Self is fundamentally interpersonal

Self is fundamentally interpersonal (Morf and Mischel, 2012). Interactions with others influenceone’s sense of self-esteem, self-worth, which plays a quite important role in the definition of senseof self (Richman et al., 2016). Having a good relationship with people around will fulfill one’s needof belonging and connection, which is implicitly constructed into individual’s self-concept. On thecontrary, social exclusion described as social death to human beings (Williams, 2007) makes peoplefeel distressed and painful, which has a negative influence on the sense of self. Thus, people tend tomaintain positivity about themselves on social interactions rather than be isolated or excluded,which we called herein “interpersonal self-positivity bias.” The aim of the present study is toexamine this bias by exploring how people process inclusion and exclusion cues at neural level.