PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Comparison Theory, Residential Treatment Center, Unintended Consequences
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During middle childhood, children begin to view themselves: Less in terms of external physical attributes: more in terms of psychological traits, psychosocial development in middle childhood. Success in the industry-versus-inferiority stage brings with it feelings of mastery and proficiency and a growing sense of competence. Industry = feelings of mastery and proficiency and a growing sense of competence: period from ages 6 to 12 years of age, characterized by a focus on efforts to attain competence in meeting the challenges related to: Other complexities of the modern world: understanding one"s self: a new response to who am i? . Self-concept and self-esteem continue to develop: children realize they are good at some things and not so good at others, children"s self-concepts become divided into personal and academic spheres. Children use social comparison to themselves to abilities, expertise, and opinions of others.
