In a study conducted with participants from Kenya and America, findings suggest that there are two ways that humans see themselves. In many statements by the Americans in the study, the self can be though to derive its identity from its inner attributes. These attributes a referred to as the independent view of the self where individuals have a closely related 'in group' consisting of friends, brother, mother, and acquiantances and with strangers in the outgroup. In the interdependent view of self, the outgroup shows a stable distinction compared to the ingroup. In this view, the ingroup interact with eachother in much closer terms, and the have a hard time relating to and gistinguishing a close relationship with the outgroup (strangers).
For me, I can relate to the interdependent view of self more accurately as I allow my ingroup (mother, brother, friends) to be closely related to me and allow them in and out of my life freely. I also have a hard time getting close with individuals who I consider 'strangers' and who I am not comfortable with.
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