Psychology 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: George Herbert Mead, Rhesus Macaque, Surgency

• School: Harvard University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 15
• Professor: Joshua Greene

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Structure: development of self awareness, objective self awareness theory, arousal and self awareness, threats to the self o. Perspectives on the self: william james: knower vs. If they try to rub off the corresponding spot on their own body after seeing it in the mirror, they get it o o. Gorillas, rhesus monkeys, macaques, dogs, cats, pigs, giraffes, horse, parrots. Conception of the self is very much developed through social interaction requires social interaction. Chimps reared in social isolation don"t get it (don"t recognize themselves in the mirror) this study was sort of unethical o. A patient who didn"t believe his reflection was him. He thought it was some guy who dressed like him. When dr. breen stood next to him, he knew that her reflection was her. Seems like capgras syndrome, but limited to the self: a theory of objective self awareness (duval & wicklund) Subjective self awareness (ssa: attention from self as subject, toward other objects.