Source: Adobe stock image by pathdoc, licensed by Ravi Chandra The “context-sensitive self” is a sense of self derived from how others view us. Eunkook Suh wrote in the Journal of Personality (2007): ...

In everyday life, context matters. Take the simple example of an ice-cream vendor trying to sell their stock. They not only weigh up a suitable price and location, but also gauge the weather and time ...