The totality of the individuals thoughts as well as their feelings, having reference to himself or herself as an object. This is how self-concept is described in the book. It is also divided into four parts, those parts being: Actual Self-Concept, Ideal Self-Concept, Private Self-Concept and lastly Social Self-Concept. However, researchers categorize self-concept into two categories. These categories are independent Self-concept and the other being interdependent self-concept. Independent self-concept are defined by what they’ve done and have rather than social roles and family relations. They also tend to lean towards more personal goals, desires and achievements. Interdependent are one to delve into family, professional and cultural relationships. Unlike people who associate with independent self-concept, people with interdependent self-concept define the m selves by their social roles, family relationships and commonalities with other members of their group. It is explained that interdependent and dependent are at opposite ends of self-concept and it is also noted that in a certain culture it can be found that subcultures can vary on the fact of Interdependent/dependent ratio. It should also be noted that interdependent are typically women, among multiple cultures while independents are normally men, once again among multiple cultures. However it varies among subcultures in cultures.