PSY 370 Lecture 6: Week 6 Notes (WED)
10 Feb 2019
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*midterm was on monday so no notes uploaded. Approaches to the self: descriptive component of the self: self-concept, how you conceptualize your own identity, self-concept is the basis for self-understanding i. Set of ideas and inferences about the self: traits, roles, schemas, relationships, self-concept forms an answer to question who am i? , shyness, when objective self-awareness becomes chronic, self-schemata i. Possible selves, ought selves, undesired selves: how does self-concept develop, gradually, infant comes to realize it is distinct from the rest of the world i, ages i. Distinction forms a rudimentary sense of self-awareness of one"s own body. Ages 2-3: sex and age are the first aspects of self that children learn to identify and associate with themselves, also expand self-concept to include the reference to family ii. Ages 3-4: children"s self-concept is based mainly on developing skills and talents iii.
