PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Social Comparison Theory, Dunne D.5, 18 Months
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A. 1) how children come to understand their multifaceted social world. A. 3) more complex expect more time to develop but doesn"t. Animate beings and deep emotional investment interesting to think about. Social experience prompt revise discrepancies between expected and happened. Same basic nervous system and similar experiences. Ii) emergence of self and development: self-awareness. Stronger rooting reflect in response to external stimulation than self- stimulation. Feel and watch kicking limbs, hear and feel themselves cry differentiation own body from surrounding environment. Distinguish own visual image from other stimuli. 4 months: smile more at others than themselves. Objective understanding that self is a unique object in world of objects. Representations of one"s own physical features and body dimensions. 2 year more aware of self"s physical features. Young babies touched mirror; 20 months touched red dye. Self-recognition identification of the self as a physically unique being. Mirror recognition predicts personal pronouns and make-believe play.
