Man as an image. Consequences for psychology

The philosophical analysis of human being indicates that he is not an original being, but a derivative, or image of being, because it concerns norms and obligations. Therefore, the basic mechanism of its development is imitation, which means conforming to the original, and thus becoming yourself. The question arises: who / what image is man? Initially, he usually becomes like his parents, then his peers, but he certainly will not develop fully by imitating another man because he is not. So who should he imitate? Only God remains. Man is an image of God, and he develops and becomes himself by imitating God. What effects does it have on various fields of psychology? In social psychology, it is worth determining which features of a reference group are conducive to being themselves and which conformism. In personality psychology, you can analyze what relationships are conducive to shaping authenticity and develop tests to measure the level of this trait. In the psychology of religion, you can study the relationship between the image of God in the subject and his level of being himself. It is worth introducing the terms „false” and „real” self-image and the purpose of human development, which is being like God, to psychotherapy. Also in cognitive psychology one can treat the knowing subject, i.e. the mind, as an unfinished (pre-sketched) image of God, supplemented by learning reality, and especially by mastering the language.