PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15-16: Autobiographical Memory, Imaginary Audience, Moral Development

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Christopher Miners

Document Summary

Development of social cognition how we develop a sense of who we are in relation to others and how this affects how we think about the world. Comparative perspective focuses on non-human animals to better understand the evolution of behavior and mental processes. Self-identity plays in the development of pro- and antisocial behavior, empathy, altruism, and theories of moral development. Moral development leads us to question what we must know about ourselves and about others before we can understand the rules governing social behavior in our culture. To interact with others, you must be able to recognize that they exist as separate people, with knowledge, interests, and desires that differ from your own. Before you can recognize distinct others", you need to recognize yourself as an individual, separate from others. Children"s sense of self emerges in the early years and continues to develop as they become cognitively and emotionally more sophisticated.