush cream carpet. You feel awfully embarrassed, and ...

During the elementary-school years, a child's world expands dramatically to include not only their family and playmates but a widening circle of schoolmates and adults. In this enlarged environment, ...