PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: 18 Months, Social Cognition, Parenting Styles
10 Dec 2018
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Developmental psychology chapter 13 notes development of the. Development of the self-concept: two-month-old infants may have some limited sense of personal agency; to some extent they understand that they are able to produce or cause external events. By this age many toddlers can also recognize themselves in current photograph: once self-recognition is evident, children begin to categorize themselves along with a variety of dimensions. In middle childhood, children"s self-description begin to shift from listening their physical or behavioral attributes to listing their inner qualities. In adolescence these self-descriptions begin to include more abstract qualities. Research shows that individualistic societies foster self-concepts that are based on individualistic attributes, such as independence, whereas collectivistic cultures foster self-concepts that emphasize social connections. Forging an identity: forming an identity involves exploring alternatives and making a form commitment to an occupation, a religious ideology, and sexual orientation, and set of political values.
