PSY 244 Lecture 4: In Class Notes - 4
Document Summary
Self- a conceptual system made up of one"s thoughts and attitudes about oneself. Can include thoughts about one"s own physical being, social roles and relationships, and. Even young infants seem to experience a sense of mastery and control when they can make a mobile do their bidding by moving their arm. Children"s sense of self emerges in the early years of life and continues to develop into adulthood. Becomes more complex as the individual"s emotional and cognitive development depends. Is enhanced when adults provide descriptive information about the child. Recognizing themselves in the mirror (wiping something off their cheek if they see it in the mirror shows this) Infants have a rudimentary sense of self in the first months of life, as evidenced by their control of object outside of themselves. Their sense of self becomes more distant *get notes* Development of conceptions of self in infancy.
