ABSTRACT
What a child thinks and feels about herself is largely determined by what she feels other people think or feel about her. Very early in a child's life, her self-concept is shaped by the significant others in her life through a process of “reflected appraisals”—a child is appraised by others and in time begins to appraise herself. A critical phase in this process of self-differentiation and development of self begins when a child asserts herself, opposes others, and compares herself with peers. Many scholars have rightly noted that the self-perception in all its aspects is a predominantly social self. 1
