Word: ego
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...famous chapter on the "Self" in his "Psychology" the late Professor James points out that everyone is made up of a number of diverse egos. Thus there is the self which we show to our employers and superiors; there is another for our intimate friends, and yet another for our families. Among others there is the self which we show to the community--our public ego--which is nothing more than our impressions of the way that people in general regard...