Modalities and Factors of Self-Concept Development

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At birth, the infant cannot distinguish between self and environment. Gradually, through human interaction, children form their self-concept. The self-concept may be developed from direct experience and may be socially mediated without language and also through language. The degree, intensity, and duration of each of these modalities is related to factors such as age of the individual, physical condition, and environment.
The factors influencing self-concept development are human interaction, social learning, heredity, sex, maturational rates, beliefs, values, attitudes, morals, cognitive dissonance, and perceptual field. Although people continue to learn throughout their lives, the early learning is very significant.