PSY 2105 Lecture 4: (Week 4) - The Self
11 Dec 2015
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Infancy: seen in behaviour: e. g. separation distress. Middle/later childhood: traits and abilities: e. g. I"m a good runner; i"m a happy kid. Suicide: 7th leading cause of death overall in canada for men: 2nd leading cause for youth 15-34 across sexes (rate up to 5x higher in first nations population) Historical issues linked to identity closed 1996: residential school system (last, designed to de-indianize", remove from families population. Take away their cultural identity, often beaten if they spoke own language. But marked variations: some bands 800x higher, some reserves/communities much lower than white average. Identity mechanism (c. lalonde: connection to tradition damaged, but also outside western society, no way to understand past or. Measures of cultural continuity (self- future government: e. g. self-government, police & fire, health care, education, language. Restoring cultural control: restores narrative of identity. Arnett builds off of this argues pressures have changed (ex. emerging adulthood: identity confusion continues after 18 years) Identity status matrix: marcia reworked erikson theory.
