PSYCO223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: James Marcia, Social Forces, Borderline Personality Disorder

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO223
• Professor: Dayuma Vargas Lascano

Document Summary

Some aspects of the self: self-understanding, self-esteem, self-concept. Self-recognition/awareness: mirror recognition, the mirror test, use of (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:863, photo recognition, body awareness. Characteristics of self-understanding: confusion of self, mind, and body, self-descriptions, concrete, physical, active, unrealistic positive overestimations. Understanding others: theory of mind, lies and commitments, socially sensitive vs. egocentric. Characteristics of self-understanding: self-descriptions, psychological, social, social comparison, real and ideal self, realistic. Understanding others: perspective taking, cognitive inhibition and flexibility, emotion regulation. Characteristics of self-understanding: self-consciousness, self-descriptions, abstract, idealistic, contradictory, fluctuating self, real, ideal, and possible selves, self-integration. Understanding others: perspective taking, perceiving others, social cognitive monitoring. Self-awareness: u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of o(cid:374)e"s stre(cid:374)gths a(cid:374)d (cid:449)eak(cid:374)esses. Life review: re(cid:272)olle(cid:272)tio(cid:374), e(cid:448)aluatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)terpretatio(cid:374) of o(cid:374)e"s life experiences. Correlation studies reveal that self-esteem is related to: life satisfaction, happiness, perceived physical appearance. Childhood: accuracy of self-evaluations increases, high self-esteem until teenage years. Adolescence: the majority have a positive self-image, gender differences. Low point for self-esteem in young adults (18-22)