HUMANDEV 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Introjection

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Human Development
• Course: HUMANDEV 270
• Professor: Colombo- Adams Barbara

Document Summary

Persevere with a task or goal in the face of challenges. Ignore immediate desires to achieve a long term goal. Behavioral: ability to behave in socially acceptable ways. Emotional: control over expression of feelings, attitudes. Cognitive: ability to stay focus, think before react. 1-2 years: comply with simple restrictions- no , sit down . 3-4 years: practice simple coping skills, patience. Brain development, hormonal changes, risk taking, irreverence. Identification: value rules on a personal level. Integration: social rules / standards becomes part of self concept. With age: increase in self assessment process feedback from others incorporate into self concept. Management of behaviors according to internal factors, self satisfaction. Personal interest, self efficacy, self determination, feel competent. Highly motivated to achieve goal, avoid punishment. Social goals: need for relatedness goals may change with different friends. Incremental view of ability- can improve with effort.