PSYCH 2AA3 Final: Understanding Self and Others
13 Jun 2016
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Baby touches mirror = don"t know its themselves. Baby touches own face = they know before age 1, babies do not pass test by age 2, most babies recognize themselves (universal among cultures) they will point themselves out in a picture (they know) Piaget? symbolic thought may be important and it only develops around 2yrs old Five characteristics of an infants description of themselves (pre-op stage: activity-oriented i play i walk etc , concrete facts about themselves i know my abc"s . I am a human beingi care about ppl"s feelings i am indiscisive highly self-conscious pre-occupied w. self-understanding incerease ability to distinguish btwn actual and ideal self several ideal selves addition of possible selves . Uctuations in self-understanding inconsistencies saying con icting things - i am a sensitive personbut i hate when ppl tell me there problems formation of identity. Summary we aren"t born able to recognize ourselves - we learn it w. exp.
