PSY311H5 Chapter 6: TEXTBOOK Chapter 6
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Individual self: aspects of the self that make a person unique and separate from others. Relational self: aspects of the self that involve connections to other people and develop out of interactions with others. Collective self: a person"s concept of self within a group, such as a group based on race or gender. The genomic self contains information about your biological and psychological traits. To study the development of children"s self-recognition, researchers a red spot on a child"s nose/ forehead, and then turned them back to the mirror to see how they react. By the time they reach 2 years old, they giggle, show embarrassment, or act silly at the sight of their red nose. However, their self-recognition is limited to the here and now: by 4 years old, children are able to recognize their past self, when researchers show them a videotape of themselves with a dot on their nose.
