Really, @dedicatedguy, the self-image of many people in today's society is usually the copy imposed upon them by certain people.
We are fond of copying ourselves in the world of today. We are mostly attracted by the social tendency of foreign societies, especially those with a higher standard of living, or higher technologies.
This is the true reason behind having world development and globalisation. But, it can have a negative impact at certain times.
We will usually want to adopt a higher self-image, than we may have being worth. But, the psychological conception of personality doesn't support many of those people who may have copied the other people excessively, even to the point of meeting negative consequences in the interaction.
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I believe in your concept. Although, we are human beings, who learned to socialize and conform to the societal ethics, the trend of social-imitation in the digital age is becoming alarming. People tend to be copying other people, not bothering whether they have conformed within their own society, or not.
Certain things are perceived as of international standard. But, some things may not be really ethical or accepted in a particular society.
Copying the others may be positively oriented at certain times. Yet, it can be attributed to a negative way of life at the other times.
In this way, our social tendencies are only of appropriate use at certain times.