PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Prefrontal Cortex, Identity Formation, Imaginary Audience

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Donald Kyle Danielson

Document Summary

Decline of positivity: positivity bias and protective optimism decline quickly at school age, social comparison begins, cognitive skills increase, school begin objective, children begin to understand trait stability. Self esteem inconsistency: young children have high self -esteem, adolescent have relatively lower self-esteem, adults gain self- esteem gradually throughout development, elderly adults begin to lose-self esteem, however, relatively speaking, self-esteem is relatively consistent across the lifespan. Rank order stability: children with lower self-esteem tend to have lower self- esteem as adults, much variability in self-esteem correlates to a greater degree than non-twin siblings, physical appearance, athletic ability. Erik erikson: german- american developmental scientist (1902-1994, developed a theory of conflicts and resolutions, believed that identity formation was the chief task of adolescence, conflict: identity versus confusion, resolution: identity achievement. Identity in adolescence: emergence of abstract thinking, personality traits become more important, emergence of self- socialization, friends and social group become of paramount importance, personal fable, remnant of egocentrism from childhood.