PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Positive Illusions, Trait Theory, Semantic Network
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Mark test: formerly rouge test , test with mirror and mark on face to see if subject is self aware. Children develop ability to recognize self at 1. 5 years. Theory of mind 3 to 4: children realise that others have different thoughts, feelings and motivations than you. You need to have self awareness before this. Minimal self: self is different from environment, ex: touching a desk, you feel desk, but you dont feel desk feel you. But if you touch your own arm, you feel yourself. Objectified self: most captured with the mark test, cognitive ability to reflect on yourself, can hold yourself in your own attention and realize other people can hold you in theirs. You can then start thinking about their belief systems. Symbolic self: aka narrative self, we can ascribe traits about ourselves. We believe its only humans who can do this because only we have very complex language. The self-concept: your concept of who you are.
