PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Visible Minority, Advantageous, Attribution Bias
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Around age 7 or 8, children reach a new stage of self-concept development. Judgements about the self become more conscious, realistic, balanced, and comprehensive as children from representational systems: broad, inclusive self-concepts that integrate various aspects of the self. Middle childhood is the time when children must learn skills valued in their society. According to erikson, a major determinant of self-esteem is children"s view of their capacity for productive work. Erikson"s fourth stage of psychosocial development focuses on industry versus inferiority = children must learn the productive skills their culture requires or else face feelings of inferiority. The virtue that follows successful completion of this stage is competence = a view of the self as able to master skills and complete tasks. Parents strongly influence a child"s beliefs about competence that can persist into adolescence. Parents" beliefs about their children"s competence in reading, math, music, and sports were strongly associated with the children"s beliefs.
