PSY210H1 Study Guide - Stereotype Threat, Entrust, Attachment Parenting
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Psy210 ch. 11 self & social understanding12/14/2012 8:47:00 am. Social cognition: emergence of self and development of self-concept, self esteem, identity construction, thinking of others, thinking of relations between people. More complex causes of behaviour are understood over time: emergence of self and development of self-concept. The i-self (me = knower/actors) active observations lend knowledge and control over ones: self-awareness, self-continuity, self-coherence, self-agency. The me-self (sense of self as = object of knowledge + evaluation: material, psychological and social characteristics. Linked to secure attachment parenting style: contrast between self and other objects/people = realization of difference between self and social world. Beginnings of the me-self: awareness of self"s physical features (me vs. someone else when facing themselves in the mirror ex. Red dye on nose: self-recognition (age 2, fostered with sensitive care-giving. Self-awareness = self-consciousness, perspective, empathy, peer imitation, sense of ownership (mine! The categorical self = classifying others on the basis of age/gender/physical characteristics/goodness or badness.
