PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Broccoli, Unconditional Positive Regard
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The understanding of other people, differentiation between the self and others, who we are and who other people are etc are very sophisticated processed of development. It is a lifelong process so doesn"t only take place in children. In general we talk about two components that explain how we think about our self and others: Social experiences: we all are social animals, learn through observation. How we analyze these experiences depends on our cognitive level. Self-awareness: a social structure which arises through social experience. Has two aspects: existential: feeling distinct from all others and possessing continuity over time. Awareness that you exist and that you exist for a long time. For example, self- permanence which is the understanding that you are permanent. The visual recognition of oneself and you recognize yourself in a picture or mirror: categorical: refers to children"s ability to define themselves in objective categories such as age, sex, size, etc. part of the self-awareness.
