PSY325H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hubris
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Self admiring and embarrassment begin at 12 months: by 14 to 20 months most children demonstrate avoidance behaviours, that embarrasses them, they will want to wipe it off, at 18 months half of children recognize the reflection in the mirror as their own by 20 to 24 months self recognition climbs to 65, children do so by evincing mark directed behaviour. In other words, they understand that the reflection in the mirror is more than a familiar face it is their own face: at this time, children are learning that they are different from other people and becoming more aware that others may have beliefs, desires, and feelings that differ from their own, they think of themselves first but also want to be fair, research has shown that once young children reach this level of self awareness, new emotions like shame, pride, guilt, embarrassment, envy, and empathy emerge, called self conscious emotions.
