PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Intentionality, Phallic Stage, Reference Group
27 Feb 2018
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Self-understanding: the understanding of who and what we are. (cid:3247)self is a slippery concept whose adequate definition is irritatingly elusive. (cid:3248) Originally used in nonhuman consciousness research (gallup, 1970) If chimp tried to rub off the dye. Having reaction to red dye meant they knew it was them in the mirror. Put rouge on baby"s nose, place baby in front of a mirror. If they touched their nose a lot, it meant self = violated and they knew. 18-20 month old babies engage in nose wiping. 18-20 month olds cry at their image in a distorted mirror. (cid:3247)i know my abcs(cid:3248: physical and material, centered. Can only be one thing at once: unrealistically positive. Preferences, personality: decentered, spontaneous use of social references. Four themes: increasingly abstract self-descriptions, highly self-conscious, increased ability to distinguish between actual and ideal selves. Who will i become?, etc: fluctuations in self-understanding. Eventual integration into whole concept of self.
