PSYC21H3 Chapter Notes -Identity Formation, James Marcia, Mirror Test
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Chapter 6: self and other: getting to know me, getting to know you. Individual self: aspects of the self that make a person unique and separate from others. Relational self: aspects of the self that involve connection to other ppl and develop out of interactions with others. Collective self: a person"s concept of self within a grp such as a grp based on race or gender. Children under 1 act as if some other child is behind the mirror during 2nd year of life almost all children exhibit self recognition. Children have trouble remembering past self image until they are about 4 yrs of age. Susan harter: 3 stages in the development of self-descriptions in childhood and 3 stages in adolescence. 3-4: describe themselves in terms of observable physical features, preferences, possessions, social characteristics. 5-7: describe themselves in terms of their competencies, beginning to compartmentalize concepts but none that are opposite such as good and bad.
