PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Comparison Theory, Mental Representation, Display Rules
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Self understanding in infancy difficult because infants aren"t verbal don"t have complex representation of self. Don"t care until 18 months show fear response. Self understanding in early childhood can interview them about how they feel describe themselves with 5 characteristics (age 6-7) activities oriented: central component of self hood in young kids concrete, ex. A child knows all their abcs (ideally) but they get confused with lmnop (actually) Middle to late childhood shift to internal characteristics: preferences, personality decentered, consider two traits at one time spontaneous use of social references sense of self is rooted in social groups. More realistic: can distinguish between actual vs. ideal selves know they haven"t achieved the ideal and can talk about that, social comparison. Piaget = concrete operational: deal with more complex information, a little abstract. Adolescence increasingly abstract self descriptions highly self conscious: pre occupation with self understanding.
