PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Egocentrism, Intentionality, Girl Guides
16 Dec 2013
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Definitions: self who and what you are, self-understanding our cognitive understanding of who and what we are, and how it changes over time. Mirror technique research: see if babies recognize themselves, if yes they have a concept of self, they are a thing , by age 2, 80% of all babies recognize themselves. Increase in nose touching of babies. Huge increase in nose touching - 75: originally used in non-human consciousness research. Chimps in the wild, placed in room with a mirror. First they thought reflection was a different chimp. After a few days they knew it was themselves, use the mirror to help groom themselves, see parts of themselves they couldn"t. They first stared at themselves more interestedly, then rubbed their face = understand their sense of self. Piaget: sensorimotor stage substage 6 because they have symbolic representation, cognitive and mental representations of self. Central component of self-hood in young kids.
