PS275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Cognition, Identity Formation, Proprioception
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13 development of the self and social cognition. Self: combination of physical and psychological attributes unique to each individual. Social cognition: thinking that people display about the thoughts, feelings, motives and behaviours of themselves and other people. First glimmerings of emergence of self can be seen by first 2-3 months of life. Personal agency: recognition that one can be the cause of an event. Rouge test: younger infants reached for image in mirror, 15-17 month olds showed some signs of self recognition, majority of infants 18-24 months touched their own noses. Present self: early self representation, 2-3 yr olds recognize current representations of self but unaware that past self representations or self-relevant events have implications for the present. Extended self: more mature self representation, emerges between 3 1/2-5 years, children able to integrate past, current, and unknown future self representations into a notion of self that endures over time.
