HD 1004 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11-13: Maxine Hong Kingston, Identity Formation, James Marcia
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The self consists of all of the characteristics of a person. Theorist and researchers who focus on the self usually argue that the self is the central aspect of the individuals personality and characteristics. Self-recognition: being attentive and positive toward ones image in a mirror. Infancy: appears as early as 3 months: the ability to recognize ones physicals features. Emerges the second year: to test this: use the mirror technique, in sum, infants begin to develop a self-understanding called visual self- recognition at 18 months. For children, the self can be described along many material dimensions, like size, shape, color. observable features and tendencies at 4-5 y. o. Ex. (cid:498)im different from janet because i have brown hair and she has blonde hair. (cid:499) These unrealistic positive overestimations of the self happen because . The active dimension is a central component of the self in early childhood. Preschool children often describe themselves in terms of activities such as play.