PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Reinforcement
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2 key involvements: cognitive dev, social experiences. How you see others become more abstract as you develop. Teaches children to be realistic on where they stand compared to others. Self-awareness - a social structure which arises through social experience (mead, lewis): existential aspect the feeling that you exist and that you are distinct & exist separately. You are going to remain forever (you will wake up tomorrow: categorical aspects children"s abilities to define themselves in terms of objective categories (age, sex, size, etc) & personality: ideal self: the type of person we want to be. They are personal & subjective & cultural: true self: objective self. How good are you in sports, & then you gage what that is: self-concept is always stable and changes in relation due to social experiences. These experiences are able to change how we think about ourselves. Self-esteem - an individual"s feelings of his/her own worthiness and competence: global value of ourselves.
