The present paper examines the psychological pathways by which accumulating experiences of possible self-revision ultimately lead to revision of the core selves that define a broader personal narrative. In so doing, we expand the notion of naı̈ve ‘self-theories’ by identifying self-serving attributions and possible selves as critical components that extend or undermine the core self-theories of ...

Lost possible selves are a relatively new concept developed within the framework of Pos- sible Selves proposed by H. Markus and P. Nurius. were studied in young adults aged 20 to 42 (N = 59). The purpose was clarify content “Lost Possible Selves”, as well describe forms their representation connection with cognitive strategies for constructing identity. We used method based on methodology K. Ho...

Introduction Advanced biological brains are by nature open-ended opportunistic controllers. Such controllers compute, pretty much on a moment-tomoment basis, what problem-solving resources are readily available and recruit them into temporary problem-solving wholes. Neural

Having a sense of self is an explicit and high level-functional specialization of the human brain. The anatomical localization of self-awareness and the brain mechanisms involved in consciousness were investigated by functional neuroimaging different emotional mental states of core consciousness in patients with multiple personality disorder, i.e. dissociative identity disorder (DID). We demons...

investigating the discursive construction of efl learners’ motivation is a relatively new area of inquiry. hence, there is a dearth of research into how foreign language learners’ discourse mediates their motivation construction. this study attempted to examine the discursive construction of two (one male and one female) iranian efl learners’ motivation in shiraz university, iran by examining t...

Using a new paradigm for measuring children’s saving behaviors involving two marble games differing in desirability, we assessed whether 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds saved marbles for future use, saved increasingly on a second trial, saved increasingly with age, and were sensitive to the relative value of future rewards. We also assessed whether performance on the saving paradigm was related to theo...

We examine contextual identity, a notion that individuals reveal different aspects of themselves depending on context. At any given time, an individual may act as a friend, relative, spouse, co-worker, acquaintance, or stranger. We analyze contextual identity from the perspective of user choice and control, survey contextual identity violations, and propose new research directions to enable use...