Assertion: At a very general level, this view of oneself is, overall, either positive or negative..

Reasoning: At a more specific level, a person may have both positive as well as negative view of himself.

Both the assertion and reasoning are true, but the reasoning is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

The way we perceive ourselves and the ideas we hold about our competencies and attributes is also called self-concept. At a very general level, this view of oneself is, overall, either positive or negative. At a more specific level, a person may have a very positive view of her/his athletic bravery, but a negative view of her/his academic talents. At an even more specific level, one may have a positive self-concept about one’s reading ability but a negative one about one’s mathematical skills. Finding out an individual’s self-concept is not easy. The most frequently used method involves asking the person about herself/ himself.