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The infant is primarily aware of its own physical
needs and call for attention when they are not met. It is
not even accurate to say that they infant is self-
conscious in the sense of being conscious of a separate
self which is regarded as such by the infant. The infant
has little in the way of a well defined identity or self
conception. The infant is conceived by another and
others, is responsive to others, and calls for attention
by others. The infant, however, has a low level of
development of any personal self consciousness.
The adolescent may have a high level of development
of self consciousness, yet be entirely self centered. All
consciousness is focused upon "self" in that case, and
upon others only as a means of satisfying "self". Such
self centeredness is not a high level of self-
consciousness.
A higher level of self consciousness depends upon
self being interdependent and interconnected with others
in mutually satisfying ways, in ways which promote the
personal and communal integrity of all persons involved in
relationships with the self. Self consciousness of this
kind is not distinctively different from communal self
consciousness. The highest level of such self
consciousness does not entail a conflict between the needs
of the self and the needs of the community. Conflict
points to the existence of lower levels of self
consciousness which define disintegrative ideals as worthy
of ultimate concern and commitment.
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