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Life is not experienced as a succession of moments or days, each existing in isolation from the others. Each individual views himself as evolving in complicated but comprehensible ways over time. A man may remember himself as a shy adolescent and view his current introversion as an extension of the same tendency. Another man might view his interest in biology and chemistry as the foundation for a career in medicine.
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Hart, D.A. (1992). The Development of the Ideal Self. In: Becoming Men. Perspectives in Developmental Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9368-0_3
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