HNRS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Emotions, Imaginary Audience
27 Sep 2016
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Two main sources of information that we use to build up a self-concept: Direct appraisals of what we are like" can be abstracted from our own reactions to past events and experience. Reflected appraisals result from our beliefs about how we are seen by others, a concept termed the looking glass self. Neuroimaging studies of self-reflection in adults have shown activation in a network of brain regions, with consistent activations in dorsal mpfc. Adolescents activated the dorsal mpfc to a greater extent than did adults during the self-condition. The self-concept also comprises the ability to think about what you are likely to do in a given situation. Adolescents activated part of the dorsal mpfc more than adults did when thinking about their own intentions, compared to during physical causality judgments. Mpfc regions are used more in adolescence and posterior temporal regions are used more in adulthood.
