Psychology of Self

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, described by William James in 1891, distinguished two elements, the I, referring to the self as the subjective knower, and the me, referring to the self as a subject that is known. Current views position the self as playing an integral part in human motivation, cognition, affect and social identity, and different theorists from multiple schools of thought in psychology have since created their own theories of the self. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/