Psychology of self

Not to be confused with Self psychology.

The psychology of self is the study of either the cognitive, conative or affective representation of one's identity, or the subject of experience. The earliest form of the self in modern psychology saw the emergence of two elements, I and me, with I referring to the self as the subjective knower and me referring to the self as a subject that is known. Current views of the self in psychology position it as playing an integral part in human motivation, cognition, affect, and social identity. Over time, different theorists from multiple schools of thought in psychology have created theories of the self.

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