PSY 304 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Autobiographical Memory, Social Cognition, Identity Formation
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Social cognition how children come to understand their multifaceted social world. Milestones in the emergence of self and development of self-concept. 11 years and older: unifies separate traits, such as smart and talented, into more abstract descriptors, such as intelligent, in self-concept, combines traits making up self-concept into an organized system. Self-esteem: the evaluative side of self-concept: self-esteem the judgements we make about our own worth and the feelings associated with those judgements. 3: some face a greater drop during adolescence or when moving. 5: new dimensions of self-esteem are added (close friendships, romantic appeal, job competence, self-esteem continues to rise, achievement-related attributions reflect full differentiation of ability and effort. Identity-achieved individuals have already explored alternatives and are committed to a clearly formulated set of self-chosen values and goals. They feel a sense of psychological well-being, of sameness through time, and of knowing where they are going. These individuals have not yet made definite commitments.
