PsychologySelf and Personality

Our capacity to view ourselves in terms of stable dispositions permit…

Our capacity to view ourselves in terms of stable dispositions permits us to combine separate self-evaluations into a general psychological image of ourselves. What is this known as?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → Overall sense of self-esteem

Option	Reason
Option (1): Overall sense of self-esteem. Correct.	Self-esteem is a person's value judgment about her or his own worth. Joining separate self-evaluations into one general image gives an overall sense of self-esteem.
Option (2): Overall sense of personality. Incorrect.	Personality refers to our characteristic ways of responding to individuals and situations. It covers the whole person, across many traits.
Option (3): Overall sense of social identity. Incorrect.	Social identity is the part of our self-concept based on group membership. It tells us who we are in relation to the groups we belong to.
Option (4): Overall sense of personal self. Incorrect.	The personal self is an orientation in which one feels concerned with oneself, stressing personal freedom, responsibility, achievement and comforts.

NCERT (2026-27): “Self-esteem …
Studies indicate that by the age of 6 to 7 years, children seem to have formed self-esteem at least in four areas: academic competence, social competence, physical/ athletic competence, and physical appearance, which become more refined with age. Our capacity to view ourselves in terms of stable dispositions permits us to combine separate self-evaluations into a general psychological image of ourselves. This is known as an overall sense of self-esteem.”