PSY 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psy, Ethnography, Identity Formation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3105
• Professor: David Collins

Document Summary

The self has two contrasting sides: i (processes that allow us to think and know about ourselves) and me (the sum total of what a person knows or believes about themselves who am i?) There is now increasing stress on understanding the self as an executive function. The term self esteem was first coined by william james in the late 19th century. Enhanced cognitive capacity in adolescence means that adolescents change in their self-conceptions, self-esteem, and their emotional understanding (thus changing their identities) Needs and interests of others (i. e. groups) take precedence over self-esteem. Children use concrete terms related to traits to describe themselves. Adolescents are more trait focused, traits are more abstract (personality characteristics) Grade 9 students are most likely to see themselves as having opposing attributes and to feel confused about this (harter & mansour, 1992)the self in adolescence. The capacity for abstract thought means that an adolescent can distinguish between .