Patternv1PT-033
Self-model-as-highest-stakes-schema pattern
the structural tendency for one's self-schema to be the most consequential yet most resistance-to-revision model, because identity threat activates defensive processing that other schema domains do not
Why This Is a Pattern
Exemplifies Human cognition operates through schemas — structured… with identity-level stakes. Recurs in therapy, identity crises, career transitions, feedback reception.