PSYC 2740 Study Guide - Family Values, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Pessimism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Stephen Lewis

Document Summary

The self-concept is the basis for self-understanding and it forms the answer to the question who am i? . Ages 2-3: child begins to associate the aspects of sex and age with themselves: can also expand their self-concept to include reference to a family. (im. Ages 3-12: self-concept is based mainly on developing talents and skills. i. e. recite the alphabet, tie their own shoes, read, walk to school by themselves, tell time, write cursive etc. Based on the realization that there is a hidden side to self such as private thoughts, feelings, and desires, called private self-concept: big step in developing self-concept is whether to tell others about these aspects about themselves. Explains why teenagers go through a period of extreme self-consciousness at this time, focusing most of their attention on how they appear to others: objective self-awareness: seeing yourself as an object of other"s attention. Chronic objective self-awareness: is created from shyness and social anxiety.