PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mirror Test, Pineapple, Narcissism

• School: University of Denver
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Pamela Miller

Document Summary

I am a student, chinese, teenager, optimistic, lazy, tall, Sense of agency (carolyn rovee-collier"s experiment of babies learning to know that they can control things) Self-recognition: rouge test by lewis & brooks-gunn, 1979. Experiment that puts a red dot on infants" faces and see if they touch the mirror or themselves while looking into the mirror. (15 months: name, age and gender are consistent for young babies. Social comparisons: daily successes and failure - when we feel successful, we automatically add it to our self concept. Self-esteem: how an individual feels about him or herself. Barometric - in uenced by other people"s input: where does it come from, direct information from other people. Narcissism: when self-esteem does not re ect reality. In ated sense of self: healthy individuals: high self-esteem and place a high value on relationships with others] Learned helplessness: a feeling of hopelessness and resignation learned when you feel you have no control over a situation.