01:830:331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.3: Cognitive Development, Gust Co. Ltd., Implicit Stereotype
3 Mar 2017
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As children develop, their self-description becomes richer, more abstract, and more psychological. Children begin by describing other people in terms of concrete features, such as behavior and appearance and progress to describing them in terms of abstract traits. During adolescence, descriptions become even more complex and abstract (focus on psychological traits such as understanding and concern for others" feelings) also more integrated, cohesive picture. The trend to more abstract and richer psychological description of others, but indicates that young children"s understanding of other people is more sophisticated than is suggested by their verbal description of people they know. 4 and 5 year olds have begun to think about other people in terms of psychological traits such as being smart, helpful and shy. Until about 10 years of age, children have a bias to look for positive traits, not negative traits, in others rose colored glass .
