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There are four categories of hypothetical self views described in the book on page 36. The views show that self feelings are often influenced by our own ideas of who we could be, should be, do not want to be, and an ideal of who we want to be. First, the attainable self represents the kind of person one wants to be and can be. These self views are very realistic. One tends to set goals in attaining these views. The closer one is to the views, the better the individual feels about themselves. For example, take my life-I want to be a psychologist, that is my goal. This is a very realistic goal because I am in college studying to be a psychologist. As William James(1890), says the closer I get to becoming a psychologist the better one will feel about themselves. As long as a person sets goals that are realistic and work toward those goals or views of themselves then that person is in the attainable self views. On the other hand, if one entertains unrealistic goa