Psychologists told what the true "I" is. All people have beliefs about themselves and other people. They are needed to help predict why people do what they do. If someone yells at you, you can forgive them, because you know that they are under stress, but in general, they do not wish you ill.
Or you may not trust the person because you think they think badly of you. Or you can be sure that this is a bad person (pretending to be good) who should be avoided, according to an article by a scientist from the University of Texas.
That is, there are times when you think that a person's actions reflect the situation in which they are, or their current mental state. But sometimes you think that a person's actions are a reflection of his true self.
Psychologists decided to investigate what people mean when they talk about a person's true self, as well as how the idea of a true self affects people's actions and their relationships with others. The research is published in Perspectives on Psychological Science.
An interesting aspect of the true self is that it seems to be a belief found in different cultures. That is, the aspects of the true self were studied in a study that looked at many different population groups around the world, and their beliefs about this phenomenon are usually very similar.
The core beliefs are that the true self tends to be good more often. Therefore, when people make “good” changes to their actions, they are more likely to be judged to be doing what reflects their true self. This is why someone who stops abusing alcohol is often judged to be a return to their true self and vice versa.
These beliefs also tend to lead people to assume that someone might change for the better over time, even if many of their past actions were bad. That is, we are reluctant to decide that someone is truly evil and choose to believe that their true selves have a moral spark that may someday lead them to do good things in the future.
An interesting aspect of true self is that our beliefs about our true self and the “true identity” of others are similar. But there is a difference in how we relate to our own motives. We often assume that other people also have pure intentions.
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Why does the concept of true self matter? Belief in the true self influences people's judgments about what actions give meaning to life. In this case, the effort they put into something that they think is important gives them the satisfaction that their life has meaning.
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