PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: 18 Months, Hominidae, Cognitive Development
27 May 2016
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Self: understanding of what and who we are. Self-understanding a cognitive representation of who and what we are; that includes your race, religion, social category, and anything that represents who you are: developmental course of self and self-understanding, ties to cognitive development. It is argued that we do not have complete self-understanding until our mid 20s! Self-understanding is an adaptive, evolutionarily preserved skill. Humans and animals are able to live in groups because they can recognize species similar to themselves. Self recognition (ability to recognize yourself, say in a mirror) It was a violation of their self-image that caused them to respond differently: now used in human self recognition research. Younger (17 months) does not react to rouge. Do an avoidance response, (18 mo) reaction indicating that they think their self has been violated: human infants take longer to learn to recognize themselves than chimpanzees! Suggest they have knowledge of their self and entities that shouldn"t change.
