PSYC 2351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: The Emotions, Main Source, Narcissism

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2351
• Professor: Abigail Candelari

Document Summary

Introduction: adolescents become much more self-reflective than they were as children. The self: self: all the characteristics of a person, an adolescent"s developing sense of self is a motivating force in life. Self-understanding and understanding others: self-understanding is a social cognitive construction, developing cognitive capacities interact with sociocultural experiences to influence self-understanding. What is self-understanding: self-understanding: the individual"s cognitive representation of the self, based on various roles and membership categories that define who adolescents are. Abstraction and idealism: adolescent thought and self-descriptions become more abstract and idealistic, most adolescents distinguish between the real self and the ideal self. Differentiation: adolescents are more likely to note contextual or situational variations when describing themselves, possess several different selves reflecting specific roles. The fluctuating ( barometric ) self: the self fluctuates across situations and across time, the self continues to be characterized by instability until late adolescence or early adulthood.