PSY 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Synaptic Pruning, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Frontal Lobe
2 Feb 2017
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Self-concept: an understanding and evaluation of who we are, emerges gradually. 6 months: self-awareness begins with self-recognition in mirror (darwin) 15-18 months: schema of how face should look apparent. School age: more detailed descriptions of gender, group membership, psychological traits, and peer comparisons. By 8-10 years: self-image stable by 8 to 10 years. Parenting styles reflect varying degrees of control (baumrind: authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, neglectful. Developing reasoning power: piaget: develop new abstract thinking tools (formal operations, reason logically and develop moral judgment. Developing moral reasoning: kohlberg: use moral reasoning that develops in universal sequence to guide moral actions. Adolescence struggle involves identity versus role confusion-continuing into adulthood. O(cid:272)ial ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es the (cid:862)(cid:449)e(cid:863) aspe(cid:272)t of self-concept that comes from group memberships. Healthy identity formation is followed by a capacity to build close relationships. People seek to fit in and are influenced by their groups, especially during childhood and teen years. Parents: parent-child arguments increase but most adolescents report liking their parents.
