Jamal is a student in the health care professions class. He had a very exciting day at clinical and decided to post about it on his social media account. He posted the following “Great day saving lives today! I did CPR and saved the patient!”

Jamal did not post his location or the patient’s personal health information; however, a friend of his (Dario) saw the post and realized that his neighbor was in a similar situation that day. Dario called his neighbor’s wife and inquired as to his health. During the conversation, Dario told the wife that his friend was there and performed the CPR. The wife reported Jamal to his program director.
When considering Jamal's use of social media to talk about his day at clinical, which self was Jamal portraying?
a. Public self
b. Self esteem
c. Ideal self
d. Real self