PSY310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: James Marcia, The Affluent Society, Parenting Styles
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Who you are and who you are as function as you play in society. Self-concept: contents of the self (values, morals, characteristics) Self-esteem: how you evaluate yourself, how you measure up to certain standards, how you feel about yourself, how much you like/dislike yourself. Puberty changes how people change about themselves; changes in physical changes can influence how adolescents view themselves and also how other people respond to your changes and as a result reflect back on your behaviour to that attention. Around puberty, there"s increased distance in relationship between adolescents and parents. During adolescents, we engage in self reflection and self conception. Social changes: decisions that has to be made that determines the future events; All these have important implications in the self identity. Children tend to define themselves with concrete terms (here and now); physical characteristics; possessions; preferences; self conceptions change dramatically across time and context because it depends on the current context of what they"re feeling.
